smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1875

An occurrence perhaps without parallel
was witnessed recently at the close of the as
sizes at Chester, England, of which the Man.
chester Guardian gives the following ac-
count: Mary Lancaster, thirty three, was
indicted for the manslaughter of her husband,
John Lancaster, at Birkenhead. He had long
led the prisoner wretched life, and on Sep
tember 18th he came home drunk and kicked
over the meat which she was preparing for
dinner. He then thrashed her, and in pas
sion the prisoner threw at him sharpened
steel and caused his death. The'prisoner was
hard working woman, and in spite OF her
husbands brutal treatment OF her, had done
her best to make his home comfortable. The
Jury found the prisoner guilty. Mr.. Justice
Brett, addressing the prisoner, then said: l
believe that if thought it right to act ac-
cording to our own feelings, should say
nothing about this unhappy husband ofyours.
AS far as can see. you were respectable
Woodworking, well-behaved wife, and feel
bound to say greater brute than your hus-
band was have seldom heard Of. There
were circumstances in the dispositions even
worse than those which have been brought
forward They show that even on the very
last day you were together you were doing
all you could to make his home comfortable
and to make him happy. With a brutality
which made meshudder when | read it he cast
away that which you had prepared for him.


He has been beating and ill-treating you for
months, probably for years, and it is nothing
but the tenderness and forg giveness of the wo-
man and wife which prevented you from
having him punished for crimes he commit
ted against you time after time. 1t is only
when he has driven you to desperation by ILL
treating you the whole day, and l dare say
was on the point of ill-treating you again,
that you in moment of passion, took up a
formidable weapon and threw it at him,
believe, without the intention of striking him.
1t did strike him, and you Immediately ran
for assistance, and did all you could to save
him. All the real right in this case was on
your s;de-all the real wrong on your hus-
bands; and God forbid that | should punish
you. l will be no party to it. l will not
even make this judgment complete. will
not allow it to be said by anybody that you
are convicted felon-[hear, hear, for q
conviction is not complete until a sentence is
passed, and mean to pass no sentence at all


Loud cheering, which for some time the Of
ficials of the court vainly endeayored to sup
pres. shall merely ask you to enter into
your own recognizances to come up for judg
ment if called upon, and nobody in the worlc
will ever call upon you-God forbid they ever
should. Renewed cheering, during which
the prisoner left the dock.
Year: 1875

If Spain don't promptly redress our griev-
ances it might, perhaps, he good idea to
seek satisfaction by introducing the American
potato bug among her soil. This would prob
ably be an ingenious and effectiye method of
securing retribution, but if it did not produce
wholly satisfactory results, we might follow
it by the introduction of ship-load of Rocky
Mountain grasshoppers. Theproud Castilian,
whose naughty spirit would not bend before
the incursive potato bug, would assuredly
succumb to the onslaught of the predatory
and omnivorous grasshopper.
Year: 1875

1t is the fashion in many cases now-a-
days to 60 long ways from home to marry.
Not year passes that does not witness a
goodly number Of our bachelor posting off
5000 miles to the States to possess themselves
of wives, or the journeying of an equal num-
Der of manageable young women from the
east to Montana to unite themselves to the
men of their choice. Our English cousins,
to certain extent follow suit. A year or so
ago 'Britisher" came all the way from his
native isle to marry Nellie Grant. And now
the Earl of Roseberry is on his way across
the ocean to marry the eldest daughter of
William Butler Duncan, of the house of Dun
can. Sherman & Co., New York.
Year: 1875

The cutting down of teachers salaries is
regarded with dsapprobation in nearly all
quarters. The Boston Globe speaks thus ::
''The present rates are none too high to Sc
cure the services of competent men and wo-
men, and the incompetent which are likely to
come in at reduction aIe dear at any price
To insure faithfulness in teachers they must
be paid enough to enable them to work with
a single eye to the performance of their du-
ties and not be obliged to exc out their SUBJ
sistence by efforts which, while detracting
from their usefulness, would be in danger
also of compromising their honor. The i'll
structor should be independent alike of the
necessity of outside work, and Of the tempta-
ton of making his position the price ofpolitical
log-rolling. Far better would it be to relieve
teachers and pupils of the burden of multi
plicity of studies than to put a premium on
incompetence by reducing their pay.
Year: 1875

SLEEPLEss people-and there arc many in
America-should court the sun. The very
is sunshine. Therefore it is very plain that
poor sleepers should pass as many hours of
the day in sunshine, and as few as possible in
the shade. Many women are martyrs and
vel do not know it. They shut the sunshine
out of their houses and hearts; they wear
wells; they carry parasols; they do ali that is
possible to keep off the snbtlest, and yet most
potent influence, which is intended to give
them strength and beauty and cheerfulness.
Year: 1875

Men of true manly grit are not to be
found every day; but one Of this kind died
at his post in Cheyenne the other day. He
was All engineer on the Union Pacific Rail-
road. Coming west, bringing the passenger
train, he was suddenly taken seriously i'll :;
but rather than shrink from duty he increased
the speed of the engine to forty miles an
hour, and reached Cheyenne ahead Of time.
AS the monster machine came to halt, and
the engineer who was to relieve him stepped
into the pilot house, he said, family: Take
the engine; I'm ready to die now," and in
five seconds he was q CORPSE
Year: 1875

With this issue of TIE TINES commences
Volume Six, and as the reader no doubt per-
ceives, the paper enters upon its sixth year
in reduced form; but though little, we are
proud to say that it is all "home made" and
that it is now really Superior paper, if not
in worth and matter, at least in manufacture.


We have not time this week 10 detail the
many reasons for this change, but the main
and essential one will be obvious TO every
one, viz. hard times.


With this brief explanation we shall have
to let the subject rest for this week.
Year: 1875

Homel how sweet the word How full
Of thought that the heart loves How deeply
interwoyen are the thoughts Of these associ-
ations with the finest tendrils Of our natures,
forming the fountain Of the hearts true life.
No language is too chaste, no influence too
pure, to pervade its portals From here go
out impressions aud thoughts which will
echo and re-echo in our hearts in after life.
A thought nourished in the breast Of youth
not father nor mother can tell what it may
bring forth. Many times within the last
few centuries has single thought, CLEANED
from some hour Of childhood, been nourished
but to burst forth to astonish the world. A
good thought noble impression-may do
more than Attalic wealth for the good Of
mankind while bad impression may work
corresponding amount Of ruin, with all its
attendant results. Important, then, are the
home infuences-a father and mothers teach
ings. Do they properly consider its power :?
You may talk TO manhood in its vigcr, and
the world will roll its wheel Of business,
pleasure and sin between you and the hearts
you would reach. The affections of youth
burst forth long before their reasoning facul-
ties are matured. They are ready and eager
TO be impressed with every thought. Their
trust and faith in their parents seek cor
responding confidence in them, II parents
are regardless Of their affections (as too
often they are), they must expect children
will seek other hearts, genial with their own


Home becomes less attractive and sinful as
sociates more enticing. Parents, be assured
that the characters formed in youth will be
the standard OF the character in after life :
that the language used in the home circle
will give tone to the language which your
children will use, in the society in which they
may chance to meet, but to tell a true tale OF
your home language and influence.
Year: 1875

A TrESTf0N is INVITED OF PARTIES LOOKING
N for first class House and location to the
story high stoop brown and cabinet finished Houses
Nos 30 to 45 East Sixty fifth street. Apply the
to-da
Year: 1875

YOUNG LADY OF GOOD FAMILY AND EDUCA
n ton undergraduate OF Vassar College, wishes Ike
an Immediate engagement with family or school in or ont
and music In which she is prohcien visiting govern
cashier correspondent other suitable capacity
Address Miss +. c. box 1913 Herald Office.
Year: 1875

From the Sanoma Co. (Col) Flag.


California is not invariably good
country for poor man. We cannot
honestly recommend any one to come
to this State, unless he has friends
here that will help him into business,
or unless he has some capital.
Hundreds Of the incoming emigrants
will bitterly rue the decision that
made them sell their little homesteads
and cross the plains, landing in the
promised land with theirscanty means
nearly exhausted. They will earnest
ly long for the hesh-pots of Egypt,
and their complaint will be better
founded than was that of the ancient
Israelites. In many cases starvation
will loom up as a possibility.


If a man comes here to build a
manufactory of some kind, or to till
the soil, and has money to start his
enterprise and to support himself, he
will be the right man in the right
place; but if he comes without means
expecting to earn his living from the
start by finding ready market 70,
his labor, skilled or unskilled, he il
very liable to disappointment.
Year: 1875

The BLacksmith's Journal has the
following. There is much in it that
should arrest the attention of every
laboring man: "Two Of the most
formidable enemies against which the
working man has to contend, are
whisky and tobacco. They not only
work irreparable injury to body and
mind, but they contribute more to his
degradation and enslavement than all
other elements combined; they
surround him with poverty, clothe his
children in rags, and compel them to
grow up in ignorance, while the faith
er-the victim Of the destroyer of his
happiness-is placed in dependent
condition, a condition which too often
approxilnates or resembles the worst
form of abject slavery. Hei subject
ed to oppression, often imposition, and,
finding himself penniless, he submits
with a humiliation against which his
departed manhood enters not even a
protest.


"How often do we hear the answer
cant afford it come from machin-
list or blacksmith when asked to SUBJ
scribe for the Journal, or connect him.
self with our organization? At the
same time he is squandering his sur
| plus earnings in whisky and tobacco" !"
Year: 1875

President Grant made a brief
address to the Sioux Chiefs in Wash
ington Wednesday. 1t was plain,
common-sense talk throughout, to the
point, and without palaver. The
evident intention was to convince the
Indians that whenever they are found
in the path of advancing civilization
and settlement they must "move on
and get out Of the way, and that the
sooner this policy is understood by
the tribes the better for all concerned
especially the tribes.
Year: 1875

, Z "A gentleman was endeavoring to
enjoy an evening in the company Of
a young lady upon whom he called,
but found serious obstacle in the
person of a stern father, who at length
very plainly intimated that the hou,
for retiring had arrived. II think
you are correct, my dear SIR" re
turned the unabashed young man
1--WE have been waiting to have you
60 to bed for over an hour"
Year: 1875

Samuel White, a farmer Of
Ludlow Mass, went into large
hog pen to feed a number of the
beasts confined there. A large and
very savage boar attacked him with
out warning, and a desperate encount-
er ensued, the man striking with a
heavy club, with which he had armed
himself before entering, and the boar
biting with CHASTITY effect. At length
a deep bite in Whites thigh severed
the femoral artery and he bled to
death. .--~>
Year: 1875

Let us begin with the frank aban.
donment of any formal parlor, but,
taking the largest and pleasantest and
most accessible room in the house, let
US give it up to the wife and children
in the daytime, and to the meeting Of
the whole family when evening comes.
There is not much need at the present
time to emphasize this suggestion, for
it is one which experience and neces-
sitY have already made to q good
many people; andnow that the prob.
lem, GLOW to get a dwelling at rent
within moderate means" is being
solved by the increase of "Aats' and
apartment houses, the "parlor" must
be given up, there being no provision
made for it in the common plans.
But it is by no means my notion that
the Gving-room should be homely,
matter-of-fact apartment, consecrated
to the utilities, while the Muses. and
Graces are left to kick their heels in
the hall. On the contrary, we want
in the living-room, for a foundation,
that the furniture shall be the best
designed and best made that we can
afford, and all of it intended to be
used and necessary to our comfort
not an article to be allowed that
doesn't earn its living, and cannot
prove its right to be there. These
wants being provided for first, then
we will admit the ornaments of life
casts, pictures, engravings, bronzes
books, chief nourishers in life's feast
but in the beginning these are to be
few, and Of the choicest, and the
greatest care is to be taken in admit
ting a newcomer. Theroom from the
very first, ought to represent the cult
ure Of the family-whatis their taste
what feeling they have for art; il
should represent themselves, and moi
other people; and the troublesome
fact is, that it will and must represent
these, whether its owners would let il
or no. Ifyoung people, after they
have secured the few pieces of furnit
ure that must be had, and made SUR
that they are what they ought to be
have some money leftto get a picture
an engraving, or a cast, they ough
to 60 to work to supply this want a.
seriously as they would the other
which seems the more necessary, bu
in reality is not a bit more necessary
I look upon this ideal liying-room o
mine as an important agent in tn
education Of life; twill make a grea
difference to children who grow up il
it, and to all whose experience is as
sociated with it, whether it be
beautiful and cheerful room, or onl,
a homely and bare one, or a merel,
/ formal and conventional one. Th
relation Of these things to education
isall that gives any dignity or poetr,
to the subject, or makes it allowabl
for reasonable man to give muc


thought to it. But it has real vita
relation to life, and plays an import
ant part in education, and deserve


to be thought about a great dea


more than it is. It is therefore n


trifing matter whether we hang poe


pictures on our walls or good one


whether we select a fine cast or


second-rate one. We might almo!


as we'll say it makes no diferene


whether the people we live with a,


frst-rate or second-rate.-Scr;beer f


June.
Year: 1875

GUS thing for even a porpoise to
show his black nose over the water
in sight Of the town. Only a few
weeks before I last saw the place
eight hundred foolish porpoises enter
ed the harbor, and four hundred were
captured in an afternoon, and not
only in the legitimate way, so to
speak, by men with harpoons in boats,
but part of the school was driven
into shoal water, where men waded
out up to their armpits, and "grab-
bing" a porpoise with the fingers of
one hand in his eyes and the other
catching his back fin, dragged him
ashore by main force. If you want to
awaken Provincetown very suddenly,
hire loud-voiced man to shout.
"Blackfsh!" from the roof of house.
You will find yourself in less than
two minutes in the middle of a very
lively population.


Blackfsh mean money. They are
worth about ten dollars apiece, and a
capture of four hundred fish is a
handsome days work, which adds to
the wealth as well as to the fragrance
Of the town. Besides the blubber
oil which these animals and porpoises
yield, there is product of which few
people, I imagine, think much, but
which is yet of considerable impor-
tance to all of us. This is the pecu-
liarly limpid oil which is drawn from
the jawbones Of these fish, and which
is used by watchmakers all over the
world to oil the works Of watches. A
drop Of it goes long way; and in
fact the civilized world uses at present
in all its hundred millions of watches
only about two hundred gallons
yearly, most of which is produced, or
more correctly, saved on Cape Cod.
An old man who had been thirty-fve
years in the business of preparing
this jaw oil told me that when a
school Of fish was caught he bought



the heads, which he then tried out
carefully, refined the oil by boiling it,
and finally submitted it to freezing
test. Two or three men furnish the
worlds supply of this product; they
have established their regulations and
control the market; and this old man
remarked that the stock on hand was
now sufficiently great, and he would
not save any more this year. The
oil is sold by the producers for from
four to eight dollars a gallon. I re-
marked to the old fellow that if he
could sell two hundred gallons yea,
at FIVE dollars gallon he. would do a
comfortable business and he replied
eyes, indeed; I'd be happy with that
| and throw off half"


Nor was he exaggerating. On this
fruget Cape Cod fisherman is
not unhappy nor unfortunate if
he makes five hundred dollars
by his years work. His wife will lay
by some oft, and he will subscribe
literally to church and foreign mis-.
sions, and think himself comfort.
able man. He owns his house and
little garden patch; he is not afraid
of the tax-gatherer; he and his wife
know how to make money go far, and
they are not at all conscious that they
are pinched by poverty.-Ha,psr';
Magazine.
Year: 1875

New YORK, June 25.-The Herald
of this morning having published the
attidavits Of Messrs. Legs, Laden y Price,
corroborating the stories published some
days. siuce and on account of which
Mr.. Beach attempted to have
the case reopened, Mrs. Tilton
will tomorrow publish an affidavit
in her own vindication, in which she says
that no person was employed in laying car
pets ut the time specified in the attidavts,
nor to the best Of her knowledge and
belief were Roi,i and Loader ever in her
house at any time; that the narrative so
far rs it relates in any
manner to herself or Mr.
Bcecher is wholly and utterly false. The
occurrence described never took place.
either in Oct. 1869 or at any time what
soever. She saws there never was any
improperly of conduct or any improper
relation between Henry Ward Beecher
and myself, and all charges Of adultery or
improper conduct, or of any attempt on
his part or mine to have or solicit any
improper or indecorous relation or acts
are utterly and absolutely false. Nor
did any act or word ever pass between
Mr.. Beecher and myself which
could, with equal propricty,
have not passed between father and
his daughter. In conclusion Mrs. Tilton
said, | declare in the presence of AL
mighty God that am innocent of all the
otienSes charged against me with relation
to Henry Ward Beecher, except only
that under the influence of my husband,
which found it impossible to resist so
long as persisted in living with him, !
have made charges against Mr.. Beecher,
which were false and entirely unfounded,
and which my husband knew to be false,
and l declare that left my husband vol
UNFAIRLY and without any soliclta-
tion or inducement from any person, and
especially without any solicitation or
suggestion Of Mr.. Beecher, but SO far rs
| have any knowledge or information of
his views contrary to the desire of Mr.
Beechcr, did so because had found by
sad experience, that the only result Of my
long endeavor 10 serve my husband was
that kept myself in his power and that
it was impossible for me so long as |
lived with him to resist his demands or
speak the truth when be required me TO
deny it ELIZABETH K. TUToS.


Sworn to before Judge McCue Of the


City Court, Brooklyn.
Year: 1875

1t is of nature to call forth the exer-
else of your highest intelligence and
most scrupulous care. You will retire to
your deliberations with an impartial and
an earnest purpose to be just to the wit
nesses, Just to the parties, and to render u
verdict which you may think of hereafter
with satisfaction, as duty honestly per
formed, in the presence Of God and man.


At 10 o'clock nothing having been
heard from the jury, Judge Nelson ad-
journed Court till 10 o'clock tomorrow
morning.
Year: 1875

was next considered. The Judge calling
the attention of the jury to the large
amount of evidence, including the PLAIN
tif-s alleged misconduct at home and
abroad, peculiar to this mere question OF
damage; such misconduct may reduce the
amount of recovery, but it is no defence
TO the action. Some other features of the
case remain to be noticed upon princl-
pie and authority, and also with reference
to our accepted rules OF social order The
intimacy and intercourse which is allow
ed between married woman and her
legal adviser, physician or pastor
is greater than that which would be con-
sidered proper or becoming between a
a woman and a man holding no such
special relation. That principle applies
here, and defendant is entitled to the
benefit of it. We are wonted to say that
all suitors are treated alike, and in most
respects they are; but yet in case
of this character, man who grows old
in prayer and pious service, has
prinld faeie the benefit OF presumption
which the mere man of the world has
not. Mr.. Beecher's advances of money
which through Moulton wentto the bene-
fit of Tilton and his family appear to
have been acts of generosity. That
money was not extorted by Moulton nor
does it appear to have been the fruit of
any improper articles although it is not
of any special moment. | think it pro-.
per to say that uncontradicted evidence
shows that Titon did not know
that he was benefited by Beecher. We
have before us no evidence which could
support charges of conspiracy and black
mail. and if we have, the defendant :
position would remain the same, if inno-
cent, to be declared so, independently Of
snrh articles
Year: 1875

would seem 10 have arisen between Ill
ton and Bowen, if the former did threaten
to publish card injurious to the latter,
unless the money was paid, but we have
no interest in that question. Moreover
he did not publish the card nor was he
paid until after due course of investiga-
ton. 1t seems that the covenant of
Bowen and Tilton in respect
to compensation for service on two papers,
provided for certain payments on n ter
mlnstion of employment before the end
of the term, and that the claims or dis
putes should be determined by arbitra-


tion. In the notices Of dismissal put in
evidence, MIR. Bowen proposed that mode
OF adjustment, and he had legal right
to stand on that he did SO, and the srbi-
tration was had. The gentlemen acting