smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1873

The disease It is believed. vin not spread. espc-
cally II tue present weather lasts Some 600 horses


BRoxDwAY AND SEVENTH AVENUE LINE.


Over l. 900 horses are constantly at work upon
this line and the small number OF six are At pres
ent laid up The disease which exists is not be-
lieved TO be the catarrhal plague which created
such havoc last year. The line runs az usuai ts
full number and expects TO continue IN the same
way.


This line, one OF those which suf1ered most last
year. has about ten horses affected by .he disease
and few more running AZ the nose. There -
some fear here that the disease may spread pma IL
enc critical period will be passed over without
serious trouble.


has also several horses suffering more or less rom
the disease. few serious cases, but are being
kept at work, as 1t is not believed the distemper


THE SIXTH AVENUE LINE
have four cases in the hospital which are some-
what aggravated, but the general run oil the
horses are in as healthy condition as they nave
been during the past year. The disease does not
appear to be spreading at all.


THE GRAND AND FoRTY-sECOND STREET LINE
is SAID to have quite number OF horses in the
hospital. the majority OF them having the cpl
Zootic


The East Broadway has a number OF horses sick,
some with the epizooty, about ten, and others are


The Avenue b line has eight horses suffering
from the disease and . number OF others slightly
affected.


The Second avenue line has thus far healthy
record and does not appear to show any symp-
toms OF an aggravated attack OF the disease.


THE STAGE COMPANIES
suffered very severely last year from the disease,
and the probability IL tnat this year they Will be
more affected than the Car companies rhe Fourth
avenue line has II horses down with the distem-
per; the Fulton ferry line has six, with quite
number coughing; the Twenty-third street line,
which completely stopped Tor n time last year in
consequence OF the disease, has 10 horses affected
with the epizooty.


THE EXPRESS HORSES
have not been attacked TO any great degree with
the disease, though q few animals belonging to
the Adams Express Company the United and
Dodd's, are suffering from the epIzootic and good
many sare coughing and running at the nose.
The milkmen and the milk companies seem TO be
suffering good deal from the epiz0oty, and many
of the horses which have caught cold have again
many OF the symptoms OF the disorder, and will,
doubt, succnmb more or less to the disease. No
doubt the last running and constantly stopping
during the coolest hours OF the morning has
brought about this state OF affairs.


The livery stables do not seem to have been
affected as yet, more than that many OF the
horses which suffered last year are again coughing
to slight extent


Some horses have already died from the disease,
but ir does not appear where they came from or
who they belonged to. Probably not more than
six or seven have died In this way and have gone
to the Rendering Company.
Year: 1873

his path, and the distant cry of an owl occa-
sionally broke the silence.


Presently the moon, emerging from cloud
that had for some time obscured it, shed a
faint, silvery light over the trees, gradually
Frightening as it passed more completely from
the influence of its sombre covering, and deep
ening in intensity the shadows that lay
athwart the ground.


Stanley entered his own gate, and, slacken'
ing his rein, rode toward the house at more
leisurely pace than he had before permitted
his tired horse to indulge in.


Suddenly figure rose from the fallen
branch of tree, where it seemed to have
found resting place, and came directly in
his path.


AS it confronted him, the moonlight fell
with peculiar brilliancy upon its face.


The frightened horse reared and plunged
Stanley turned cold in every limb a clammy
dew gathered on his brow, and low cry OF
unutterable horror escaped his lips


1t was the figure and face of his dead wife.
Year: 1873

The subioined article, from the Printing


Gazette, contains so much fact and good COM
mon sense that we specially commend it to
those of our readers who may be disposed to
regard the publication Of newspaper as a
matter of amusement:


Few people are aware of the inside work
ings of a printing Office, nor of the annoy
ances attendant upon the publication of a
newspaper. 1t lis impossible to form anything
like a correct idea of the number of men
there are in every community who make it
point, about every other time they meet you,
to tell you of some important fact that ought
to be noticed by the paper, pro bono pablico.
Generally, however, it turns out that the item
referred to is one in which the informant has
an axe to grind, and the newspaper is to be
the free horse on which he expects to ride into
public notice and confidence Or, if not that,
he is constantly annoyed by multiplicity of
communications, which are always lengthy,
and contain nothing that any one cares to see
in print or know anything Of whatever, ex-
cept the writer, and perhaps one or two other
particular individuals, and for whose exclu-
sive benefit it was written, it not for moment
occurring to the writer that communications
for newspaper should be such as would in
terest thousands of readers The newspaper
business is very exacting on all connected
with it, and the pay is comparatively small.
The proprietor risks large amount of money
for smaller profits, and the editors and print
ers work harder and cheaper than the same
number of men in any other profession re-
quiring the given amount of intelligence and
training. The life has its charms and pleas
ant associations scarcely known to the outside
world but it has its earnest work and hours
of exhaustion, which, likewise, is not known
to those who thiEt: the business all fun. The
idea that newspaperdom is the charmed circle
where the favored members live a life of ease,
free from care, is mistaken one Business
is business, and the journal that succeeda is
the one that is run on square business foot
ing, with the same system as banking estab.
lishment.
Year: 1873

Justly felt that none could prove more true
or efficient friend than himself in time of
trouble. Her heart, too, smote her for having
been the cause of blighting his fondest hopes
and the vain reflection sometimes crossed her
troubled mind, that, had she but consented to
his union with her child, in spite Of the COM
parative poverty they might have had to con-
tend with, all would now be we'll.


"Too late"-Oh! saddest words. How
often in this life do they fall, with mournful
cadence, on our hearts-hearts blighted with
disappointment and wrung with useless regret,
that echo back in anguished tone, "too late!'


Sad it is when circumstances over which we
have no control, and which wehave, perchance,
vainly struggled to overcome, lead to the ut.
terance of this bitter cry; but when we feel
that we, ourselves, have been the author Of the
misery we deplore, oh! how doubly keen is
our'pain-how doubly hard seems the burden
we have to bear! Then the sting Of remorse
is added to that of sorrow, and the memory
of the past becomes scorpion in our path.


Mrs. Carroll now felt this truth in all its
force Pride and ambition had, for time,
set aside the tenderness of maternal love, but
now that she was beginning to feel the vanity
and unproftableness of her reward, that love
seemed to revive in full force, and increased
the sharpness of her condemnation and self
reproach.


At length, at the end Of four weeks, came
summons from Stanley for his wife to return
home People thought it somewhat singular
that he had neither brought her to the city
Year: 1873

1T cold settles on the outer covering
ot the lungs 1T becomes pneumonia. in.
Illumination of the lungs. or lung fever
which In many cases carries the strongest
man to his grave within a week IF cold
falls on the inner covering of the Isnos
1t Is pleurlsy, with its kuile like pains
aud It's slow, very slow recoveries. Ia
cold settles in the joints there is rehuma
tlsm, with its agonies of pain, and of the
heart, which IN an instant snaps the cord
OF lie with no friendly warning Ii is Of
the utmost practical importance, then in
the wintry weather, to know not SO much
how to cure a cold as to avoid it Cold al
ways comes from one cause some part oftbe
body being colder than natural for time
II man will keep warm always and never
allow himself To be chilled, he never takes
cold IN liie time, and this can only be
accomplished by due care in warm cloth.
ing, and the avoidance Of drafts and I'm.
der exposure. While multitudes of cold
come from cold feet, perhaps the majority
arise from persons cooling of too quickly
alter becoming little warmer than is
natural from exercise or work, or from
connnement to warm apartment
Year: 1873

The other day, says the Philadel phia
one of the largest jewelry establishments
on Chestnut street, and from it descended
gentleman attired in the most fashion
able manner SaunteriDg inside with an
easy grace, he requested to see some
Jewels, stating that he desired to make
large purchase. He carried 10 his hand
handsome case or bag which he deposit
ed on the glass before the clerk who step
ped forward to wait upon him lie was.
very particular 10 his choice, but at last
selected about So 600 worth OF jewelry OF
various kinds and styles As the clerk
was about to place the numerous little
boxes into one large receptacle, the
stranger said "wait moment we can
do better" and opening his case, which
still remained upon the counter. he took
from it aud handed to the clerk neat
box with key, sufficiently large to hold
all his purchases. Into this the clerk
put the jcwelry aud handed it back to
his customer, who locked it, leaving the
key in the lock, aud replacing it in the
bag, closing the latter. Then putting
his gloved hand into his breast pocket,
he exclaimed in great surprise, well.
how forget!ul am have left my book
and money at the hotel. | must 90 back
aud get it, Very careless of me, very
You will of course want to keep this 1t
wouldn't do to trust an entire stranger
with such valuables )" aud opening the
bag. he again took out the little box and
handed il the clerk "It's very annoying.
but | will drive right to the Continental
and be back again in few moments"


With a few commonplace remarks the
elegant gentleman returned to his
carriage, aud was seen to drive away in
the direction OF the Continental, taking
with him the nice and innocent little bag
he had brought. They waited at the
store long time for him to come back
In fact, he hasn't come back yet. AT
last light dawued upon the terrified
clerk. and he reached for the beautiful
little box with the beautiful little key
1t contained old, worthless iron padlocks
Every reader will see at once how the
swndle was accomplished. The man
had two beautiful little boxes, with two
beautiful little keys, in that innocent liz.
tie bag, and OF course gave the right one
Chat is, for HIM to the clerk when he
left.
Year: 1873

The Prairie Farmcr lately had the
pleasure of interviewing" Miss A, of
illinois, who, for some years past, has
been engaged in carrying on form OF
l2O acres. Her father died, leaving
widow, and. we believe, two daughters
and boy. of whom Miss A was the ED
est, and the boy lad of ten OF a dozen
years old She found the health of her
mother, who was eDdeavoring to mango
the farm with hired help, falling, and con
cluding that she would rather keep her
mother than get an education, she lett
the seminary in 1868 and commenced
farming. The farm at that time consist
ed of eighty acres Of the home farm, about
half of which was in cultivation aud at
a little distance were forty acres more,
all in cultivation The home farm had
pretty good house, but the barn had
recently been burned aud the fences were
not good Twelve acres had been plant
ed to apples of good varieties She had
one horse, and got the loan OF another
from friend, who also aids and is aided
in turn by lending implements. &c She
has now good team of her own raising,
besides horse that does duty in the
market wagon.


She went to work, with the the aid of
her little brother. aud to some extent OF
her mother and sister, who took charge
of the housekeeping She learned to do
all kinds of work. She does not plow
much, but she can do it She took out
fifty to one hundred stuWps of trees one
year with spade aud ak. aud at the same
time assisting her brother who was drill
ing wheat. She bound and shocked.
wheat aud can drive team well She can
use the AK pretty well formerly she could
chop better than her brother. but now he
chops as we'll as she can herself, and she
does less Of it. She wears gymDastlc suit
when at home and at work, broad brim
med hat. gloves, aud noots made to order
She wishes to look as well as other girls,
aud thus protects herself from the ex
posure resulting from out door labor.-
She likes the open air life and out door
work and is healthy and strong.


Most of the home farm is cultivated IN
corn, though she has eight acres in grass
and twelve in orchard. She raised TWEEN
ty three acres of winter wheat in 1872 =
1t was fine crop. but she lost from three
to 6ve acres from the failure of the man
she had engaged, to cut it in time Even
then. with scarce and inefficient labor,
by that noble class of men that are al
ways willing to take advantage of those
who cannot help themselves, it cost her
| $50 to harvest and thTesh the wheat
Yet she got $50 bushels of wheat, weigh
ing sixty two pounds to the bushel The
young orchard bore a good deal of fruit
in 1872, and she sold 100 barrels of SUN
mer apples, and has $50 bushels of ap
Piles now in the cellar. She took most of
the apples to market herself, selling some
of them as low as seventy FIVE cents per
barrel, and some as high as one dollar.
Year: 1873

made out yet, don't suppose your lawyer
need to trouble himself about it. The
heiress won't quarrel with you, III be
bound"


Phillip Acres cheek flushed and then
grew pale with strong hidden emotion, as
he looked at his wife standing beside him,
when the sunset turned her bright hair to
coils of shining gold, and he tbonght how
unerringly the hand of Providence had
Strengthened out the tangled web of bis
destiny.


Out of the darkness came light.
Year: 1873

VERY ABsENT MINDED. The most absent
General Mumm. lie lost one of his legs in
the late war, and he ilways wore a patent
artificial leg full of springs and joints
Sometimes when he started out in the morn
ing he would get his leg on hind part fore
most, and would then 90 siraddlmg down
the street with one set of toes pointing east
and the other set pointing west. His right
knee would point in another, and the old
man would bob up and down like jumping
jack worked with a spring Presently he
would meet us and come .joting up to say
he wished we would pitch into the Highway
Department for leaving the pavements in
suth a rascally condition that a man couldn't
walk straight. Previous to the war, while
he was down at Cape May one summer, he
took a buff bath early in the morning, and
while in the water he got meditatng upon
some abiruse lject, and forgetting himself
he came walking out upon the beach, and
mp the street to the hotel, dressed in nothing
but a sad, sweet smile, just as til, people
were coming down to breakfast. Only a
very short time ago he hitched his horse to 4
sulky, with the animal's nose pushed close
up against the dasher, and started off back
wards without noticing the direction. Al
the end of the first half-mile the vehicle
jammed mp against tree, and the General
shot out over the horses tail. If he doesn't
get out of his coffin al his funeral, and insist
upon going as pail bearer, it will be very
singular. Adeler.
Year: 1873

TRUoKEE. - The Truckee Republican
gives up the scheme of seeding from Neva-
da county and joining Placer county, since
the Placer people seem to be unwilling to
take Meadow Lake Township. That paper
now advocates the establishment of Donner
county out of territory taken from Sierra,
Nevada, and perhaps El Dorado counties.


We are in favor of the new county being es-
tablished. That portion of Nevada county
west Of the mountains does not seem to want
Meadow Lake Township; and Truckee does
not appear to reap any advantage 10y remain
Ing in Nevada county. The awkwardness
of the situation seems to demand a rear
rangement Of county lines. If the new
county is to be set up we hope it will be
quickly done; we hope it will be done before
lruckee presents to Nevada that bridge
across Truckee river. .--Grass Valley Union.
Year: 1873

Loving heart and pleasant countenance
are commodities which man should never
fail to take home with him. They will best
season his food and soften his pillow. 1t
were great thing for a man that his wife
and children could truly say of him. :" He
never brought ftown or unhappness across
his Threshold" "
Year: 1873

AT village in Morris County, N. j.,
a singular wedding was the other day
celebrated. The bridegroom was sixty
five years of age, and the bride a blush
ing school miss of sixteen. On the wed
ding day, according to the contract,
$11 coo was made over to the bride in fee
simple, leaving balance IN the hands of
the groom said to be about 100000. The
day after the wedding the bride called at
the district school-house and removed her
school books, saying that she would not
hereafter need to study them.
Year: 1873

On last Wednesday afternoon quite an
excitement was oceasioned on Third Aven-
ne, in consequence of free pugiistic en-
counter between two oi our citizens.
he contest WAS, we suppose Tor the heavy
weight championship, rs bo:h contestants
are Of bulky proportions As we were
not present, NE are compelled to trust to
reports for our statement There was but
one round fought, in which both parties
came up TO time with eyes flashing and
each feeling confident of victory. After a
short interval OF sparring, some heavy
right and letters were let fly on both sides
Thus were matters progressing, when the
Marshal rudely interiered, stopped the
sport TO the lockers. on, and informed the
gentlemen that the Squire wished to see
them. On arriving at his Office, he polite
ly requested them to pay license for
their conduct, which being done, they
were were permitted to depart in peace.
feeling, no doubt. considerably wore for
the entertainment, which, We ardeutly
hope, will not he renewed at any # ture
time
Year: 1873

gested and defective in many important
particulars. Our Order is permanent
institution, and its fundamental law
should be such as to give it strength
and permanence. It should contain All
necessary provisions for the guidance
and government, not only of tn St,ta
Grange itself, but Of the subordinate
oranges. Most of the provisions now
embraced in the bylaws, sometimes
adopted hy subordinate Oranges shonH
be embraced in the constitution far tha
government Of all alike. Under the
present constitution each subordinate
Grange is left as law uato itself It
may or may not, adopt bylaws Many
questions which have arisen dur;no tbe
past year have been decided bv " me,
upon general principles of common
sense and equity, as understand them
and not by any law laid down in anv
constitution, statute, bylaw or reso)n.
ton of our Order. I recommend a
general revision Of the Constitution bv
a Judlclous and learned committee r.
be appointed Immediately, and to rep.rt
as early as practicable, that annie time
may be given for due deliberatiton upon
the subject


In view OF the constantly increasing
duties and labors of the Secretary of
the State Grange, in consequence Of the
rapid increase Of the Order, renew
the recommendation made by my worthy
predecessor that the salary Of the Sec-
retary be increased to an amonnt COM
mensurate to the work and responsible.
1ty OF the office. I suggest that his
salary be fixed in the constitution at
one thousand dollars per annum, THAT
sum was voted by resolution at our last
annual convocation, but at the request
OF the Secretary, who probably did not
anticipate the amount of labor to be
performed, it was reduced to the present
amount. The revenue accruing to the
State Grange is ample for the purpose
OF paying we'll those who do good work
! l do not hesitate on account of mod.
esty from also renewing another recon.
mendatlon Of my predecessor-th that a
salary be also provided for the Master
OF the State Grange. That recomu,en
datlon was not acted upon, probably
from 'nadvertence, and as the law now
stands, the Master has an immense
amount Of work to do, and vast re.
sponsibility to discharge, for nothing
! The Executive Committee appointed
at the last meeting of the State Grange
have taken active measures looking to
the attainment Of the much desired oh.
ject Of bringing the producer and con.
sumer as near together as possible, and
d'smissing from the service the armv Of
Spectators and middle men.


10 this end they appointed one Of
their number residing at convenien,
commercial point-agent to transact
the business Of the Oranges and of in.
diyidual Patrons. He is empowered tc
sell all produce entrusted to him 70,
sale, and to purchase farm and family
supplies, for the household of the
faith" and is required to give ample
bonds for the discharge of his duties
1t appears to me that this is the mos,
practical method of carrying out the
Year: 1873

Our enterprising and stirring neighbor, E.
Phillips, is out in proclamation to the people
of st. Landry, in to-day's COURIER, as vii! be
seen~by glance at our advertising columns


We hope our readers will not construe the
absence of his advertisement from our col
umns lately into any intention on his part OF
''suspending,r the contrary, We can assure
them that he was only resting upon his lanr
els,r and now enters the field heavily rein
forced by one of the finest stocks of seasonable
goods ever brought to Opelousas, which he
offers at bottom prices for cash, and cordially
invites everybody and his wife to call aud
verify the fact (which invitation we advise
all our readers and the rest of mankind, land
womankind too to avail themselves of with
out DELAY
Year: 1873

We hope that no man in this parish having
the true interests of Louisiana at heart, who
can conveniently attend the meeting which
win be held at the Court House next Monday,
will fail to do SO. "The time for folded hands
and passiveness has gone by," as the N. 0. Pic
ayane truthfully says, "and now it is the duty
Of every individual opposed to the Kellogg
Government to come forward and give ex-
preston to his sentiments. Our pretended
friends, but really our secret enemies, have
sung the siren song of submission only to be-
guile us from the crusade against fraud and
corruption. The Convention will sit without
FEAR of interference, and give to the world
what the honest people of Louisiana feel in
the present crisis. Let not that old feeling
of inactivity, which has kept some of our
wealthy citizens away from primary meetings,
deter them now. Our States future depends
upon general action, and all should rally to her
cry in this hour. Let every one attend"