smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1872

| A little while ago there was fancy fai


at Brussels. The object Was a charity, an


the ladies who kept the stalls did some thing


which ladies as a rule avoid doing. 1t j
supposed, Of course, that the poor ought no
to be deprived Of money that can be got b.
any means not involving positive improprie
ty. In this way kisses have been sold at fairs
and in this way at Brussels, a lady sold, Oh
was supposed to have sold, part Of her beau
tiful trcsscs. A gentleman passing her stall
was greatly attracted by the fair saleswoman's
charms, and gallantly demanded to know
the price of one of the locks hanging from
her chignou. Now the lady has husband,
and thinking it right to consult him on the
subject, she managed to postpone the nego-
tiation until the next day. The husband
said that money for the poor ought not to be
turned away, but with pious fraud, his hair
being like his wifes, light brown, he cut a
lock from his own head and gave it to her
Next day the enamorcd purchaser received
this lock and paid an extremely high price
for it.


So far, all was we'll, but the happy couple
were subsequently indiscrcct. They could
not resist whispering the delicate secret to
just one or two amused friends. Presently
the deceived admircr heard that he had
been dupcd, and was being very much laugh
ed at. His displeasure now expressed itself
in very disagreeable manner. In Belgium
deceit in the quality or nature Of any article
sold, exposes the vendor to very severe pun!
ishment. The gallant Belgian, who seems
as warm in fighting as in loving, has actual
ly summoned both husband and wife into
court, and they will hc compelled to swear
whether the hair sold was not the genuine
article the lady professcd it to be. The al:
fair is producing lively excitement, and
the trial which was just about to begin, at
last accounts, will be eagerly watched. I'm
doubtedly the deluded purchaser, like all
who come to grief through the tender pas
sion, deserves certain share of sympathy,
but, really a man who could have the folly
to believe in the genuincness Of any hair de-
pending from a cnignon in these days, will
be none the worse for lesson that will teach
him to be less crcdulous in future.
Year: 1872

We clip from the Monthly Record for
January the following letter:


CHARLESTON. s. @.


ST. JOHN THE EvANGELIsT's DAY, 1871
To tho Reverend the Clergy ofMe Diocese OF
South Corolina ....


DEAR BRETHREN:-You will not see, at
the foot Of this Pastoral Letter, the familiar
and beloved name which you have been wont
to see in all of the last eighteen years, but
q new sname-new at least in this connec-
tion.$i%


And I take this the earliest opportunity
which presents itself, to assure you Of my
deep sympathy in the death of your late Di-
nsani in the thought that he will be
no mare with us to guide and to counsel us.
Ouf lA5yed Bishops works is done, and
we'll done, and now, through the Saviour
whom he loved and served, he rests in peace,
in hope Of q joyful resurrection. Let us
strive to follow him, as he followed Christ,
that with him, in due season, when our work
too is finished, We may have our perfect con-
summation and bliss both in body and soul
in the everlasting kingdom ofthe Rcdeemer.
Let no name be known among us but only
the name of our adorable Lord; and let us
not be too much cast down by the things
which are against us, for, in due season We
shall reap if faint not. ..


Let us labor what the brotherly love and
concord, upon which our late Bishop insis-
ted so earnestly, may continue to abound.
And that such a spirit of forbearance and
tenderness, one towards another, may per-
wade the Diocese during all the years Of my
Episcopate, be they few or many, I shall not
cease 10 make my humble petitions unto
Almighty God our Heavenly Father, and I
have dated this my first greeting as above
upon the Festival of the Saint who is known
as the Apostle of.love. "


. Afectionately, your Brother,


w. B. w. Howe,


Bishop of the Diocese.
Year: 1872

A correspondent of the New York Tribune
at North Adams, Massachusetts,, states that
during tho year and half that has passed
since the Cinnamon were first brought to
that place as shoemakers, many ofthe doubts
that were felt as to the success of the enter
prise have passed away, with some of the
prejudices against the newcomers. He


Most Of the Cinnamon speak English, and
many of them read and write quite well. The
same room is used for the dining and school
room, and on the walls may be seen, inter
spersed among the charts for their study, the
dMfyTtodnt FOR table expenses keptin their
queer hieroglyphics by their foreman, All
Sing, who has charge of providing for their
table, and who is oblige to render daily a
strict account of all expenses The success
as shoemakers seem very satisfactory. l am
told by the superintendent, that the work &C.
complished by the seventy-four Cinnamon
row employed is equal both in quantity and
quality to that formerly done by the same
number of Crispins. The Crispins were paid
from fifteen dollars to twenty dollars week
for doing the work which the Cinnamon are
paid Gas is generally supposed, through it is
not definitely known) about twenty-three
dollars month. Theirpay roll for the month
of November shows that the aggregate loss of
time by the seventy-four workmen was only
five days Opportunities are here given them
of earning additional wages, by workings at
piecc-work The gaming tables, their prov
erbial delight over which they spent consid
cradle of their spare time when they first
came here, have been set aside, and now finds
them spending their evenings oves their
studies, or in earning their extra pay. The
climate seems to agree with them, and they
express themselves much pleased with thsir
home; but they never will say even to their
employers what course they intend to pursue
when they have finished their three years
labor, Most of them arc boys from sixteen
to twenty years of age, with few older ones
Two or three of them are married, having
wives in China. A report which proves to
be only sensational, has been circulated that
the Celcstials had smuggled some of their
fair ones from their own sunny cline to make
happy their new home. The exceedingly
efeminate appearance of some, and thell
marked affectonate bearing toward each
other; vas the only ground for this rnmol
and so striking were the characteristics that
it was. along time before even the assurance


the trustworthy All Sing could convince
their employer that he was not deceived in
the matter of sex
Year: 1872

dent. ftefly destitute
They declare him uc5nz,edge,


Of the very rudiments of knoWlO


and yet he is possessed of all the learn
ing of one of the most thorough col
leges of the continent, and his &C
quirements are both solid and large
They describe him as incapable oi
either comprehending or Of stating
any important affair Of government ;
and yet / invite an impartial contrast
between the messages of his prede--
eessors and his, and affirm that, in
those first excellences of State pa
pers, absence Of pretension and mere
rhetoric, and the presence of clear
compact comprehension and direct
presentation of the subject; in the
justness and practical wisdom they
evince, and in the simple, unostenta
tious spirit of the good magistrate
and the patriotic citizen which char
acterizss them, the messages of Grant
already rank with the best of our
own nation, and receive the admi-
ration of the foremost statesmen Of
other nations.


They accuse him of neglect of du-
ty, and Of absenteeism. / affirm, on
the contrary, his watchfulness over
affairs and comprehension and dis
charge Of duty at all times when du-
ties are upon him, is remarkable.
Take as q mere specimen proof Of
this, his scrutiny Of mere minor pri-
vate bills, sent for his signature. And
shonld that brief but admirable state
ment of public law embodied In his
message Of June LIST, 1872, vetoing q
small private bill, paying for proper
ty destroyed in the ravsges Of war,
be needed by the Congress, then the
nation will owe to the Presidents
watchfulness and wisdom in matters
Of apparently the smallest moment its
deliVerance from the payment OF all
such property, estimated to amount
to the sum OF ten hundreds Of millions
Of dollars 49,


They say he, as President, takes
gifts as rewards for bestowment OF
office, and yet since President he has
not received of gifts single farthins,
and those he did receive before were
given by the people in token OF hon.
or and gratitude to the national de-
liverer-token as honorable to the
kho roooiuaP
They say he violated neutral obli-
cations in the sale Of arms; and yes
that no violation occurred Is now 80
overwhelmingly proved that even
his traducers have nearly ceased 70
nress the slander and, besides, the
law authorizing the sale confined the


matter so exclusively to the judg-
ment. direction, and control OF the
Secretary of War as to make the
President no more responsible for
the act than Is the President Of this
meeting.


They say he made war on San Do
minoo. and endangered the liberties
Of 500, 900 negroes! But it was q
war where no gun or pistol, or bow
and arrow, or sword or knife, was
ever used or heard Of, and where the
only military act was that, ous some
where in the ocean, ons sky rocket
went up one night, and 20 TAR as is
known. never came down. They
have made hideous the very land
With a prearranged concert Of noises
about ..nepotism Led BY the gong
- M sumner and the kettledrum
Year: 1872

That in accordance with said request meet
ing OF the said electors of Allen township is
hereby called, ard special election for said
purposes is hereby called and ordered at the
usual place of holding elections, in said Allen
township, on
Year: 1872

Cape Horn Island is the southernmost


extremity of Terra del Fuego, in south


latitude 55 degrees 38 minutes. 1t is the


southern termination Of a group of


rocky islands surmounted with dome


like hill. out of which is projection like


straight horn. But Schouten, the


Dutch discoverer, is said to have named


Cape Horn from Hourn, in the Neither


lands, his native place. The whole hill
is bare rock; indeed, how could any


thing, even the lowest forms of vegeta-


BILE life, find foot on place smitten as
this is by the waves? Only tie Echens,


stealing with seeming compassion over


every form in nature, doomed to barren


ness succeed in holding on to these


rocks. The hill is about eight hundred


feet high, its base environed by low,


black rocks, with not sign even OF


marine vegetation. One line of these


rocks looks like fort, the seeming gate


way, higher than the rest of the walls,


being composed Of perpendicular frag-


ments. All along the base of the rough


hill, low irregular piles, like a growth


of thorns and brambles around boul-
der is a field, constitute fringe, as
though nature felt that the place needed
some appropriate decoration, and what
could be more so than that which she
has here given2 For long space to-
ward the termination of the cape, sharp
rocks stand up in groups, and some
apart, making gradual ending of the
scene, all in agreement with the wild
ness which marks the region.


Tho sight Of this spot, the landmark Of
our continent, can never fade from the |
memory of the beholder. Like many a |
remarkable object, tits Of moderate size,
its impressiyeness being due, not to its |
bulk or height but to its position At
first you are disappointed in not seeing |
at such place something colossal you
would have it mountainous; at least,
you would have thought that it would be
columner. Nothing of this; you have
the disappointment which you feel on
seeing for the first time distinguished
man whom you find to be of low stature,
whereas you would have had him of i'm
posing appearance. But soon, how
ever, you feel that you are at one of
the ends of the earth. Here the
AJlaullc. duu IuplUc oceans DeEln,
the great deep dividing itself into
those two principal features of our
globe. Anything statuesque, Like
silence, more expressive at times than
speech, the total absence of all display
here is sublimity itself; you would not
have it otherwise than an infinite soli-
tude unpretentious, without form, almost
chaotic. Around this point it is as
though there were q contest which ocean
each bilow shall divide; here the winds
and waters make ipeessant war; the sea
always roars amid the flllness thereof.
The rocks which finally terminate the
Cape stand apart, as you sometimes see
corners of blocks Of buildings where an
extensive fire has ragged, and the most of
.he walls have fallen in, but here and
here shoulder OF wall overhangs the
ruins. We steed together as we passed
he last landmark, and sang; Praise
God from whom all blessings How. .-HeU,
IN. Nehemiah Adams. rFa
Year: 1872

Among the red men who are now WIS.,
iting the capital to smoke the pipe of
peace is youthful Comanche brave who
has attracted no little attention from the
ladies of Washington. The other day,
during the visit of several families to
the hotel where he is stopping, he saw a
pretty young lady Of about his own age,
the daughter Of one of the wealthiest
men of the city, and fell so violently in
love with her at first sight that when the
party left the house he followed her to
her residence. For two or three days
subsequently he was observed hanging
around the vicinity. occasionally catch
ing a glimpse of her; and, strange to
say, the young lady has conceived an
equally violent passion for him.


Saturday last she went out riding with
him in the elegant barouche belonging
to the paternal mansion, and when those
having charge of her strictly forbade
any further exhibitions of such bad
taste on her part, she frankly declared
her intention of wedding the Comanche.
On the other side, the young Indian has
been supplied with money and declares
that he will not return to the happy
hunting ground Of the West unless the
object Of his devotion should go with
him. OF course such deplorable state
of affairs has necessitated some action
on the part Of the authorities. The
Commissioner of Indian Affairs has
heretofore been notified that the suscep-
tible Comanche must be made to leave
the city forthwith, und thousand-dollar
draft has been rendered by brother Of
the misguided girl, as bonus for his de.
parture.


But the Conanche is isincorrigible, and
steadily resists all oyertures. The deli
cate circumstances Of the case, and the
fear Of their names being given publicly
in the event Of denouement, have so
Year: 1872

The Board of Directors, in commencing
this Second Scheme to the Public, promise
that 10 shall be carried out in as good faith as
the annexed certificates prove the former TO
have been. The high character and standing
OF the Managers selected will also be an addi-
tiOnal guarantee that perfect Justice and fair
ness viii control this Distribution.
Year: 1872

DY appointment Of the Clerk and Master,
ID we shall have the honor, as auctioneers,
OF assisting him al the sale ordered by the
First Cbancery Court, OF that most valuable
ground on Union street. in the limits OF
the burnt q fstrief- extending from Sec
Ond street 20 the alley between second
and Main street, 70 take place upon the
premises, on
Year: 1872

A grand fair for the benefit of ST. Ann's
Or C Church, in Twelfth-st., ofwhch the Rev. Thomas
g. Preston Is PASTOR is TO open at tho Academy Of Music
next Monday evening and last until New Years Eve
promenade concert by tho 18th Regiment Band will be
given every evening The fair held by tho ladies Of the
same church two years ago of the most brilliant
given in this city by single congregation and IL
ia probable that this one Will DO equally successful 3d.
AIMS Church embracing large proportion Of the
richest Catholic families In New York Many Of the
tables will otter an extraordinary display OF attractive
and valuable articles There VIII bo Christmas gfts In
great abundance for both old and young fancy goods
dinner services toys, japanese wares and every thing
else that tempt purchasers.
Year: 1872

BERLIN Oct. 28, 1872
There is q conflict between the Upper and Lower
Houses Of the Prussian Diet, on the Country Re-
form bill, which provides for local sclfgovernment
In the rural districts.


The bill, which was adopted by the Chamber Of
Deputies In the last session. came before the House
OF Lords at the beginning Of the present session,
ana has met since with determined opposition.
The majority OF the Deputies threaten to resign
If the Upper House refuses to pass the BILL and the
Emperor has declared in favor OF 1t.


EMPEROR WILLIAM INSISTS AGAINST THE ARIsTOCRATs.
The President OF the House OF Lords was received
yesterday by Emperor william, who spoke to him
about the deadlock in the Diet and insisted that
the Lords should bring to an end by passing the
measure which the Lower House had adopted.
Year: 1872

No Further Failures-S30O,O 900 Liabiii-
ties-Seventy Per Cent Probably Recov-
cradle.


MEMPHIS, Tenn, Oct %, 1872.


Contrary to expectation, there was little run on
the bank to-day, and no further failures occurred.
All the banks opened and closed at regular hours,
and transacted business as usual. The failure
foreshadowed in yesterdays despatch to the
HERALD was averted by the First National and
other leading banks coming to the aid Of their
weak nelghbOr with sufficient means to carry 1t
through, and as nothing Was known Of the circum-
stance by the public the financial and commercial
pulse once more seems to beat healthfuly. Had
the Dank referred to failed to open there Is no
doubt there would have been rush, for the reason
that


GREAT DEAL OF CURRENCY rs IN TRANSIT
at present in connection with removal Of cotton,
and it is questionable that more than two or three
banks were in condition to meet all de-
mands In the event OF such a panic as
would have resulted. The leading cotton shippers
were under request to check lightly as possible for
day or two, and In spite OF the advance else
where cotton was almost stagnant here to-day;
but considerable currency arrived from the North
and East this evening. Some OF 1t was ordered in
anticipation OF the failure OF Saturday, and as
much more is expected tomorrow. 1t is not likely
that the business arrangement will be Of long
duration. In


President OF the defunct Savings Bank, to-day,
learned that the liabilities OF the CON
Ssrn he tnEs no Son Sc brought S
seventy per cent can be realized by the creditors
The capital stock, he says. was sunk several
Co., Of New York. Next the Southern Security
Railway Company, the principal creditor is the First
Chancery Court, which is Interested in the sum OF
Year: 1872

The Aldermen met yesterday at one O'Clock,
President Cochrane presiding. The only business
OF Importance transacted was the adoption OF o
resolution requesting the Mayor TO grant perms
sion to the railroads to put on dummy engines for
the period OF thirty days. resolution looking to
additional hospital accommodation IN the down
town districts was laid over
Year: 1872


The Licensing Act, requiring the drinking saloons
In Liverpool to close at nine O'Clock Sunday nights
was enforced for the first time yesterday, and gave
rise to considerable excitement among the fre-
Quenters OF those places.


Crowds collected In various portions OF the city
ana were addressed by persons-sevcral OF whom
were under the influence Of liquor-in opposition
TO the act The gathering finally became SO noisy
in their demonstrations that the police were CON-
pelled to interfere and arrest the most prominent
malcontents.


In some OF the streets Of the city the people
opposed to the act manifested their indignation at
Ats enforcement by lighting colored fires In the
streets and hootng at the police officers when they
appeared.
Year: 1872

NEW YORK, February 15.-On the
night of the 18th instant a locomotive
boiler exploded at the Susquehannah
depot on the Erie road, causing tre-
mendOus smash-up. One locomotive
which was behind exploded, and the
one pushing ran into the caboose
of the train and made a complete
wreck. The conductor and four other
persons were in it at the time, and all
were severely scalded. Pat Mccoy
was killed. On one side Of the track
an old man was found with two Of his
ribs broken and a large hole cut in
one of his legs. On the other side of
the track vas his son with both his
legs mangled. The caDOOse took fire,
but was subse quently extinguished.
Year: 1872

CAIRO, February 15.-One span of
the iron bridge over the Big Muddy,
on the Illinois Central railroad, near
Carbondale, gave way to-day and four
cars of the wrecking train fell through.
Three men were injured-nOne fatally.
The bridge was considered a very
substantial one, and the accident is
said to have been caused by a boom
of the derrick car swinging against its
supports while the train was under
way.
Year: 1872

Commissioner Bumsted of Jersey City, who
was convicted last Saturday of conspiracy to defraud
that municipality, and who is TO be sentenced To State
Prison to-day with valise in the Fourth-ave.
late last night and IL rumOred that he intended
escape Europe in the Spain, which sails at an early
hour this morning il said under only 5000
BAIL and 10 be liable TO imprisonment for two and half
years
Year: 1872

perhaps, less Trustworthy, to the absurd vatl-
cinations of almanac makers? In184 move
ment was begun in Europe by the Agricultural
Board of Toulon clamorously asking the Min
lister of Agriculture for just such weather data
as now emanate from our Signal Office the
urgent need of which was just then very pal
pable from the devastation of Provence by q
storm that had ragged twenty -four hours pre-
viously at Havre, and might have been prean-
nounced by an electric fash


recent writer on sociology has ventured to
assert that the Roman farmer in Virgils day
understood the art of cultivating the soil as
well as any professional agriculturist OF the
present age. Absurd as such an assertion
unquestionably is, there can be no doubt that
the advance of husbandry as a lucrative indus
try has been seriously retarded by the igno-
rance of mankind as to that various and
mutable thing" the weather, on the knowledge
of whose conditions the farmer is so dependent
There can be little doubt that every intelli-
gent tiller of the earth in this country sees the
value of daily forecasts of the weather, and will
avail himself Of them whenever they are
brought within his reach. The great difficulty
Of obtaining them is the isolation of the inte-
rior rural districts and their want of tele-
graphic communication with the nearest signal
station. In the Old World it is proposed that
the prominent agricultural societies, the
rural boards and the councils general shall
contribute means to defray the small
expenses incident to the forwarding by
mail and the conspicuous publication of
the forecasts at points remote from the great
centres. In the United States our immense
railway systems make it practicable to furnish
the weather news to thousands of country
places within few hours after the ''probabii-
ties are issued from the Signal Office and be-
fore they become stale. The Post Office De-
partment, by easy and inexpensive cooperation
with the Signal Office, might, through its
army of postmasters, receive and display the
weather bulletins on the arrival of their mails,
and thus greatly multiply the benefits of the
Signal Service observations to thousands of
farmers who do not now enjoy the advantage
Of them It is hardly possible that any news
paper can be 50 far behind the times as to de-
cline an application to publish any telegraphic
or other weather ;;s:cii;ccoe intelligence @ s.. may oe
transmitted to it from Washington. The sub
ject is of such incalculable importance to the
farming and general interests of the whole
country that the local authorities and commit
tees Of agricultural societies should take imme-
diate and earnest action.