smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1873

We don't know whether Ten Cents Damages Ar,
considered large in Connecticut, but in this case


doesn't make much difference. In Hartford tia
great suit of Brown agt Rood has just been decided
1t must have been something Of a case for it took
three days 10 try it. Brown sued Rood for IN.
licious prosecution" and declared on two coant
1. That Rood had prosecuted him malicOusly in q
civil suit 2. That he had done the same wicked
thing in a criminal case. The jury went out and
having thought over the matter came back, and
upon their Oaths declared that Brown ought 10 pay
Rood ten cents and that Rood ought to pay Brown
ten cents If that wasn't an equitable verdict ws
should like to know what would have been.
Year: 1873

The appointment of ex-senator Sawyer of
South Carolina to be Assistant Secretary Of
the Treasury is another of those surprises
which the President probably enjoys. Mr..
Sawyer has not been specially prominent in
financial affairs since he has been in the Sem
ate. He distinguished himself, however, by
opposing the thieving rings of his own State,
and has secured such a reputation for exact
honesty that be goes into the Treasury De-
partment with a great deal to be said in his
favor.
Year: 1873

If the indications at Trenton are not very
deceptive, New-Jersey's long bondage of rail
road monopoly is near its end. The bill for a
General Railroad Law passed to its third read
ing in the Senate, yesterday, all hostile amend
ments having been promptly voted down, and
there is a prospect of its final passage with
slight opposition. The Assembly had an ami
mated discussion concerning the best way to
dispose of the bogus Senate monopoly bill,
which resulted in leaving it in the hands of
the Committee. It's clearly illegal character
ought to restrict it from occupying the atten-
ton of the Assembly for even a moment.
Year: 1873

PrcN1c.--Qnite large party of pleas
ure sockets left this. Monday morning.
on the steamer Zephyr, for picnic and
clam bake At Salmon Bay. the steamer
to call for them Oh her return from
down Sound this evening.
Year: 1873

few days ago party Of sunday school scholars
and grown people started from Belvidere, Warren
county, on picnic excursion up the river There
they stopped at q charming and very romantic
spot called the Cascade and spread out dinner on
large table rock. Suddenly In the midst OF their
merriment and festivity, tney were startled by q
rumbling ominous noise rolling overhead. All
started away except lovely girl OF fifteen, named
Caroline Bodermer, who delayed. Presently down
new large boulder from the overhanging hill and
struck her across the temple. She died shortly
afterwards, In spite OF the best medical skill OF tn z
place
Year: 1873

special despatch from Minneapolis says
During the proceedings in the Gordon case at
Fort Garry yesterday the legal papers In the pos
session of Captain Hay were submitted to the
Court whereupon the legal point on which the
authority to arrest Gordon depended being ex-
posed there was decided reaction In public
opinion among the ManitObans Immediately after
the introduction or the papers.


Following his card to the public Consul Taylor
declares that the gravity OF the question involved
as well as the interests OF both countries require
pared to show should be admitted; and, that as an
act OF international courtesy, Mr. Wilson should be
heard during the examination Other advices state
that the investigation has brought out the fact
that the American prisoners were arrested south Of
the new boundary line. on American SOIL This
will work new complications, although 1t cannot be
yet surmised Just what effect the discovery will
have on the future proceedings.
Year: 1873

In view of the recent attacks upon citizens
in the northeast part of this city, the Police Com
missoners passed resolution yesterday giving per
mission 10 Superintendent Kelso 10 use the mounted
squad of policemen in the Nineteenth and Twentythrd
Precincts These precincts are very large and at pres
ent only scautily provided with men; the police cap.
tains finding IL very difficult protect all the property
within their Jurisdictions and also to suppress any out
break Of the vicious classes. The mounted policemen
will patrol the district day and night and 1t is hoped
that with their aid the regular force Will be able to
give protection every citizen All Of the precincts In
the upper part of the city will shortly be strengthened
with detachmens OF men from the lower precincts. The
first step toward this plan was taken, yesterday by
drafting 90 patrolmen from various precincts in the


lower part of the city, and transferring the entire num-


Der to the command OF Capt MHLlahs OF the INehty-


first Precinct which is bounded by FOurth-ave Twenty


seventh and FortysecOndsts and the East River Inc
force i'm the Nineteenth and Twenty Precincts en-


bracng that part OF the city between Forty -secondst
aud Harlem will also be increased IN the same manner
Year: 1873

The action of Mrs. Kate E. Grosvenor for
divorce from her husband Capt George II. Grosyenor
upon the ground of adultery aud bgamy now pending
i'm the Brooklyn City Court before Judge McCue.


In the Kings County Circuit Court, before
Judge Tappen, Charles Fleury, as assignee OF the
estate of Victor Fleury deceased, brought an action
against the Liverpool London, and Globe Life Insur-
ance Company to recover policy of 1855 80 on the life


OF the deceased The policy had been left to the wife OF
Victor and the Trenton Pottery company, and they icy
fused payment Of policy the ground that the last
premium had never been paid and that when the de
ceased had obtained the Insurance hls life he hld
failed TO state that he had previously been under med
cal treatment for paralysis, in which case they would
moi have issued the policy. A verdict was found IN
favor OF the plaintiff for the full amount with interest
from the death OF the insured man.
Year: 1873

In Miss Collins proposed school for
housekeepers, in Boston, each pupil will
make some certain kind of work spe-
cialty, which is good hint for schools
not industrial. She will learn other
things also, but in this specially she
must be perfect as possible. Various
wealthy ladies of Boston have agreed that
whenever dinner or other entertain
ment is given at their houses, some of
the pupils will be admitted to witness
the preparations, culinary and orna-
mental, in order properly to understand
their future business. They viii be
taught to execute thoroughly the cook
ing of dinner, and also to market under
an experienced supervisor. The pre-
pared food is to be sold at cost to the
working women in shops, replacing their
present cold dinners with cheap, warm
and excellent meals. The girls in the
institution will be taught to wash in the
best manner, and the poor workers in
shops will be permitted to supply the
material, thus getting their clothing
washed at cost-one-haf or one-third
the present price, which it is hard fol
them to pay.
Year: 1873

At last we are to have a recognized
authority as to what constitutes the
Z" intemperate use of Intoxicating liquors
or drugs. It has been mooted ques-
ton in society, among physicians, and
in the courts for many generations.
But now Congress proposes that the
final standard shall be affixed by the
Secretary of War. The House has
passed bill declaring that no officer of
the army addicted to the intemperate
use of Intoxicating drinks shall be en-
titled to promotion, and consequently
the Secretary of War will..have to decide
the question. We may then have an
army standard of just how much liquor
may be consumed without reaching the
Incorporate degree. Whether fortu.
nately or unfortunately, it is probable
that the standard Will be an extremely
liberal one. Mr.. Roberts, of New York
made suggestion that the bill should
include members of Congress, but il
was not received-whether because the
army standard would still be too ilib
eral for Congressional guidance, or fol
| some other reason, was not stated
Exchange.
Year: 1873

For a time the Upas tree of the
Island of Java was the wonder of the
age. Its fearfully poisonous character
was represented to be positive death to
animal and vegetable life within the
sphere of its influence. Science has cor
rected the idea of the existence of that
death-dealing tree, by asserting that
poisonous emanation from the ground
caused death. That one tree was enabled
by it's peculiar organic properties to re-
sist the destructive agency of gases that
killed everything else.


Another valley of death is described
by travellers in Java quite equal to the
Upas territory. Death is the certain
penalty of entering beyond the line OF
demarcation between vegetation and the
sterile plain where desolation reigns In
triumph. Mr.. London, an English
savant, experimental with dogs and
fowls forced over the line, and thus con-
firms the representation of the natives,
who say that skeletons are bleaching
there, giving the idea of Golgotha un-
paralle1ed for horror. Animals, acci-
dentally entering it in their fight from
enemies, and men, ignorant of the me-
phitic vapors that perpetually come to
the surface, fall almost instantly by In
haling them. A dog fastened to a pole
was forced over the line and died very
quickly. In ten seconds the poor crea-
tuIe tumbled over. Fowls carried there,
on being thrown over into the barren
basin, were completely dead in minute
and half. It is probable the region is
volcanic, and that sulphur is the poison.
GUS agent.
Year: 1873

BooK-KEEpERs and chickens have to
scratch for living. M


OUT in Nevada, where lynch law is su-
preme and its execution q frequent in
diligence, they call it performances by
the string band. a


STD rather not take horn with you"
said the loafer to the mad bull but the
bull insisted on treating him to two, and
the loafer got quite high.


In discussion as to the number of
dog days in a year, among a company of
children, one little child exclaimed:
s'It's no use trying to find out how many
days there are, because every dog has
his day."


A PINE BLUFF (Ark. sexton adver-
tises in the village paper that he is to be
found at his Office at all times of the day,
and :" all persons making application for
burial must first register their names or
be subject to a fine"


IT is declared by an Indiana editor,
who can't stand it any longer" that
the only difference between the entrance
to barn and a lounger around news
paper offices is, that the first is barn
door and the latter darn bore.


A New HAMPSHIRE clergyman, who
was asked his price by a young man
whom he had Just married, replied that
the law gave him 81. The youth prompt
| ly handed out fifty cents, remarking
&c Well, that will make up $2.50 for
you."


Mrs JENKs," said little red-headed
girl, with a pug nose and bare feet,
"mother says you will obleege her by
lendin' her stick of wood, fill this cruet
with vinegar, putin little soft-soap in
this pan, and please not let your turkey
gobblers roost on our fence"


A SEWING circle was quickly broken
up at Gardiner, Me-, the other day, by
| the innocent remark of lady present !:
I" I always had a great desire to know
how a case of smallpox looked, so I
called on sick lady this afternoon, just
before coming tolthe circle.


KATE STANTON, in her lecture on "The
Loves of Great Men, asserts that planets
revolve around the sun by the influence
of love, like a child revolves about its
parent. When the writer was a boy he
used to revolve around his parents a
| good deal, and may have been incited
thereto by love, but to an unprejudiced
observer itlooked dpowerfuIyli like trunk
strap.-D0,s6usy Nes0s.


| A FARMER In Kentucky recently made
a bet that he could husk eighty bushels
of corn in q day, but before he finished
the job he ascertainod that the man with
whom he had made the bet was making
arrangements to elope with his wife.
He abandoned the job, lost the bet, but
frustrated the designs of the guilty couple
to their a-maize-ment.


"WHAT do you call that?" Indignantly
asked customer at cheap restaurant,
pointing at an object that had been dis
covered in his plate of hash. Wrist,
band with sleeve button attached, sir, y
said the waiter briskly. Well, do you
consider that proper thing for a man
to find in his hash?" asked the customer,
in wrath. s.Good heavens, sir r cried
the waiter, would you expect to find q
ten dollar silk umbrella in a fifteen cent
plate of hash ?"
Year: 1873

HARAKIRI IN JAPAN.-Sulc1de appears
to be going out of fashion in Japan, not
withstanding the Parliament three years
ago refused to prohibit the practice, only
three members out of two hundred and
nine voting in favor of the proposition.
When a member of the two sworded
class, or Samural, commits a crime, a
message is sent that he is permitted to
kill himself by disemboweling, which
custom is called the hGrdki1'i or seppuhtt.
It seems that the practicewas considered
SO honorable that many men committed
it without waiting the imperial permis-
sion, and this was considered highly i'm
proper. One member, in defending the
practice, said:


"The commission of the seppuku il
owing to q natural sense of shame being
deeply rooted in the heart. 1t is ma
tional custom founded on what is due
to the national sense of justice and tc
Japan as nation.


Another declared "By death the
criminal barely restores himself to hi
position as a human being. If he lives
he is a scoundrel but if he dies, he fol
the first time manifests sense of shame
To prohibit the seppuku would be t.
close the public path of honor, ant
throw open the private path OF scoun
drelism."


A third asserted that SO far from be
! ing prohibited the seppuku should b
encouraged, by this means sense Q
shame fostered, and the custom be mad
famous throughout the world as an ez
ample of devotion to principle.
Year: 1873

in this way we will utilize farm products
and fertilizing material, and be able to
return to the soil a large proportion of
the nutrient materials abstracted by the
crops. If we will make specialties of
fine horses and cattle on our high lands,
and of hogs and mules on our low lands,
we will find that corn and grass are very
profitable crops, but do not feed your
corn and hay to scrub stock.-North-
aUeSte771 Farmer.
Year: 1873

The Los Angeles Erpress says that
genuine mermaid is now on exhibition in
that place, having been caught IN the
Pacific waters a few weeks since, and
embalmed by physician of San Diego.
It is thus described "The eyes, in
large sockets, were pricked to let out
the water in the embalming process.
The mouth is very broad. with twenty
eight curved and singularly shaped
teeth. The nose is an abomination of
the Roman and the snub. The brow is
heavily indented with heavy brain lopes I;
long and broad ears adorn the queer
looking head, and short, woody hair
covers the head and sides of the face.
The cerebellum and Adams apple are
very prominent. The arms are long and
terminate in long claws, consisting of
four fingers and a thumb, with the sharp
est of nails. There are eleven ribs ez-
tending around the body and meeting at
the breast. Here the fishy portion of the
thing begins. It is covered with scales,
the spine having the dorsal fin, and the
fish continuing in the usual development
to the tip of the tail.
Year: 1873

PUBLIC PRNTNe.-The abolition of
the franking privilege makes lively
times for Public Printer Clapp. The
whole force of his Office is now working
eleven hours daily, instead of eight as
heretofore, to get out public documents,
the printing of which has been ordered,
| SO that they can be mailed before the
Both of June, the date on which the
franking privilege ceases to exist. As
the Eight-Hour law is in force in the
Office, the hands get for their additional
work three-eighths extra pay.
Year: 1873

Of the desert. Full boards are said
10 be defense against bronchitis
and sore throats. II is asserted that
the sappers and miners Of the French
army, who are noted for the size and
beauty Of their boards, enjoy a special
immunity from affections OF this nature.
The growth Of hair has been recon-
mended to persons liable to take cold
easily. II is stated that Walter Savage
Landor was a sufferer from sore throat
for many years, and that he lost the
morbid disposition by allowing his beard
to grow, according 70 the advice Of the
surgeon to the grand duke Of Tuscany.
The writer adopted the same course for
the very identical reason, and With fair
success. But he is bound to state that
he has seen individuals with long flow
ing boards whom those ornaments did
not save from attacks Of bronchial and
laryngeal disorders. The curling nature
of the hair is attributed TO large pro
portion of oily substance, which pre-
vents the absorption OF water. The
effect of dampness in destroying the
curl of the hair is we'll known, but it is
not so we'll known that the state of the
hair participates in the state OF the gen.
eral health. In many instances strong
curly hair becomes straight II the pos
SCISSORS be out Of health, and the condi-
ton Of the hair with them is as great a
test as the condition of the tongue. The
state Of the hair depends much
on that of the general health In
perfect health, the hair is full, glossy,
and rich in its hues, in consequence OF
the absorption from the blood of a nu-
tritive juice, containing its proper pro-
portion of oily and albuminous ele-
ments. In persons out of health, it may
lose its brilliancy of hue, and become
lank and straight, from the presence Of
imperfect juices. In others, again,
there may be a total absence OF such
nutritive elements, and the hair con-
stantly looks faded and dead. Climate
exercises great influence on the curli-
ness Of the hair, as may be illustrated in
the difference in this respect between
the native of the north and of the south,
the long lanky hair of the former, as
compared with the frizzly hair of the
natives of Africa. Even Europeans,
whose boards were soft and silken at
home, on reaching Africa, found them
to grow temporarily crisp, strong and
coarse, resembling horse-hair. This
effect, which could only be ascribed to
the extreme dryness Of the climate,
ceased ON the travellers returning to
their own country. Nodoubt this is the
cause which, operating through thous-
snds OF years, has changed the negro s
hair into coarse wool.
Year: 1873




The following is taken from the report Of a


ecent meeting of the Michigan fruit-growers
1t Battle Creek:


In view of the fact that thousands Of the
fruit trees, especially the peach have been in
fured by the severe cold of the past winter,
md that many have been killed outright, it
|wil be seen that anything that might indicate
practicable relief from the loss that will fall
upon this branch of industry will be hailed
with satisfaction. On this subject, which was
|neXt taken up by the society, the views of Mr..
|iiarttor, of Indiana, were called out He said
that in the cold winter of 1856 he had an or
|chard OF thrifty young trees absolutely killed
TO the snow line, and OF course total loss rs
|far as appearances indicated or experience
could suggest Knowing however, that the
trees had been vigorous and that their roots
must possess considerable power of reproduc-
|tion, he proceeded to cnt off the entire top of
every tree that had been killed, and left moth
ing but unSighty stumps throughout the or
|chard. The spring came on, advanced some
what; he watched his stumps with anxiety;
found that numerous buds started out from
these stubs put forth their shoots and made a
remarkable growth, and i'll two years he had
as good and healthy an orchard as that which
had been cut off by the frost. Since that time
he had frequently occasions to treat other
tress in "a similar manner sometimes cutting
off injured branches only, and had almost uni
fOrmly had good results But it is necessary
to cut off the injured branches Of frozen tops
as early as possible after the snow is gone,
and always before the sap has begun TO ascend
the tree.


Other gentlemen expressed their opinions
on this very important point. To the argument
that this process would cut off the present sea.
sons product was answered that in orchards
whose trcss are badly injured the crop of this
year is out of the question; often the orchard
may be saved by timely application of the
surgical knife and in two or three years be in
as good condition as before frozen. 4 true
economy cannot fail to indicate the course tc
be DIlrsucd
Year: 1873

COARSE WOoLED SHEEP.-lt is said that
wool from Leicester sheep that have been in
the United States two years is generally harsh,
cr, leaner, and worth much less than it would
have been if the sheep had staid in Canada or
England. Now, this will not always be so,
for the growers will yet learn than these large
sheep need more to eat than the small Merno,
and their food should have some roots, man
gel wurtzel and oil cake. When sheep are
fed on corn, they are too hot and feverish,
and the wool becomes harsh and brittle,
while proper supply of roots and oil cake
with other food would produce soft, sound
and elastic wool.
Year: 1873

The Columbus (Ga) Inquirer says: we
have never known such a uniformity in the
newspaper reports that the planters of their
respective sections are preparing for large
cotton crops as we Eotice this year. There is
no doubt that as a general thing, every effort
will be strained to make one Of the largest
cotton crops ever produced in this country"
Year: 1873

This is the true policy in times like these.
Improve your land Live cconomically-that
is, live well, and work hard Wait and work.
Keep up your courage. Things soon find
their level. A man that can work need not
fear hard times, TO the lazy and shittleSs,
times are always hard-always will be and al
ways should be. When see a man who has
good health, good appetite, good digestion,
and no inclination to work, feel as though
would like to shake him. or serve him as
you would lazy horsc-put him on tread
power and then take the brake of.-Americdn
.igriculturIH.
Year: 1873

The heaviest corn crop ever grown in the
United States was that of last year, which the
agricultural report states at the huge total OF
l.lO09O0,0o0 bushels. Not only is this the
largest crop, but it is said to be corn of a bet
ter quality and of greater intrinsic value than
usual Iowa was the banner corn-growing
State, her average being nearly 81 bushels an
scre. Unfortunately for some of those who
would like to have the Iowa corn, il takes the
price of four bushels of said corn Ia get one
bushcl to the Atlantic markets. This i one
Of the reasons why some people are demand
iRg cheaper transportation between the West
and East.