smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1873




mes and levied the taxes necessary
to be raised IN Mineral Poi,t this
winter, which amounts to IT per
cent. of the City Assessors valuation
of all property. Naturally, this is
"a popular subject Of discussion
among the taxpayers. Some swear
not, only deep but loud; others
think, ,d-=n vigorously, others man
ifest disposition 10 submit dog
gedly, and few to pay cheerfully.
Injupctiops and resistance are talked
of, but nQ>action yet is taken, and
we hope will not be. Some tax
payers who will be as hardly pressed
as any to raise their proportion, ad-
vocate ga long pull, strong pull,
and pull all together" to lift the
burden, and with them we can but
agree. Did we see any hope of
avoiding heavier tax next year or
some other year by resisting this,
our advice would be to unitedly re-
sist. But there is no such hope
even among the most sanguine.
Those who talk of resistance have
no remedy to propose, and can give
us no assurance that, if We fail to
pay this year. we shall not have a
tax of 25 or 80 per cent. TO pay
next year.


The total levy, we understand, is
about SGT 600, of Witch about S25,-
600 is in no way connected with the
bond debt, but is for Legitimate tax
es for two years. This alone would
be heavy tax, lover five per cent. J
which must be paid some time, and
if not this year, there will be added
to it perhaps three per cent. more,
even should there be not dollar
levied toward payment of the bond
claims, which is not Within the rhcahn
OF probabilities. Viewing all the
circumstances, and seeing no shadow
of hope that anything can be gained
by resistance, but great probability
of even worse fate in future, it
seems that the best course for the
people to pursue is to meet the diff
ficulty squarely, pay if possible, even
though a mortgage on property be
necessary. If the tax levied is gem
orally paid throughout the county
this winter, we firmly believe it will
result in freeing us from the bond
holders within five years, and that
too without having to pay in any
one year another tax half SO heavy
as the present. To accomplish this
is worth attempting. We firmly
believe, and have heretofore ex-
pressed the belief, that almost any
piece of property in the county, the
moment this bond claim is disposed
of, will advance in value twice what
the settlement has cost. Many tax
payers say they would rather have
a mortgage of twice the amount of
the tax on their property, than to
have this incubus resting upon it.
and we think there is wisdom in
their position.


THE Darlington Democrat is alarm
ed at the prospect that tho Reform
Democratic party of Wisconsin is to
be made tender to the St. Paul
Railroad Company. All Intelligent,
hn,,Igt l., Il. l.. 4
Year: 1873

A WOMAN in Prairie du CHEN had
a jury impanneled to find father
for her sireless child. The Reform
County School Superintendent and
another man were brought into
court, that the jurors might deter
mine which Of them the child most
reselnbled. After close examination
of each, the child was declared to
resemble the "other man" most, and
the Superintendent was dismissed.
Year: 1873




1t PAYS to be honest. 1t pays in more
ways than one, It not only pays in the
satisfaction it brings, but, In the long run
it pays in dollars and cents. The me.
chanic, the merchant. the manufacturer
the lawyer-in fact, every man that
seeks advancement through bis labors will
find that honesty is not OIL ly the best poll
cy. but the best stock in trade that he
can have. 1t may take longer to earn a
fortune by honest labor, but once earned.
1t will last longer and buy more solid
comfort than double tho amount earned
by dishonest means. There is something
better than wealth. Integrity is priceless
Money cannot buy it. The rich man
may envy the poor man its possession, yet
the rich can have tits they seek it from
the beginning. Start right young man.
Let no ambitious whispers lead you astray
BE determined 20 deal on the square with
your fellow man. Every dollar thus
earned will brings blessing to your heart.
lfyou cant make money honestly you had
better remain poor all your life. 1t will
not pay to exchange your honesty for a
few dollars and cents. Nsncy made BY
cheating your neighbors will burn into
your conscience and destroy forever your
earthly happiness. Does ambition lead
the citizen to high political power? Lei
him understand that the only sure foot
hold in climbing the rugged steep of fam,
is honesty Of purpose. He may have
brilliant ability, may charm the eye anc
please the ear, but if he lack integrity h,
lacks the one great element of lasting
power. If he is false to himself he will
be false to others, and his fall will be a.
certain as his elevation was rapid. Th,
wrecks Of ambitious statesmen are to b,
seen on every side. They had ability
they had the confidence of the people
they were elevated to power and influence
but they lacked honesty and they fell
moral wrecks made so by their own iclly
Let their fate be warning to opublic men
Let personal integrity be the priceless
jewel that money can neither buy nor sell
The fame that is built upon honesty vii
stand like the shaft of granite, the n
blcm Of beauty and eternal strength.
Year: 1873

If you have good dog that kills or
runs sheep and don't want to shoot him,
build pen sixteen feet square. and run
pole sccross the top, and then pick the
largest and Oldest buck Of the flock, put
him in the pen, get your dog with col
lar around bis neck, AID rope to draw up
over the middle of the pole. so that the
dog will have bis fore feet swinging of
of the ground few inches. Get out Of
the pen, AMI let the buck give hun
several good butts, and then turn
him loose. This is sure cure. /
tried II on my fathers dogs when was 4
boy; never knew them to even cross /
field where the sheep were grazing. Trl
! =
Year: 1873

Beneath the hill you may see the mill
or wasting wood and crumhling stone;
The wheel Is dripping and Gathering still,
But Jerry, the miller, Is dead and gone.
Year after year, early and late.
Alike In summer and winter weather,
He pcckcd the stone and baked The gate,
And mill and miller grew old together.
Little Jerry ~ twas all the same
They loved him well who called him 80;
And whether he'd ever another name,
Nobody ever seemed to know.
Twas Little Jerry, come grind my rve;'
And Little Jerry" come grind my


wheat;


AID Little Jerry" was stilIt cry,
From matfon bold aud maiden sweet.
Twas 'I.itte Jerry" on every tongue,


And thus the simple truth was told;
For Jerry was little when he was young,
And he was little when he was old.
But what In size he chanccd to lack,


Jerry made up In being strong;
Two seen sack upon his bacI,


As thick as the miller and quite as long.
Always busy and always merry,
Always doing his very best,
A notable wag was little Jerry,
Who uttered well his standing Jest.
"When will you grind my corn, say ?"


Nay" quoth Jerry, ''you needn't


scold;
Just leave your grist for half dav.


And never fear but you'll be tollcd."
How Jerry lived is known to fame,
| But how he died there's none may know
One autumn day The rumor came


"The brook and Jerry are very low
And then twas whispered mournfully,


The leach had come and he was dead
And all the neighbors fockcd to see;


Poor little Jerry" was all they said.
They laid him in his earthly bed


Ills miller's coat his only shroud-
"Dust to dust" the plrsoH sail,


And the people wept aloud.


For lie had summed the deadly sin,


Aud not grain Of over-toll
Had ever popped into his bin,


To weigh upon his parting soul.
Beneath the hill there stands the mill


OF wasting wood and crumbling stone
The wheel sdrpping and cliattcring still


Bnt Jerry, the miller, is dead aud gone
Year: 1873

They had what they call an awkward
man OF jury down in Maine the Other
day. It seems the case involved claim
for money for building cellar, and the
number Of perches Of stone used was speci-
fed. But this awkward man, % ID
CHANGED, knew something by experience
about building stone walls, and this little
item was not clear to him. So when the
jury went out he took his pencil and
quietly ciphered q little while at the table
and then in the most matter-of-fact way
told his fellow-jurors that as be mado
it, there was enough stone put into those
cellar walls to fill collar completely up
and have some three or four perch Of
stone left, and he was puzsled to know
where they put their potatoes and garden
Year: 1873

The public are under everlasting obli-
gations to tie Danbury News for fur
nisbing panacea for all the coughs and
lung complaints that they may be subject
to this winter. In the language Of the
virtuous father of the melo-drama, we can
only say, Heaven bless you, my che-ild "
Listen to his solid chuaks If wisdom


Que of our citizens who has heen trou-
blcd with a severe cold on his lungs ef-
fected his recovery in the following sim.
pie manner: He boiled little bonesct
and hosrhound together, and drank freely
of the tea just before going to bed.


The next day he took five Of the most
effective cathsrtic pills he could find, and
put one kind of plaster on bis. breast,
another under his arms, and still another
on his back.


Under advice frem an experienced old
lady be took all these Of with an oyster,
knife in the afternoon, and slapped on a
mustard paste instead.


His mother put an onion poultice on
his feet, and gave him lrmp of tar to
swallow. Then he put some hot bricks
to his feet and went to bed.


Next morning another old lady came
in with bottle of goose oil, and gave him
a dose O. it on quill,and an haunt arrived
soon after with q bundle Of sweet fern
which she made into ten, and gave hin
every half hour until noon, when he teoA
a big dose of salts.


After dinner, his wife, who had seen {
fine old lady ofgrcat experience in doc
toring, gave him two pills of her make
about the size Of an English walnut, ant
of similar shape, and two tablespoonful
ofhome>made balsam to keep them safel.
down. tiL


Then he took half pint Of hot rum a
at the suggestion Of a sea captain in tn
adjoining house, and steamed his legs wit
an alcohol bath. Of rs
Il AT this crisis two Of the neighbors al
; rived, who saw at once that his blood wa
y out of order, and gave him half gale
Of spoar.mint tea, and big dose of caste
oil.


Before going to bed he took eight of
2 new kind of pill, wrapped about his nee
flannel soaked in hot vinegar and sal
and had feathers burnt on a shovel ~ b
room. fS34rsf
He is now thoroughly cured and full
gratitude.


II We would advise our readers to CT
This out and keep it where it can
I readily found when danger threatens.
Year: 1873

are most abundant near trap dykes
The pyrites are generally found in lead
mines, and in granite and clay slate
Copper very rarely occurs in the new for.
nations, as along the Atlantic and Gulf
borders, and in the Mississippi valley
south of Cairo,
Year: 1873

A drover went in rostEsran on
Tenth avenue last night and ordered
n plato of chicken soup. After cat.
ing few spoonfulls, he called tho
waiter TO him and said:


Look here what was the length
of the stills used hy the chicken when
it waded through the water on this
plate -


"You Internal fool !" said the wal
ter, ''the chicken didn't wade at all
II had wings aud flew across the
kettle, and it's shadow fell on the
water and was boiled some, and
that's how that soup was made!'


The drover said no more, but fin
ished his soup with a heavy heart.
and pocketed the spoon and went
away.
Year: 1873

Should we be gamers if the memory


of the world were strengthened so that


everybody could always recall at will


all the things he wishes to recall Most


people will probably be disposed to


think that this would be a questionable


boon, unless, indeed, an access of mem


ory brought with it at least an equal


acce's of judgment and sympathy.


Many persons lament their defective


memory, and wish they could tell You


things-"but my memory is so bad :"


and we secretly settle with ourselves


that " 1T is best as it is" for the tax on


our attention will be the less. Un-


questionably, attention becomes more


fastidious as the world grows older ;


we are more chary of it than our fore
fathers. Hence it may be observed
that memory does not now hold the


place it once did as an accomplishment.


Nowadays a good memory meets with
as little envy as any quality that can be
named; where it exists, it is not thought


worth while to dispute it. The way is
rather to magnify the wonder while de-
nouncing it as, in injndicious hands, a
dreadful engine of social oppression.
A good memory is to be kept out of
sight, like woman's learning, and only
aired when you are quite sure of your
company. 1t was not always so /; people
used to vie with one another in exercises
of recollection opportunities were de-
vised for its display friends recorded
extraordinary feats. In the summary
of qualities in old biographies memory
takes a prominent place its triumphs
are enumerated, the injurious surmises
of adversaries and suspicious doubters
are disproved. But perhaps people
discovered that when memory was cnl-
tivated as an art it was rarely put to its
best uses. The elaborate compliments
gabbled over so correctly by Thomas
Diafoirus were a satire on a system that
did not always put the wisest foremost.
Men of thought and learning were
baff1ed and kept back for the want of
verbal memory or of nerve to use it.
The real importance of verbal memory
of this sort sank when the art of print
ing came in and reading became a COM
mon accomplishment, though its pres
tige lasted some time longer: People
therefore, are right in valuing memory
now according to the use it is put to,
for its practical services to its owner, o,
for restoring to us what is otherwlsr
beyond our reach. What memory e
tains is the sole test of what it is W ort-
In its moral aspect the memory may
sometimes indicate an unusual warmthh
tenderness, and tenacity of affection,
but, on the other hand, there are win;
dictive memories, which retain only
or impertinent memories,
which treasure up precisely the things
born to oblivion, or which we should
choose to be forgotten. And so, too,
there are frivolous memories, which re-
tain only trivialities, and entangle the
mind in a maze of nothings To have
a verbal memory like Dick Swiveller's
with tags of verse and cues OF
rhyme, is, somebody has said, as vul-
gar, as destructive of any train of
thought worth the name, as the stable
boys habit of whistling easy airs upon
the mere mechanical excitement of a
bar or two whistled by some other
blockhead in some other stable.-SdttIr-
I<,a,
Year: 1873

A LESSON IN FRICTION. steam
ship Saragossa was lately put upon the
ways at Baltimore, supposed to need
only new caulking and copper. The
caulkers got to work, and the seams be-
tween the planks dressed out with the
irons preparatory to driving in the new
oakum. Imagine the astonishment of
the caulkers when one day the iron, sub
iected only to feeble blow, went clear
into the vessel. A closer inspection re-
suited, and it was discovered that for a
distance of 80 feet on each side of the
keel, and beneath that portion of the
ship where the boilers rest, planks which
eight years ago were three and one-half
inches thick, were now mere boards of
one-half inch in thickness. They were
not worm eaten, and to all appearances
were sound as when first spiked and
bolted to the huge skeleton of a ship.
And here a lesson in the power of fric-
ton may be aptly illustrated. Beneath
the boilers of the Saragossait was discov-
cred that particles of coal had dropped
from time to time, and the mere motion
of the vessel, as she rocked at sea, had
shaken the loose pieces of mineral from
side to side ON the planks, and worn
them to the thickness of boards used in
the ordinary skiff, such as are used on
our creeks.
Year: 1873

"A story is being told of fashiona-
BILE tailor. One of his aristocratic GUS
toners, thinking to annoy him, went
up to him as he was walking on the Pa
rade at Brighton at the most fashionable
hour of the day, and said to him, "See
how badly this coat fits. The great
Sartor was equal to the occasion. TAX
ing up piece of chalky substance at
the side of the road he marked sundry
hieroglyphics over the back, and then,
turning him adrift, said, "There, my
lord, you go and show yourself to my
people, and they will soon put you
right"
Year: 1873

One of the most reasonable rules Of


etiquette is that which requires prompt


replies TO invitations. The reason why


an invitation TO dine or 10 an opera-box


should be answered as soon as received


is so evident that il will not admit Of


questioning; but many who are pune


tilious in these particulars are remiss


in sending promptly the acceptances or


regrets for parties and balls. Most Of


those who neglect this duty do 80 from


thoughtlessness or carelessness, but


there are some who have the idea that


it increases their importance 10 delay


their reply, or that promptness gives


evidence of eagerness TO except or 10
refuse. Others, again, are prevented
from paying that direct attention TO an


invitation which politeness requires by
the inconvenience of sending n special
messenger with their notes. Where any


doubt exists in reference TO the ability
of the person invited to be present at
soiree or ball, an acceptance should be
sent at once; and il afterward prevent
ed from going, a short note of eXamin-
alton or regret should be dispatched.
It is we'll known that a few words make
all the difference between q polite and
an impolite regret. Mrs. Gordon re-
Rrets that she cannot accept Mrs. sgd
news invitation for Tuesday evening"
is not only curt, but would be consider
ed by many positively rude. The mis-
take arises, however, more frequently
from ignorance than from intentional
rudeness. "Mrs. Gordon regrets eX-
tremely that she cannot except Mrs.
Sydney's kind invitation for Tuesday
evening"" is all that is necessary. All
answers to invitations given in the name
of the lady and gentleman of the house
are generally acknowledged 10 both IN
the answer, and the envelope addressed
to the lady alone. Some persons are
in the habit of sending acceptances tO
invitations for balls even when they
know that they are not going; but this
is very unfair to the hostess, not only
because she orders her supper for all
who accept, but because she may wish
to invite others in their places If she
knows in time that shey are not TO be-
present. No house is so large but II
has has limit TO the number of people
that can be comfortably entertained;
and some ladies are compelled by the
length of their visiting-list to give two
or three entertainments in order 10 in
clude all whom they wish TO invite.
When the invitations are sent out ten
days in advance, if answered within
three days, the hostess is enabled TO
select from her other lists such Of her
friends as she would like 10 pay the
of inviting twice, in case
the number of regrets which she re-
ceives will permit her TO do so but de
laving the answers or accepting with no
intention of going, puts IL out Of her
power to send other invitations. Homo
Year: 1873

The French, With whom the Mansard
originated, construct it in manner
which combines safety with elegance.
Instead Of placing wooden or iron
frames on the top OF substantial brick
walls, they carry up the latter to the ex.
treme height required. From the lines
where the roof commences the bricks are
corbelled inside OF each course-that is,
the end. of the brick slightly projects
over the one on which it is laid. A re-
ceding front is thus obtained for the
roof, which, up to its highest point, is as
solid as the walls of the house. The an
gles of the bricks on the outward face
are smoothed over, and the slate is laid
directly on the sloping brick wall. A
coat of plaster is laid on the inside, the
finishing touches are then given, and the
Mansard roof is as solid as any part OF
house, OF which it is the most elegant
feature. 1t would be we'll for our insur-
ance companies to examine the different
methods of construction in use Eere and
in Paris. II the Mansard roofs can be
constructed in manner which makes it
as safe as any other, there certainly
seems no reason to abandon so tasteful o
feature in our domestic architecture.
Year: 1873


was out hunting in Oregon, on Martins
Island, down the Columbia. The hun
ter was accompanied by young hound
only, which started some animal little
distance away in the dense brush. Repzs
ran from the thick timber in which he
was standing, toward the edge of the
water. A clear space OF several rods dl-
vided the brush and the river margin.
On reaching the bank, Repzs halted and
placed himself in IN attitude of defense.
In few minutes the hound emerged
from the timber and came running to-
ward his master. Immediately following
the dog, and in hot pursuit, large and
ferocious panther bounded in sight.
Repzs raised his gun and fired.
The ball took effect in the jaws of the
animol, but did not infict any serious
injury, nor retard his advance toward
the hunter. On firing, Reps retreated
into the water up to his armpits. The
wounded and infuriated animal sprang
alter and tackled" the hunter. The
dog came to the rescue Of his master,
and made it so warm for the panther
that it abandoned Repzs and turned on
the hound. Repzs waded out toward
the bank, turned around and fired the
second barrel of his gun at the panther.
The load was large huckshot, and took
effect in the panther's side. The wound
was very severe. but did not entirely
disable the animal, which was getting
tue best of the dog. Seeing that the
hound would soon be drowned, Repzs
resolved to rescue it if possible. He had
discharged both barrels of the gun, and
cast aside his large bowie-knife in the
edge of the timber when he started to re.
treat to the water. No time, however,
was to be lost. and Repzs sprang into
the river to save his dog. BY this time
the panther had lost much blood aud
was growing weak from exhaustion.
The hunter, who was powerful man,
seized hold Of the ranthGr's head, and
after a fierce tussel," broke its hold on
the hound. The panther now turned on
Repzs. a long and desperate encounter
ensucd between the hunter, panther and
tho dog. At last Repzs succeeded in
keeping tho animals nose under water
until it was quite dead, after which he
drew the body to the shore and tainted
from Lis wounds and exhaustion. The
hunter was severely lacerated in the con-


lict, and has scarcely been able to leave
his bed since. The hound is also badly
| torn
Year: 1873

-Whsthergo our ideas? They go
into the memory of God.-Joubert.


All parts of the Bible support each
Other. like the stones of an arch.


If the the throne Of grace is so
delightful, what will be the throne Of
glory?


There is nothing that so refnes face
and miew as the presence Of great
thoughts.


Time is short, and if your cross
he heavy you will not have so for to-
carry it.


What God gives men as stepping
stones, they often make into stumbling
blocks: