smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1876

Lizzie Sweeney is young girl, we'll
looking, and bearing an excellent repu.
tation. For some time she has been en-
gagged as a domestic at No. 2O9 West
Sixth street. Last Thursday week, in
answer to an advertise for place
to work, man came to the house, and
in few minutes bargain was made
between them, she appearing Very much
gratitied at the inducements made.


That same evening the two left the
house together, the girl taking with her
no clothes but those she had on at
the time, promising to return the next
day and get them. Since that time
nothing has been seen or heard of her,
and her sister, who lives at No. 81 East
Fifth street, the only relative she has
In the world, is in an agony OF grief at
mysterious disappearance, and is doing
all that she can to unraVel the mys-
terry,
Year: 1876

Rumor comes to us in a shape that ad-
mits OF little doubt that the Democratic
County Executive Committee will be
compelled to take one of the most I'M
portant nominees from the ticket. The
Republicans have searched up his
record previous to his removal TO this
city, and propose to spring it upon him.
AS he is a candidate for an important
Office, the matter is likely to cause some
excitement,
Year: 1876

mnnded after the election of 1868, and which
is largely due TO his efforts, that the Demo-
Gratis will not be permitted to add 10000
votes to the returns. Neither can they retain
the Liberals who made up their aggregate IN
1874. Where are the votes coming from to
elect Mr.. TldenP


1t will be said that thousands of substantial
business men who are Democrats, but dis
trusted the financial results of the success of
that party, voted the Republican ticket in
1872. That is true, and they will do the same
thing again, having infinitely better reason TO
distrust their party, and to fear its success.
Many are known They say frankly that the
repeal of the Resumption act means such un-
certainty, and such disaster to business, that
they dare not vote for party pledged to that
step. They say moreover, that Mr.. 1ilden,
who has been unable to curb his party in this
reckless and shameful demand, will not he able
to control it when war claims by the thousand
millions come forward to bankrupt the treas
ury. Business needs security. To permit
Democratic success, Just when there Is be-
ginning of improvement, would be utter folly
That folly the business men of this city ana
State are not going to commit.
Year: 1876

experience she had not learned the lesson OF
self-control nor come to comprehend the danger
of self-indulgence. She was one of class OF
whom the boldest rakes may stand in fear-a
woman not to be deceived, injured or betrayed
by any man with impunity She might have
committed deliberate murder under strong
temptation, and under strong provOcation she
would be equally in danger of perpetratlng a
manslaughter. But juries have way OF being
sympathetically hard to convince when the ac-
cused is a woman; and possibly even in Rhad-
amanthine New-Jersey Mrs. House may 90
scot free or nearly so.
Year: 1876

The trial of Mis-. House, at Trenton, y. J,
for the murder of her husband, OrSOn n.
House i'm June last, is now going on, ana
promises to be stuffed rs full aS possible OF
sensation and of the kind of romance which
is usually published in bright paper covers.
The murdercss is beautiful. The murdered
man had loved her before the death of his
first wife; and he was by profession broker
in divorces In this business his wife, now his
widow by her own act. is said to have rem
dcrcd his clients very peculiar kind OF assist
ancc. Ii is uryed in her behalf that House
had treated her brutally, especially at the
time of the shooting, and If she succeeds III
sustaining her line of defense, the killing may
appear to the jury almost justi.iablc.


The whole affair up TO this moment Is
crustrd all over with scandals in great variety.
There are stores that Mrs. House will, II she
should be acquitted marry one or another
brother of her late husband. Before she was
Mrs. House she was Mrs. Anderson, but had
obtained n divorce. Mr. House himself had Il
wife who conveniently died while he was
making love to Mr.. AndcrSOn's wife. The
father of Mrs. House is rcputed wealthy, and
he has spared no money in securing for her
the best legal assistance. Then there is Il
large property lett by the murdered House, Of
which Mrs. House will be the lcgatee. There
are other details of the class usually called
" sensational" but these will he sufficient to
show the interest and the curious character Of
the case.


1t is said of Mrs. House that she had " an
lawful temper Her letters, OF which quite
number arc published, show her to be II
woman of strong passions, OF irregular intel
lcctua habits, and of the character which
usually finds occupation and consolation in
what is called "Spirituaism." She is Il wOrdy
woman, but says little or nothing. What she
might have been under happier auspices, and
surrounded by less demoralizing associations
we can only conjecture but there was nothing
in her alliance with the House family TO save
her from misfortune and misery. The moral
of this whole scandalOus case is not far to
seek. A woman may show a certain degree
of refinement may possess considerable ad-
vantages of mind and person may exhibit no
little force ard ability; and yet be really
coarse. sensual, a little or not little crazy,
and so far as the conduct of life is concerned,
hopelessly weak. This is essentially female
phase of character. Men grow bad IN differ
ent way They lose many redeeming quail
ties which women are likely to retain; but we
question whether they ever arrive at such nm
utter abandonment or discard so entirely all
consideration of consequences. This unIor-
tunate woman, pretty, intelligent, pleasing
when she pleased to be, seems to have
had less control over her passions and
desires than a child, or possibly less
than many dumb brute. She had
seen life of kind which fortunately is
hidden from the majority of women, and cum
Gus stories are told of some of the occupations
In which sbe has engaged: but with all her
Year: 1876

of them reputable, industrious citizens, until
now when the Bishop of Nlobrara points to
his ceanly and well Ordered settlements, the
missionary has found them men precisely like
ourselves, as open to kindness and intolerant
of wrong. The difference in these estimates
may be found in the fact that the agent and
trader goes among them to earn his living from
their weaknesses and vice; the missionary
leaves comfort and home behind him to bring
them to their proper place among men. Ono
has attacked them as enemies or thrown aims
to them as paupers. The other met them rs-
tionalIy and Justly as man to man. We com.
mend the report of this society to ali who
would test the results of each system.
Year: 1876

Commodore Vanderbilt survives killing with
the greatest possible cheerfulness and good
humOr. Death, in the form of a District Tele-
graph boy, grapped him yesterday and got
him down, but in less than an hour he came
up smiling, ready for another trial, and with
the characteristic declaration that he hadn't
felt better in long time. Then the telegraph
companies made their rctraCtions, stocks that
had huttered a little came back to rest, vari-
Ous people rose up and demanded myeStlga-
tions and vindications and after an infinite
deal of furry the city settled back again to its
daily bulletin of the CommOdOre's health and
habits. The episode, brief as it was, Illus
trated the speed with which lie travels and
the mischief false report may do. The per-
son who committed this outrage upon public
confidence deserves the full punishment the
law allows, and no labor of investigation
should be spared to secure him. One heavy
sentence against such an offender might make
subsequent sentences unnecessary.
Year: 1876

ence to the previous receipts this year, its re-
ceipts are still much lower in proportion TO
the whole crop moved than they were at the
same time last year Receipts of all graln' Tor
the two latest weeks, compare thus:
Year: 1876

Congress adopted no joint rules, it seems at
the last session, and the right, which the
Democratic House would otherwise have had
to reject the electoral vote of any State by
persistent objection, is lost. Both the rule
and its omission work both ways and neither
party can Complain.
Year: 1876

ROumania having resolved to mobilize her
army, Greece feels bound to follow suit. This
readiness to place his military forces on war
footing renders King Georges professed desire
for peace of little account. Public opinion is
too strong for him.
Year: 1876

To-day is the first day of registration in
New-Jersey in all cities of 10000 and more
inhabitants correspondent makes the state
ment that only small proportion of the voters
in New-Jersey are aware of the existence OF
this law. However this may be it can do no
harm to remind voters in all cities in that
State of the population given, that to vote they
must register, and that to register to-day is to
make sure of their ability to vote. On the
registry days that follow, business or accident
may interfere to prevent registration. lhis Is
not an election in which any votes ought to be
lost by carelcssness or procrastination.
Year: 1876

The enthusiastic reception accorded to Mr.
Blaine last night proves that his popularity Is
as great in the Middle States as it has been
shown to be east and west of them. 1t seems
almost boundless everywhere. His speech was
devoted mainly to a careful exposition of the
record of the House, bringing into clearer light
some points that have not been much discussed
heretofore, and devoting especial attention to the
subject of Southern claims. Mr.. Blaine showed
that he did not believe the canvass had taken
the wrong tack. He insists that the contest is
not 80 much about hard money as it is about
the right of all men TO vote, and about the de-
termination of the men who once sought to
ruin the country that now they shall rule it.


II is unpleasant to hear it so much as
Year: 1876

Did you ever feel that thrilling
almost painful, emotion Of a deeper
inner being which sometimes selz2F
upon the soul of Humanity ?" asked a
poetical maiden lady OF m admlrel
from the rural districts He said that
he believed he had, and that he
thought it usually arose from eating
too large kettleiul Of boiled green
corn.
Year: 1876

The thin and thick corn-shuck
weather prophets are lifting their
empty heads again to tell us what
kind of winter we are going to have
1t is evident that the cholera has neg


ected its mission in this country. LIE
Year: 1876

d have no hope Of his recovery
| know his physician very well" said
Uncle Daniel Drew when asked hls
opinion of Commodore Vanderbllts
prospects, entirely unconscious that he
was making a very neat mot.
Year: 1876

As an ordinary thing, the young
man who parts his hair in the middle
cannot be relied upon to carry the
torch of science down the dim
aisles of nature, or to illuminate the
history of his country by the lustre of
| his own renOWn.
Year: 1876

s no longer in danger Of falling, and those
who have temporarily been suffering the
pangs OF hunger, by living at other hotels,
restaurants and boarding houses are hereby
notified that they can obtain relief on Sun
day morning, March II, as the Railroad House
will reopen for breakfast on that day, with
its usual well set liable.


GEO. II. STANSFIELD,


PrOprietOr.
Year: 1876

Blue Ridge Blade Tie editor ofthe
Concord Sum Is very much put OUT be-
cause the highest ecclesiastical auth.rltv
In England has declared there Is no devil.
A sect up here has been preaching that
there Is no hell. or course IL you take
away fellows. homestead. you had as
well bury him VI once.
Year: 1876

What is the cure for gossip? Simply
culture. There is great deal of gos-
sip that has no malignity in it. Good
natured people talk about their neigh
bOrs because. and only because, they
have nothing else to talk about. As we
write, there comes to US the picture of a
family of young ladies. We have seen
them at home, we have met them IN gal
leries of art, we have caught glimpses
of them going from bookstore or IL
brary, with fresh volume in their
hands. When we meet them, they are
full of what they have seen and read.
They are brimming with questions. One
topic of conversation is dropped only to
give place to another, in which they are
interested. We have left them, after a
delightful hour, stimulated and refresh
ed and during the whole hour not
neighbor's garment was soiled by so
much as touch. They knew something
and wanted to know more. They could
listen as well as they could talk. 10
speak freely of neighbor's doings and
belongings would have seemed an imper-
tinence to them, and, of course, an i'm
propriety. They had no temptation to
gossip, because the doings of their neigh
bors formed a subject very much less in
teresting than those which grew out of
their knowledge and their culture. And
this tells the whole story. The confirmed
gossip is always either malicious or ig-
norant. The one variety needs a change
of heart and the other a change of pas
ture. Gossip is always personal con-
fession either of malice or imbecility,
and the young should not only shun it,
but by the most thorough culture relieve
themselves from all temptation to in
dulge in it. 1t is low, frivolous, and
too often dirty business. There are
country neighborhoods in which it RACES
like pest. Churches are split in piec-
es by it. NeighbOrs are made enemies
by it for life. In many persons it de-
generates into a chronic disease, which
is practically 'incurable. Let the young
cure it, while they may.-Dr. j. G.
Holland, Scribmer.
Year: 1876

He was quite an old man and he had
quite bad limp, and he remarked as
he touched his hat, "All l want is to
get money enough to get to Savannah.
l feel that have not long to live, and
| want to be buried in that nice, cool
graveyard just outside of Savannah"


The appeal didn't open single wal
let. He was talking to three men who
had found a shady spot under a grocery
awning. and he seemed little disap-
pointed. Pulling a new string, he re-
marked. Gentlemen, won't you do
something for an old soldier p "Were
you a soldier in the last WARP" asked
one of the group. 81 was,' was the
prompt reply. "What branch of the ser
vice ?" 1.-The heavy artillery Where
were you stationed %


Well. slowly replied the stranger. as
if he hadn't expected such question,
we were sometimes here and sometimes
there. The fact was, our artillery was
so heavy that we generally kept it on a
hill. The confederate government did
not seem to expect that us three or four
men were going to drag big cannon all
over the country and whip the Yankees
to boot. Yes, l was wounded in the left
leg.


In what action, was asked.


| never knew what theys named it.
My business was to get up and hump
and knock thunder out of whole Union
regiment to once, and you just bet
didn't have any time to fool around and
ask what they was going to name the
battle. | went into the war to fight, and
didn't just throw myself, though.


Did you throw yourself under wag-
on ? quietly asked one of the three.
Sometimes | did, and sometimes
didn't They used to let me fight any
rway to win. I've fit from under wag
on and from the top Of tree. and tht
boys used to call me the wild cat.


They must have seen you 'clawing'
to the rear. suggested another Of the tho


Very likely, gentlemen. Sometime
could fight better at the rear. and
went back then I'D change and fgh
on the flank, and then I'd advance an.
NOW EN- down in front


Where do you say you we're wounded


In the leg-just below there Th
surgeon said that three or four bullet
had hit me to once.


Be honest, now, old man. and tell u
If yOn didn't get that leg hurt in mil
Year: 1876

The true test of strength is not in
what a man does, but in what man re-
strains himself from doing. And not
withstanding all the false maxims of
this false world, he is not the strong
man who can lift himself up with a gi-
ants might, and grind an enemy be-
meath the heel of hate he is a strong
man who in the face of insult, in the
face of open antagonism, and that which
is harder still to bear, In the face'of Sc
cfet persecution, with the thunderbolt
already forged and in his grasp, can
with closed teeth say, 81 will not hurl
it." Like God, he is slow to anger, not
becr Sc he is feeble, and dare not show
his wrath, but because he is strong and
will not.


1t is always harder for us to wait
than it is to strike. All of us are more
or less animals down at the base. We
each have our horns, just as much as
the OK, and we are by nature just as
fond of goring people. But is that a
test of power, worthy of men IN the i'm
age of God ? 1t takes only the lowest
brute in the field to kick. All but it
often takes soul filled with the spirit
of holy Christ not to do it.


Oh T! to have the power to crush some
bitter prosecutor, to hurl to the dust
some cruel foe, to have the power to do
all this, and still be able to say, mo,
my Father, if it be thy will that |
should carry this woe, will neither
murmur, nor lay it down, nor shrink
from it. Gods heaven lies all about
such an one. Gods angels come to sing
their songs to him. And as Christ stood
in the midst of that council-chamber,
smitten and degraded, and yet the only
calm and peaceful one among them all,
so in this world doth he stand who hath
learned to conquer himself, smitten it
may be, Knocked and reviled and misin-
terpreted. and yet in the midst of all
his heart-aches he stands a king, though
his only crown may be wreath Of
thorns.


Now here is just where lies our great
est difficulty in leading Christian life
If it were merely to perform some single
act, why think I could rush upon a
hundred bayonets. 1 too could stand
as Latimer did, praising God while the
flames gathered about me, if l knew
that by the time the day went out
should have seen the Sun of Righteous
ness in His glory. | envy the martyrs
every one of them. think you or
could have had their physical courage
All but this moral bravery, which i
harder than mere brute endurance in tn,
same proportion as it is nobler and NOR,
heavenly-this bravery which must las
not an hour only, while the flames ar,
burning and the soul is spreading it
wings to mount to God, but month,
year, lifetime-that, that is the trues
test of manly strength.-ReO. G. z


Dowling.
Year: 1876

Love. give me one OF thy dear hands to hold
Take thou my tired head upon thy breast;
Then sing me that sweet song we loved of old.
The dear. sOft song about our little nest.
We knew the song before the nest ours;
We sang the song when first the nest we found;
We loved the song in happy ater-hours,
When peace came to and content profound.
Then sing that olden song to me tonight
While l. reclining on thy faithful breast,
See happy visions in the fair frelight
And my whole soul is satisfied with rest.
Better than all our bygope dreams Of bliss,
Are deep content and rest secure as this.
What though we missed loves golden summer time
His autumn fruits were ripe when we had leave
To enter joys wide vineyard in our prime.
Good guerdon for our waiting TO receive.
Love gave no frail pledge Of summer flowers,
But side by side we reaped the harvest field;
Now side by side we pass the winter hours.
And day by day new blessings are revealed.
The heyday OF our youth. its rOseate glow,
It's high desires and cravings manifold,
The raptures and delights OF long ago,


Have passed; but we have truer joys to hold.
Sing me the dear, old song about the nest,
Our blessed home, our little ark OF rest


An The Year Round.
Year: 1876




This is largely an estimate only, as
many of the countries are very made
quately enumerated by census. Parts of
Africa and Asia must be guessed at,
with very few data to go upon. But if
we drop the surplus above the thousand
millions, supposing that the heathan ma
tions are less correctly counted than the
others, we still have the apalling fact
that at least OO,O00,000 of the human
race are in the midst of Pagan or Mo-
hammedan darkness. and are in the
ways of sin and death.


The thought is eloquent A matter
Of-fact people and age, ought to be move
ed more by its statement than by the
most exciting appeals. With the pow
ers of civilization, with wealth aud
means of making the money instrumen-
tai in conveying our civilization and
Christianity to the darkest and most
distant parts of the earth. why should
we not evangelize the world without de-
lay? All the real power Of the world is
in the hands of nominal Christians.
They ought to give their religion to the
rest.
Year: 1876

EDucArIoN.-If you can afford moth
ing else, give your children an education.
A trained mind goes through. life. can
not be stolen, and is not convertible.
Good schools, good books and general
reading matter-get them these, if they
have to do without other things. and to
secure a right direction to the mind.
give them. by word and example, good
principles. Let them grow up with the
idea that it is not needful to be rich,
famous or influential but that it is es-
sential to do what is right.
Year: 1876

If one is too poor to wear tigers claws,
or to pretend to have had great grand
mother. the next thing | would suggest,
would be to wear good many red bows.
Now. it is really wonderful about These
red bOws-yOu can stick them anywhere
it don't matter-yOu can wear red
belt if you want to. and if you can find
Year: 1876

The Washington correspondent of the Bos-
ton Adoertiser says there is much discussion
over the policy laid down by the admins


tration in regard to South Carolina, and
among the Democrats very bitter sentiments


have been expressed. In some Democratic
quarters the old, unrelenting and uLrepent-
ing hostility to the Union during the years


of civil strife manifested itself openly, and
threats have been INDUCED which, if carried
out, would precipitate conflict between the
white liners and their allies in the North
within the next ten days, and stir up the fires
OF the rebellion throughout the entire South.


The hot-headed Democrats assail the Presi-
dent and administration in most bitter lam
guage for trying to protect black Republicans
in the South, and their declarations leave no
they will demand policy which, in effect,


will compel every loyal man iu the South to
leave, stay away from the polls or vote the
Democratic ticket. At no time since the
close of the war has There been such an out
ward exhibition OF old rebel feeling as seen
now, and even the presence of the rsociety
Of the army Of the Tennessee did not seem
to awaken thoughts in the rebel minds
that In the late attempt to destroy the
Union they had been badly whipped


and only enjoy the elective franchise
now by the magnanimity of the Republi


can party. There is no doubt but that the
Presidents nroolam alton and Secretary
Cameron's order to General Sherman has


had the desired effect, and that the white
liners in South Carolina will not attempt the
policy of intimidation upon the United States
troops In official circles great COINCIDENCE is
felt that no serious conflict will occur, and
that the counsels of the hot-headed Demo
Gratis will not prevail, but that peaceful