smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1876

Nothing is more easy than to get rich.
1t is only to trust nobody-to befrieDd
none-to get everything AID save all
YOU get-to stint ourselves and everybody
belonging to US to be the friend OF no
man AMI have no man for our friend-tO
heap interest upon interest, cents upon
cents-to be mean, miserable, and dispised.
for some twenty or thirty years-and
riches will come as sure as disease and
disappointment. And when pretty nearly
enough wealth is collected by disregard
of all charities OF human hearts and at
the expense of every enjoyment, save that
Of wallowing in filthy meanness-death
comes to finish the work-the body is
burr d in hole, the heirs dance over it,
and the spirit goes-where?
Year: 1876

George d. Prentice was opposed to
duelling. On one occasion he Offended q
gentleman in his paper, who in great
rage rushed into bis Office as he was writ
l. z at The desk. and drawing a revolver,
pointed it at Prentice, and told him to
prepare himself. Prentice imm diatefy
thrust his hard into his bosom and pull
cI out flask of whisky. or !" pocket
pistol" and said, ''Take dri, k?' The
man was so overcome with the oddity and
cool humor Of the rerort that he forgot
his errand. took drink, sllook hands
and departed, swearing that Prentice was
the best and bravest man in the South.
Year: 1876

Procure large egg-Brahma eggs are
the best-and on the large end draw
cross with lead pencil, and on the op-
posite end draw a sn aller cross in ink.
Place the egg-after showing the chill
dren the marks. and permit ing them to
examine it carefully, so they will know
It the next time they see it-upon the
head of the eldest boy present. or if there
is a grandfather hanny with bald head,
balance the egg Oh his head Then let
one Of the company take large book
and S. if he can strike the egg hard en-
ough to break it. To the surprise of eve.
ryboiy, the egg will be suppressed at the
first blow. Then wheu you show the
person on whose heal it was balanced,
the two crosses marked on the shell to
prove It was the same egg that he saw in
It's entirety; but he will probably be too
cross to have much interest in the mat
ter. THIS is not very difficult trick,
and can be quite easily learned, but care
should be exerc ised in the selection Of
the egg. An egg that had been manu-
factured before the war would be apt to
create an unpleassntness If it should be
used in the trick.
Year: 1876

A newspaper man has beeu visiting the
Centennial Exhibition, and during his so
journ at that place he dined at one of the
French restaurants. When the bill for
the meal VAS presented to him he meekly
intimated that his boiled egg contslned a
chicken The polite waiter said that he
would have the bill corrected, aud soon
returned with new bill. upon which the
charge of thirty cents for ''eggs" had
siven place to an item of sixty cents for
chicken.
Year: 1876

take three or four women each, and fights
for their possession are of frequent occur
renee. When a man for any reason is dis
satisfied with or tired of his wife, he simp-
" spears her and there IS an end Of it.
Domestic troubles are consequently Of short
duration. Neither cannibalism or infanti-
eide IS practised by this tribe on the con-
trary, according to Pelleticr's statement.
they are rather good-naturcd people, and
would be kind to any white man who came
among them unarmed. Ofanv religion. or
belief in the existence Of auy kind Of un-
seen world they appear not to have the
slightest vestige. PelIetier Is, Of course. a
living curiosity. He is to be handed over
to the French Consul at Sydney, who will
no doubt forward him to France. What
his ultimate fate may be no one can say,
but it is certain that if he Is TO thrive as a
civilized man he will require large amount
Of discretion than his training up to this
point is likely 10 have given him"
Year: 1876

the Nepul tithing office-in Gods store
house. They offered the hotel-keeper the
watch worth $3.50, for their bill, but he
demanded the revolver instead As he
took the pistol, Aiken said There goes
our last friend Well never leave this val
lev alive Disarmed. wounded and utterly
helpless these men were put into q wagon
and driven to an old stable few miles out
of Ncphi The driver backed his wagon
up close TO this stable and unhitched the
horses. saying he wanted to feed them
The hind end of the wagon had been taken
out before starting and as soon as the horses
were out Of the way


VOLLEY OF BUCKsHOT


Fired from the stable fairly riddled the
bodies of the two Californians The party
Of cowardly wrctches concealed in the stable
continued to fire until every muscle in the
victims bodies ceased TO CULVER Then
they stripped off the clothing aud thew
the bodies into one of those round springs
or natural wells which seem 70 have no
bottom. and filed it in with large stones
TO this dav the place IS known as Murder
crS Spring, Sufficient proof Is in the
possession Of the United States officials at
Salt Lake to convict the perpetrators Of
this fri-htful crime if justice could be
obtained in Utah Timothy B. Foot IS the
hotel keeper name Wolfe Is the man who
drove the fatal wagon and Bishop Bryant
presided over the council at Nephi that
passed the sentence Of death Actual
i.
and if protected would testify to all the
particulars. From one Of the murders l
obtained nv information. | have not
colored any portion Of the narrative: the
bare facts are before you.
Year: 1876

BARNUM, the philosophic Snowman, lee
tured in New York the other day on The
World, and How to Live in il We make
the following homely and sensible extract,
which deserves 10 be read and pondered
everywhere:


The only real economy is to regulate
the outgo TO the income, 50 that the latter
shall be greater than the former, and every
year we shall be worth more than the pre-.
ceding one. The real comforts Of life cost
but little it is the eyes of others, not our
own eyes, that rule US 1t Is the fear that
Mrs. Grundy shall have something to say
that governs us. The real wants cost lit
tie in comparison to what Is earned, but 1t
is this outside show that is so unfortunate
for Americaps. Pay a. you go Is the
philosophers stone, nearer than any al
chemist can get IL.
Year: 1876

about year ago curious thing hap
pened here, Yesterday remarked a robust
and rosy-cheeked butcher, whom we had
been complimenting on his fresh and healthy
appearance. L know" continued our
butcher acquaintance, that. as rule, men
engaged in my business enjoy good health


and have q fresh, rosy look but whether
dabbling in blood and breathing and alb
sorbiug the fumes and vapors arising from
fresh meats has nothing to do with this. as
you appear 10 believe l cannot say: neither
have l seen any blood drinking, either by
butchers or others. But, as l have said. 4
very curious circumstance occurred here
about year ago. | generally work in the
market-so | must Get my red cheeks
through what I absorb from the meats
handIe-but about a wear ago one Of our
butchers took sick. and | filed Is place in
the slaughther house for about six weeks


Il had not been in the slaughter house
long until one afternoon about two o'clock
our time TO begin Killing carriage
Year: 1876

!. ! ! I |! 1 )
it, just as though a skein Of
yarn. Well. it appears t-N been some
understanding about the young lady com
ing there. but what she did not little sur
prised some Of u the first day she came.
The ladies stood looking on while We hauled
up bullock and knocked him on the head.
No sooner had the knife been Withdrawn
from the animals throat than the young
lady threw off the large mantle that she
wore, and. rushing forward. sat down upon
the floor just at the bullock's neck. where
i torrent Of blood was gushing She then
barred her right arm and thrust it into the
shoulder into the gaping and blOod-spout-
ing throat Of the animal, holding it there
until the blood had ceased TO flow. We
were then killing about thirty animals every
afternoon, and every day regularly the girl
came and thrust her dead arm into the
bleeding throat Of one OF more Of them.
That girl had great courage. and was not
one Of your over-nice kind, can tell you.
She had a coarse dress Of some neavy wool
len stuff that she wore for the purpose. and
when the bullock fell, and the knife had
done its work, she at once ran up and seated
herself on the floor, as regardless of the
blood as if it had been 50 much water
| There she would hang across the neck Of
the beast until it ceased To bleed. She was
so brave that We were all glad when she
got well | remembered how happy she


was when she came one day and showed Us


that she could begin 10 open and close her
fingers. From that time forward she i'm


proved rapidly. Soon she could move her


arm, and finally could grasp and lift things


with her hand | think she came for about


three weeks before she was cured The last
day she came she was quite bright and
merry-more SO than | had ever seen her.
After putting on her mantle she thanked


US all for our kindness TO her and shook
hands with US, giving us the cured hand,
which, as she laughingly said, we had some
| right to- After the young lady went away


We thought We should see many persons


there to try the blood bath but none
| have ever come. The girl was the only
/ one, and | never saw anything like 1t be
1 fore pr since
Year: 1876

New-York next. Now We can appreciate the
importance OF a Republican nomination III this
State which cnlStS the hearty support of the
indcpendcnts Had such a nomination been
made i'm New-YOr as to rcpcl voters OF that
class. there would now be httlc hope OF Re
Duhlican success But Gov. Morgan, though
not the candidate of all others best calculated
to secure that class of voters alone, certainly
commands its confidence III high degree
while retaining the support of the regular
voters Of his party. His record i clear and
honorable. His position with regard to desired
reforms is credtable. BY his nomination the
party invites all who have been Republicans III
the nast to sustain il in the final struggle
against reactiOnary BouIbonism, in the
assurance that the power intiusted to Gov.
Morgan will be used, not to resist but to pro-
mole that thorough reform which all good citi-
zcns desire.


This settled the contest in Ncw-Y0rk will
turn upon two main questions which are so
interlocked as to be in effect but Onc--the
question of the currency and the public honor,
and the question of the attitude and demands
of the South 1t will be made clear to sub
stantial business men that they cannot afford
70 risk the prolonged uncertainty which even
now prostrates firms at the rate OF 500 a
month. They will see that a desperate struggle
for initiation will inevitably follow Democratic
success that the South and West, encouraged
by the comparative success OF the extreme re-
pudiators in Indiana, will be uncompromlNlng
in demands, as at the last session OF Congress; ;
that Mr.. Tilden must be expected to yield to
the wish of his party, as he has yielded already
in respect to the repeal of the Resumption act (;
and that all our hopes of financial recovery,
specie resumption, and business prosperity, will
hang upon the decision of Democratic caucus
in which infationsts now have an OycIwhclm-
ing majority.


But for the wants and claims of the South,
there would be more reason to hope that the
better elements of the party might prevail.
Intelligent leaders of the party know that it
woull be fatal to the welfare of the country
to revoke its pledge of resumption, and start
once more upon career OF initiation. But the
best of them are human, and viii be governed
by the interests and clamor Of their cOnstitu-
ents Unhappily for the country, the idea that
the Government ought to repay all classes of
citizens for their losses during the war has
been encouraged until it has become absO-
lutelyirresistible. Nearly all the more influential
citizens in majority of districts in that see
ton have a direct personal interest in the pay
ment of such claims, and it is stupcndous folly
to suppose that they will be restrained, as
men of loyal Northern communities have
not been restrained, by warm regard
for the Union, from pressing their in
diyidual interests AT the last session
Year: 1876

every Democratic mahb& who offered
bills of this character did so knowing that his
act would iniure his party and diminish its
chances of success, but the demands from
constituents were overwhelming; scarcely a
member dared to resist them. Nor should we
forget the enormous schemes OF Improvement
which appeal so successfully TO the feelings OF
the Southern people. When we remember how
zcalonsly some of the most dangerous OF these
were pressed last Winter by the most cautious,
nrlIdent. and conservative Democrats ana how
even Sneaker Kerr and Mr.. Lamar ardehtiy
onDroyed the Southern Pacific scheme, we may
well conclude that a combination of these jobs,
each with a skilled lobby and plenty OF money,
and each with its strong hold upon some local
interest at the South, will be quite Irresistible
when the restraint Of fear OF defeat IL removed


Initiation will sweep the Democratic party
onward because these claims cannot Otherwise
be paid. or these grc:t jobs made ccessipi'
The natural inclination of that party to be
Indifferent as to the payment of the war debt
preparcs the way Powerful personal inter-
ests reaching into every Congressional dlstilct
at the South, will Oycrwhelm the better mem
bers whose Judgment and patriotism couhsel Il
wiser course Thus imitation VIII surely come
and an enormous increase of the public debt,
and an undermining of the public credit not
so much because Democrats intend to do mis-
chief. but because they cannot resist the de-
mands of solid South. This question, forced
home upon the intelligent voters OF this State.
will make it impossible for the Democratic
party to carry Ncw-lOrk unless by fraud.
Year: 1876

solved to keep both Loan Exhibitions open
until the night of Friday. Nov, 10, when the
great International Exhibition in Philadelphia
closes. The number of visitors is now increas-
ing at such rate that every extension OF
time granted by the generous owners OF the
pictures doubles the boon to the public and
the two institutions. A very large extra at
tendance from strangers might, in fact, be
counted upon for fortnight longer than the
closing of the Centennial Exhibition. There
will then be a returning tide of travel, and
thousands will gain their first chance OF seeing
the present wealth of beauty. If we regret that
they will come too late, we cannot complain that
a liberalty SO beneicen in its results las at last
fixed its limit. The and thereby secured to the
National Academy of Design is of almost vital
importance. Up to Thursday night, the total
receipts for admissions were $29, 4S6, including
the important amount of $2,SO6 yielded by
the opening of Mr.. Belmont's gallery. This
latter sum will he divided equally between
the Academy and the Museum, each OF which
retains its own income from admissions, after
n proper division of the cOS@ and running
expenses. This arrangement is entirely just
and we believe it is satisfactory to both the
exhibitors and the officers of the two institu-
tions For the four weeks yet to come, the
receipts will in all probability amount to half
the gross sum already received. But the IN
.nuence and permanent effect of the exhibitions
is something which figures cannot express.
Year: 1876

While the exhibit made by our Government
at Philadelphia is not perhaps what our vast
resources would have justified, and is not
what it would have been if Congress had not
been in too great haste to make a reputation
for economy that would Outlast the campaign,
it is nevertheless pronounced by a correspond
ent the most complete and satisfactory dis
"pay of the whole Exhibition" To have at
taincd this result with limited means Is to
have deserved well of the whole country. a
letter describing some Of the more interesting
features of this home exhibit will be found on
another Dage.
Year: 1876

This year ought TO be memorable in the
annals of American Art. Far more than the
display at the Centennial Exhibition in Phila-
dclplia, where good and bad pictures are so
unfortunately mixed that only very linz
tied educational value can be accorded to
thcm the Loan Exhibitions in tins city have
illustrated, no less than they will develop and
improve, the taste of our people. The riches
of many private galleries ut the Academy Of
Design, tho combination OF Mr.. JOhnst0n'S
admirable collection with the Metropolitan
Museum, and the opportunities granted to the
public by Mr. Belmont have been of meal
culable benefit to the city and the nation.
They have given the widest and most endur-
ing qualification to nevcr-ending crowds of VS.
itors: they have silently instructed by the simple
mower inherent in all excellence; and
they have furnished such evidence of the re-
fined taste of the owners and its enthusiastic
recognition by the public, as must satisfy the
world that Art is no luxurious exotic, but a
bome-plant on our soil. The cultivated foreign
ers who have visited Ills this Summer-and
especially the artists among them-freely ex-
press their surprise at this evidence of n finer
civilization. Prof Schlesingcr of Dusseldorf
recently stated that he is equally amazed and
delighted to find here the originals of pictures
which he had only known through engnyings
in Europe.


At meeting of the exhibitors, held on
Wednesday evening, it was unanimously re-
Year: 1876

That arithmetical problem was one TOO
many for the Reform Democracy. Ant-Iam-
manvs notion of what its One-third OF the
spoils ought to be would have made 1t the
largest fraction with that denomination on
record, while Tammanys idea of two-tlllrdS
was generous to fault The result is fali-
ure of the high contracting powers to agree,
and much consequent perturbation in the local
armament. 1t is a good thing to have 1t over.
These men had not the deccncy to preserve
reasonable decOrum in making the dlcKerS
which the people of Ncw-Iork were to be al
lowed to 1atify at the polls. They must needs
roar and swear and clutch each others
throats. They might at least have cast lots
for our possessions in silence
Year: 1876

By placing Chefket Pasha under arrest, the
Turkish Government shows some disposition
to punish the leading participants in the Bull
garian atrocities But as the act is done under
the compulsion of Great Britain, the full
measure of reparation may be tardy.
Year: 1876

Wondered whether a single man, woman or child,


In all the crowd believed at heart that the excellent
lady who rode in all this state had really any more
TO do with governing the limited kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland and the Empire of India) than


was going TO say Jonathan Edwards has with
governing that family whereof am considered sole
head and chief But the weakness Of the illustration.
Year: 1876

A CHRISTENING CUSTOM There is a
cuatom, strictly Scottish, which used TO
be connected with the preliminaries of
the baptism service, and which may oc-
casionaliy be found III the present day.
A young unmarried woman takes the
child to church, and she carries in her
hand n slice of bread and cheese, with a
pinOut of the child's dress, which she
is bound to give to the first male person
she meets. We heard of an amusing
incident resulting from this custom
An English duke had arrived in Glas-
gov on Il Sunday, and was wandering III
the streets during the time of afternoon
service. 4 young woman came up to
him with n child in her arms, and pre-


sented piece of bread and cheese. In
vain he protested that lie did not know
what she moant-that lie had nothing
to do with her child--that he was an en-
tire stran9er-that he had never been in
Scotland before-that he knew nothing
of the usages of the Presbyterian Kirk,
being Of the Church of England
that she should give the piece to some
body else. The young woman was deaf
to all his arguments, and held out au


thoritavely the bread and the cheese. =
Thinking, probably that the lass had not
given him credit for what nc said, he
told her liz perfect simplicity that he was
the Duke Of, and that he had Just
arrived at hotel, which he named. :
The answer ahut his mouth ''Though
yop were the king on the throne, sir, ye
mann tax that bread and cheese %
Year: 1876

A YOUNG map asked Justice OF the
Peace what it would cost to get married..
The Justice told him the usual fee, and
then asked HIM if he had job for him.
s'Well. not exactly" was the reply, ''but
you see I think | shall have. Last even
ing found q gal, large and lovely, took
her over and gave her q ride OIL the
wooden horse whirligig which was eal-
options, then she sat down on pnlled
stump Just like stump puller. She
whispered and I whispered, she squaez-
ed and hugged, 1 laughed and she gig
gled, and just as matters were coming
to a climax some whelp plugged big
rock into that old stump ana we both
bounced like boiler explosion. But
you Just bet we'll get at it again and fin
ish that business la spite of Patsy 5
rocks. When he had finished he depart
ed with that lofty air which indicates
that he felt more like mar than he ever
had before.
Year: 1876

New York World: The first cables
! OF the East River bridge were hoisted
lnto position yesterday to the great graf
/ lncaUlon of throngs of spectators, who
| assembled on either shore ard crowded
| ihe boats of the Fnlton Ferry. These


cables, technically known as 'sworlline-
! 10: ies. are no part Of the bridge proper,
being used merely TO hoist the wires
composing the great cables across the
river When i'll their place al d ready
70 begin to operate they will extend Fl ON
| The Brooklyn anchorage to the topmost
Part of the tower on that side Of the
river, thence across to the top of the
New York tower, and SO on down to the
anchorage on the New York side. Tie
dFd dfd99 Ct Of oh2 o2R2sss of2R2ss Nlc Nll yak k I2raRnd E2
ages and al the tops CT the towers; other
rollers viii be fixed to facilitate the run
ming of the endless working ropes. The
wire for the cables, now spinning at the
mills at Trenton, New Jersey, VIII be
delivered OIL the Brooklyn side, and


when everything Is ready the work OF
carrying it across will begin. The end
Of the wire being attacited to the work
ing rope ut the Brooklyn anchorage, the
engine will be started and the wire car
ried mp over the first tower, and then
across the river until the end is made
fast ut the bottom OF the New York an
chOrage. These small steel wires must


first be twisted into strands to make up
the great cable Of sixteen inches dame
ter which are to support the roadway OF
the bridge.


The working ropes are three quarters
of an inch in diameter, and made Of fine
steel vine. They are each 5000 feet long
and weigh 1850 pounds, or seven -eights
Of pound to the foot. It Will be no
small task, therefore, to put them il.
working position, and tliis is the task
that was begun yesterday. The two
ropes were hoistcd to the top of the
Brooklyn tower by means of steam der
ricks, and the ends carried down to the
other sides towards the land. To-day
these ends viii be taken no and carried
back to the anchorage where they will
be made fast. As soon as the New York
tower IS ready to receive them, which
will be ready in two or three days, the
other ends of the ropes will be taken up
and carried across The river Oh a scoW TO
the foot Of the New York tower. The
ropes viii be paid out III the river as the
boat passes over, i'll order not to inter
fere with navigation, and when the ends
have been hoisted to the top of the tow
er they will be hoi;ted up into position,
and the ends made fast to the rollers at
the New York anchorage. The first work
to be done by the endless ropes will be
to haul over several others of the same
kind. These will be stretched at proper
distances apart and temporary bridge
made by connecting them. The great
cables, it is said, will have to be made on
lire nearly level with the tops of the
towers, and when finished they will be
lowered in the middle to the level of the
roadway of the bridge. II is said that
none but sailors will be employed to
work on this narrow platform, placed at
such dizzy height above the water, and
every precaution viii be taken to pre-
vent accidents.