smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1873

and in small amount, just to stimu-
late the stomach slightly, and begin
to restore its power. After rest a
moderate quantity will be refresh
ing. Never eat a full meal when
you are exhausted. Take first a
small quantity of anything simple,
which may be handy, and rest.
Then, after a time, proper food will
be blessing, not a burden. The
fires will burn, the steam will bo
up, and you can go on your way
safely. 1t is not amiss, in this con-
nection, to say that children would
avoid many feverish night and
many an attack of disease, if moth
ers would follow this rule.
Year: 1873

It is said that coffee grounds,
which is very rich in nitrogen,
are said to form an excellent
manure for melons. In order
to produce the best effect, they
thould be mixed with the earth
which forms the bed, 50 that
they should be well decayedsby
the tine the roots begin to de-
velop. ''ad sai q n9sA9lp'iiaq
Year: 1873

CREAM PIE.-This requires
three cups of milk, two eggs,
two tablespoonfuls of corn
starch, a pinch of salt, butter
the size of a walnut, and two
tablespoonful of sugar. Have
the crust ready baked; then
Scald one and a half cup Of the
milk with the butter and salt;
beat the yolks of the eggs with
the cornstarch, and the other
one and half cup Of milk, and
add to the scalded milk, with
one teaspoonful of lemon ex-
tract. Put in the crust and
bake until done. Then beat
the whites of the two eggs into
a high froth, add the sugar and
spread over the pie, and brown
slightly. a..,..., t.,,
Year: 1873

COuldn'G stand the Flute.


We have seen in one of the
papers an article upon "The
Powers Of Music" in which the
writer describes how, when he
would play his flute at his parlor
window, toad would come out
from under the front step and
appear to drink in the delicious
melody with an air of rapturous
exultation. This must be the
man who lived across the street
from us. We have noticed sew
eral times that a toad came out
and sat on the step when the
man began to play the flute; but
1--we always thought-it was fol
the purpose of ascertaining what
sort of an idiot it was making
such a horrible racket in peace
full neighborhood. Sure enough,
day before yesterday, when the
playing began, out came the toad,
unable to stand it any longer.
He had another toad with him,
and they went and got the lid
off an old backing box, and
fixed a string to it, and packed
into it their little store of dead
flies and things, and three OF
four small toads, and. all their
domestic comforts, and hitched
on that string and began to move
down the street in search of a
new residence. Yes, animals
have an appreciation of music,
and knowing that fact, we have
often wondered how this toad
stood it so close to the man with
the flute.-MaT Adeler.
Year: 1873

The majority for Greeley in
Maryland is eleven hundred and
seventy votes, a result entirely
and altogether owing to the re-
markable fondness exhibited by
some of our friends to stay al
home on election day. We i'm
agine that it will not take much
argument to prove the fact that
it is impossible for the Democ-
racy, no matter what may be
their actual numerical strength,
to succeed at the polls, without
taking the trouble to 60 there
and vote--a lesson that will no
doubt be seriously studied before


another election comes upon us.
Year: 1873

Take two ounces of borax, one
drachm of powdered gum sene-
gal, one quart of hot water (not
boiling J mix, and as soon as the
ingredients are dissolved add
two ounces of spirits of wine
strongly impregnated with cam
phor. On retiring to rest wet
the hair with the above mixture,
and roll it in papers as usual ;
leave them till morning, when
untwist and form into ringlets.
Year: 1873

Struggle on to victory.
Never give up when you are
right. A frown is only a con-
traction, and can't last long. A
laugh of derision is but the
modified bark of a cur. If you
can be laughed out of good, or
the good out of you, you are
weaker in intellect than the fool
whose argument is a gufaw,
whose logic is a sneer.
Year: 1873

Hearth and Home says the
thing to hold in the mouth is a
mouthful of cold water, renewed
every few minutes. 1t will take
away the craving for tobacco
quicker than anything else, and
is wholly unobjectionable. A
pine stick is the best of any
thing to chew, but the objection
to that, and to anything that is
chewed, that it over exercises
and weakens the salivary glands.
In quitting the use Of tobacco,
quit at once and not attempt to
quit off gradually.
Year: 1873

learn to do what you have often regret
ed that you did not learn when you
were younger, for you find it next to
impossible to learn now. Yes, let your
children have an opportunity to read
the papers, (good papers I near, , and
let them send letters to the publisher,
and help them to give some interesting
information from your experience in
farming, or from their own.


Let us look, for instance, at the mer-
chants, or mechanics. Where is there
merchant who does not take mercan-
tile paper, OF where is the mechanic
who is not always interested in his me-
chanlcal OF scientific paper.


Brothers, one word more if you are
not already taking and reading the AD-
VANCE, and other agricultural papers,
subscribe at once. I will not presume
that any one ofyou will say you " cannot
afford ii" for I know it to be fact that
many Of the farmers who think they
can not afford $3.50 for good agricul-
tural paper will subscribe for the New
York Ledger, or some other worse than
worthless, rattle headed story paper,
and spend their leisure time reading
what they know to be miserable and
imaginary love and murder yarn, and
what is worse still, giving your children
an opportunity to ell their heads with
the worthless trash, and moulding their
young minds for suicide and murder.
SO that they loose all their dread and
horror Of such dreadful deeds. Sub
scribe at once for the ADVANCE, and
spend portion of your leisure time in
gaining knowledge Of your business by
writing your views and reading the views
of your brother farmers. and give your
children an opportunity to read and be-
come interested in the best methods Of
forming, in doing so your boys will
learn to love farming instead of what is
too often the case, grow up to hate the
farm, and long to live the life of some
hero Of a Ledger story.


FROM A BROTHER PATRON.
W1NoNA, Oct. 18th, 1873.
Year: 1873

AT the quarterly session of the
County Council Of the Patrons Of Hus-
bandry Of LIE Sueur county, held on the
9TH inst, the following resolutions with
others, were adopted:


WHEREAS, To keep the Patrons ball
rolling, to speak when duty calls, and to
secure uniformity of action of the Oranges
composing this Council, be it


Resolved, That we believe it to be our
duty to make all party obligations sub
servient to our own interests to put our
votes where they will do the most good to
benefit ourselves the most. To this end we
are in favor Of being represented in our
next Legislature by good, competent, hon
est, worthy men, of thought and influence,
who are in hearty accord with the anti
monopoly movement. To such only do we
pledge our best and most earnest efforts
and our suffrages. That we look with sus-
picion upon men seeking Office. That our
Order is not for sale. And if there can be
found any one so devoid of decency who
has joined us for the sake of Office, we will
plow him in so deep that any resurrection
will be utterly hopeless.


Resolved, That as extravaganza has near
ly bankrupted the nation, we are in favor
of making political funeral of all Con-
gressmen, including the President, that do
not pay back their i" back pay" and at an
early day repeal that unjust law. That
the salaries Of all officers, including our
own county, be such as will reasonably
compensate the incumbent for the services
actually rendered; no more nor no less.
We strongly protest against being taxed to
support style in our public servants. That
the growing wants of our young State de-
mand annual sessions of the Legislature to
protect the people against moneyed monop-
olies. That our next Representatives be
requested to use their influence to abolish
the Offices of Insurance and Railroad Com
missioners, as useless and expensive.
Resolved, That we regard the act of the
directors Of certain railroads in advancing
the tariff on our products at the present
time and under all circumstances, as ex-
tortionate, oppressive, piratical, and down.
right robbery; challenge to the patrons to
do their worst. As they have thrown down
the gauntlet, the Patrons take it up, and,
equipped with David's victorious armor,
are stepping to the front to meet these rail-
road Goliahs.


Resolved, That We regard the present
rich mems panic, the topping of fictitious
railroad stocks, as the dawn Of the glori-
Gus day for the Agricultural masses. And
when our Legislatures will still further set
to topping all watered Stocks" when
hard pan is at last found, when these soul
less corporations are made to obey the law,
then will the producers throughout the
land have cause to rejoice.
Year: 1873

A SEVERE TEsT.-The Commissary
General of the United States, after trial
of all the principal starches in the country,
decided that Duryea's Satin Gloss
Starch was the best that could be procur-
ed, and the government from that time to
the present are buying this article. This
is fact worthy the attention of consum-
Year: 1873

WHY WILL YE DIE, On YE OF LIT
TIE FAITH ?''-The following well-written
article is from the Davenport Democrat of
December 10, 1872, and is powerful re-
minder to the afflicted:


The most insidious, deadly and distress
ing malady attacking the human frame, is
pale consumption, stealing into the maid
ems bosom, flushing her cheek, blanching
her skin, and feeding like living worm of
death upon her vitals. A lover may
fondly gaze into her eyes, the brilliant
sparkling is but a forerunner of dissolu-
ton A mother may listen to her mid
night breathing, it is but a muffied drum
beating her death knell A father may
fondly try to save her, but too frequently
his efforts are in vain, her bridal bed is the
burial case her bridegroom, death, the
silent consumer of her lungs is at work,
and physicians have no remedy, the phar-
macopeia no drug which cankeep her from
her destiny Sad as this view is, there is,
happily, bright side Providence has
garnered up in the storehouses of vegeta-
ton, a sovereign balm in the juices OF
plants to arrest the fell destroyer, to heal
the eating ulcer, to renovate the failing
lung, to bring health, strength and vigor
to the wasted frame. The keen eye oi
sclence .9l has searched for it, the chemist 5
skill has seized upon it, the retort and
alemblc have extracted it, and the remedy
Is produced which will stay the progress Of
the stealthy death fiend The result OF
this careful study of nature is Aliens
Lung Balsam, this is the consumpt;ve's
hope, the declining patients cure Thou.
sands have entered upon a trial of Il yr;+l
distrust and fear, who now live to record
its snatching them from an early grave, anG
who are ready to testify to its merits. LIE
the consumptive take it and be benefited


why will ye die, oh, ye Of little faith p
Year: 1873

DoNT SUFFER your hair to fall off when
a bottle or two of NATURES HAIR RE
sToRATTvE will check it. Splendidly per-
fumed and clear as crystal. All wide
awake druggists sell it. See advertise
ment
Year: 1873

g Those holding tickets in the original scheme
can return them to j. c. WALLACE. Manager DaV
enport, and receive two chances in the new scheme
for one in the old,-which will give them one
chance in Is to draw prize.


The managers assure the public that the drawing
Year: 1873

From lands end TO lands end, that all may read
and reading, believe, that for the countless mil
lions who are on the road to an untimely grave
with bilious complaints there Is but one truly great
and reliable remedy, and that is
Year: 1873

We always expect falling of of cores pondance during the hArd-working sum- aer season Some of our regular corres- pondents do not seem to revive now that HztEmn has set in and local items are more easily attainable. Let us hear from such more frequently!

 We always welcome local news from any reliable source, and should be glad of q largo reinforcement of new corres- pondents. What we want is the news of your Iocality-1O matter in how inartistic shape. provided we get the facts.
Year: 1873

It is very we'll that we should occa- sionally see some representation of the dark side of English society. Most of the novels we steal from English writers represent only the aristocratic view of matters. Even the religious novels touch only the surface of things, Pious heroes and heroines often lead lives Of devotion to the poor; but they never seem to ap- preciate the fact that it is justice not charity that the laboring class of England chiefly need. They never take in the idea that the selfish and grasping upper class of that country have reduced the great mass of the population to Q grind ing, hopeless, almost unbearable poverty. The rich have monopolized all the land and sequestered large amounts of it for parks, and for other purposes of mere show and amusement. The laborer who is industrious and frugal barely keeps himself out of the poor house and has no chance of rising. Property is all that English law cares for. A gentleman who seduces poor mans wife commits no le- gal crime; but the laborer who catches @ hare, is transported. The upper classes, in the meantime, keep all the land in the great families by the systems of entail and primogeniture, and pension their young CT sons of on the church, the army, or the civil service. Even the House of Commons is completely under control of the landed aristocracy and reform oreeps along at snail's pace with more show of progress than reality. True, Mir. Glad stone has done something. He has dis established the Irish church, and made some provision for education, but the English church establishment, the game laws, and the House of Lords, stlll cum Der the ground.

 It is this reverse side of the usual pie ture of Engliah life that Messrs. Brad- laugh and Jenkins, English radicals, are now showing us. Both have succeeded as lecturers before Boston audiences and Bradlaugh has made asuccessful debut at New York. The story they both tell, with some variations from differences of view,1 is very instructive one, and we hope both will have full hearing through out the country.
Year: 1873

The meeting of the Constitutional Re- form Association at New Haven, last week, did little besides develop 8 plenti- fal difference of opinion. The current of that opinion can be readily gathered from our report in another place. Most of the RefoEmers oppose any change of the sys- tem of town representation in the lower House. We agree with them so far as the District system is concerned. It Is probably foo early in the agitation of this great question to expect much favor from s0 conservative a state as Connecticut for any plan of minority representation; yet, as our readers are aware, we look to its ultimate adoption as the only true solu- tsoa of the dificulties that lie in the way of aIl propositions for representative re- form
Year: 1873

But know what it was that used him
up, and he trusts me. Then whatY,
MY dear fellow, then we NAV save
MIN. We won't give him ups


But the poor soul that had never known
a childhood, nor an unstained youth, nor
tne love OF woman, nor the kiss of little
cnildren, was to begin the new life where
all these, or their recompense, might
await him. He did not talk. He was con-
tent to lie still and look at John Blythe's
face. Butat the last the chaplain stood be-
side him too. And when he asked, "Do
you trust in the mercy of God, dear BROTH
err the fading eyes looked with unut-
teraole love In Blythe's, and the spent
voice said, clearly, He gave His angel
charge concerning me to keep me up, lest
l should dash my foot against stone"
Then they left the bedside for the living
needed them.


lie had given his papers to his friend,
and among them was copy of his will.
In token of his love he had left all his
property to "John Blythe, for whom
was named, and to whom owe all have
and am" 1t was legacy that grew in
bulk day by day, and made many an abb
ject creature happier. And it is still, in
other hands, doing its good work, though
the last earthly record of the two obscure
lives whose gift tic was is written on lit
tie slab in Greenwood, thus:


SACRED TO THE MEMORY


of


JOHN c. BLYTHE;


and of


JOHN BLYTHE,


HIS BELOVED NAMEsAKE.


-Harper's Monthly.
Year: 1873

The Detroit Free Press says: On Mon
day afternoon, when the heavy thunder
shower came up, two Detroiters were fish
ing at Sandwich, and they took refuge In
the Custom-house building on the rock.
Seven other persons also took refuge in
the same building, making nine In there
when the storm broke. Everybodyin the
city will remember what heavy crash oc-
CURED abOut three o'clock, and It was this
particular thunderbolt which went for the
"picked nine" in the building. They
were talking among themselves, when the
first thing they knew they didn't know
anything, as the saying Is. A fiag-pole
about ten feet long was fastened to the
roof of the Office, and the lightning struck
and ran down this, tore q hole through
the roof, and then paid Its respects to the
fishermen. None Of them knew that the
building had been struck, or that flash
and shock had occurred. Each of them
was struck dumb, as 1t were, for a longer
or shorter time. Henry r. Durney, an
old COMP" awoke to find himself
astride Of salt barrel, several feet from
where he had been standing. There was
q tingling sensation all through him, MAX
Ing his nerves feel like wires, and he
could not find his voice for two or three
minutes after he was able to look around.
Hugh Martin, proprietor Of the Comper-
ciai Dlning-rooms, on Griswold street,
says ne thought a powder explosion had
occurred; he was lifted up and flung
against the wall with considerable force,
and then everything was blank for a min
ute or two. Gas 20 crIs


Every other man in the house was SIM
1arly treated, some being even more
roughly used, but after three or four min
utes seven Of the nine got upon their feet,
and found themselves still alive. The two
others were senseless. One of them,
named Mike Dumford. was lying in the
second room on his back and the other
was fiat on the floor, and bleeding at the
nose. It was for some time believed that
both were dead, and Il was full two hours
before young Sharp recovered sufficiently
tobe taken across the river.
Year: 1873

Our own private opinion on the lady 5
man, says Mrs Stephens, is that he is
thoroughly confemptible-a sort of life
hardly worth thinking of-a nutshell
with the kernel withcred up-sumething
not altogether upeasant to the fancy, but
of 10 earthly use. A woman of sense
would as soon put to sea in man of war
made OF Shingles, or take up her residence
in card house. as dream OF attaching
herself to lady killer


Women worth the name are seldom de
ceived into thinking our lady's man the
choicest specimen of his sex. Whatever
their ignorance may be, wumanly intui
tion must tell them that the men wEu
live for "A great object, and whose spirits
are so firm y knit together that they are
able TO encounter the storms OF life-meu
whose depth and warmSh of feeling re
scmtle the powerful! current of Il 2hty
river and not the bubbles on its surface
who, il they love. are never smitren toy
mere beauty Of form or ieatures-that
these men are more worthy even of Oc
cupyng their thoughts in idle moments
than the tops aud men about town, with
whose attentions they amuSe themselves
1t we were to tell bm this he would only
laugh-he has no pride about him, al
though full of vanity, and it matters not
to hun what we may broadly affirm or
quietly insinuate.


Soft aud delicate though he is, he is a>
impervious to ridicule as hod carrier.
aud as regardless of honest contempt as
IA city alderman. Were you to hand hlm
this article, he would take it to some so
cial party and read it aloud in the most
mellfluous tone, as an homage to his own
ATTRACTIONS.
Year: 1873

1t is the worst possible policy to kill
all the best aud handsomest fowls, and
save only the mean and scraggy ones to
breed from. This is precisely the way
to run out your stock ; for like tends to
breed like and the result is, that by
continually taking away the best birds,
and using the eggs of the poorest, your
flock will grow poorer aud poorer every
succeeding year.


Ii would seem as though this was too
plain to be insisted upon. but, in fact,
line upon line" is needed 1t is the
crying want OF the poultry upon the
farms the country through this careful
and Intelligent selection Of the best for
breeding.


Nothing is lost by a little self denial to
start with The extra pound or two ol
poultry flesh that you leave on its legs,
iusteal of sending it to the market, is as
good seed, and will bring forth ten told
and twenty fold in your lutnre broods
Save your beststock for breeding -foM
try World
Year: 1873

True as the gospel is the following said
by Robert Colyer of Chicago


at is true that the working, success
fall men to day were once poor, indus
trious self reliant boys. And the same
thing will be repeated-for from the
ranks of the hard working. economical
temperate and perseveriug boys of to
day, will emenate the progressive promi-
nent men of the future.


Every man doing any sort of work in
Chicago to-day, was raised poor man. 5
son aud had to fight his way to his place.
Not one of them, as | can ascertain, was
rich mans son. and had good time
when he was boy. All boys should
grow as strong as steel bar, fighting
their way to an education and then when
they are ready. plunge into life with that
traditional half dollar and a little bundle
tied up 10 a red handkerchief as | have
known great men start tell you that
in FIVE aud twenty years when most ofsus
that are 10 our middle ages have gone To
our rettibution. the man OF mark 10 their
country will not be the sons Of those
whose fathers can give them all they wish
for, and ten times more than they ought
TO have bat will be those who are brought
up on farms houses and cottages, cutting
their way through the thickest hindrance
Of every sort aud all the brown stone
houses of this metropolis will be as uoth-
ing to bring out the noble nen.
Year: 1873

y young man in Bean Hill Conn
was wanted as a witness in a liquor case.
lie saw the constable coming for him
rushed into tannery, aud hid himseli
iii the sweating room. where the hair is
lonsened from the skins by steam. The
engineer innacenily let an this steam. and
the consequence is that the unwilling
witness is now as bald as old Elisha.
Year: 1873

In Russia, every endeavor is being
made by the government TO advance
and diffuse knowledge in the arts and
manufactures. With this object in
view, no less than fifteen exhibitions
have within the past few years been
held alternately at Petersburg, Mos
cow and Warsaw. The exhibition of
the present year is devoted especially
to the technical arts, and is intended to
form the nucleus of a national poly
technic museum.
Year: 1873

A peculiarly astute and observant
American, who lately visited Germany,
discovered while there that dem ocratic
party In that country is quietly agita
ting the subject of q change from ar
empire to republic, in the event oi
the depth or retirement of the Emperor
William. No doubt the agitation,
ifit exists is exceedingly quiet" While
the Emperor holds million men under
arms, political agitation of a noisy and
demonstrative character would be rather
hazardous to the agitators The Crown
Prince is not losing much sleep, We
presume on account of the quite scheme
to defeat his succession to the throne.
He is the idol of the army, has already
proved on the Geld HIS ability to handle
it effectiYely..and would use it as merciless
ly against Prussian revolutionists as
against Intelligent and earnest Repuplicau
in Germany of course but they are
doubtless well enough aware that the
reconsideration oil the German Empire
under the rule of the Prussian- Kings
has postponed the probability, if not the
possibility of realizing their hopes for
half century Chicago Pos.