smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1871

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TIE Scientific Amer1csn says corned
beef should not be put into q pot until
the water boils, and not taken out until
it is cold. unless you want it dry as q
chip.


1t is said that four parts of yolk of
I eggs rubbed together with five parts OF
glycerine, form an excellent ointment
for cutaneous affections, and will keen
! even if exposed to the air. for wears.


Tar American Agriculturist, while
admitting that good butter NAV be
made, under favorable circumstances.
without washing, insists that where one
woman can mako fair butter thus, nine
viii learn to make excellent butter with
washing. Opinions differ.


To Fry CHCKENs. salt and
pepper them with cayenne, rcll them in
-four and fry them IL lard. When the
whole is fried pour of the lard and put
IN quarter of a pound of butter, a
teacup of cream, a little white -four and
some parsley scalded and chopped fine.
for the sauce


BUNNs.-Half cup Of butter, half
cup of yeast, half cup of sugar. one
cup of milk, flour enough to make
batter like griddlc-cakes. Let this rise
till light, then add half q cup of sugar,
one cup of currants or stoned raisins.
cinnamon or nutmeg to taste, little
more flour, let it rise again, put in
third of a teaspoonful of soda, cut in
cakes, let them rise third time, then
bake.
Year: 1871

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Some horses have tender skin. and
the harness viii sometimes gall them
cruelty, i'll defiance of all means TO pre-
vent it. But, many times, the true
cause Is attributable to bad collar.
bad harness, or TO q good harness i'm
properly fitted TO the animal. A woke
of bows that do not fit the oxen well
will often gall them, and unfit them for
labor, when if these things were as they
ought to be, they would work with far
more ease, and their skin would not be
CALLED.


When n harness or woke of bows do
not BIT properly, and their skin is liable
to be CALLED, bathe those parts before
they are CALLED with cold water until
the outside skin appears to be quite
soft, and then bathe those parts Tin
strong decoction of white oak bark.
Let this he done every dav. and the
skin viii soon become much harder and
tougher than IT usually is. A little
care in preventing an i'll is far better
than much labor and skill In curing IT.
or in endeayoring 10 obyiate its in
furious effects. - IIorkiDg Farmer.
Year: 1871

1t was recently stated before IN Arri
cultural Club that the cost of raising
the sugar beet is about eight cents per
bushel; that the product OF on acre
Will feed twenty five cows eight weeks
-Four pounds of seed TO the acre is re-
quired, sovn, as early as the soil can
be prepared in May, in rows two-and-a-
half feet apart, and the plants eigh-
teen inches apart III the rows. The Ia
Dor has been the great bugbear il the
root culture; but Mr.. Lane SAYS that
the principal labor is in the thinning
the horse cultivator will do the rest,
and should be used often. and adds.
that store hogs winter well upon these
roots.


The President of the club thought
beets were excellent for hogs and better
still for cows A bushel day and one
ton of hay for the winter are better
for COW than two ton of hay without
the roots. They are as easily cultivated
as corn, if proper care he taken at the
outset. They are more profitable for
mich COW, than any other crop, un-
less it be green corn In August
Year: 1871

A correspondent of Laws of Life. who
claims to have had extended expert
ence, is decidedly of opinion that ap-
pies keep far better when put into close
boxes or barrels, and secluded as much
as possible from the air. When thus
stored, he says, they will come out IN
the spring f,dl and plump as when tax
en- from the trees. Many varieties, as
the Talman Sweet, Spitzenberg, and
those kinds that are not considered
as long keepers, and shrivel badly, will
do well treated this way. have, he
continues, found universally that they
keep better to let them he without
picking over. 1t is much better to
pile them into large bin across the
cellar, say six or seven feet high and
four feet wide, and cover them up
tightly, than 70 lay them ON shelves.
once saw such bin that man had
kept through the winter. About the
1st of April he thought he could open
the windows on the side of the cellar
next the bin, to let IN air, that they
might keep better. was at his place
and he called my attention to the fact


two windows Just over the bin were
opened about ten days or two weeks,
and the apples exactly opposite the
windows for about one-third rottcd as
much as foot In depth, and the re-
manning part on either side were not
rotted at all.
Year: 1871




When an animal is found hcklng his
fellow, it is proof that uneasiness Is
present in the stomach, and the licking
of his neighbol is habit contracted
by instinct, w;eh view of removing
the unpleasantness. Unfortunately,
instinct is not at all times sufficient TO
avoid dangerous practices. and If we
take for granted that the stomach is at
all times fully charged with acrid mat
ter, we shall without hesitation find
remedy. 1t is only necessary to place
within their reach shallow troughs. In
which is kept supply OF common
chalk. If an animal has superabund-
ance of acrid secretion, il will most
certainly swallow some of the chalk.
which will as certainly neutralize the
excess of acrid II an animal has not
acrid in excess, and partakes of chalk.
it will do no harm. 1t il often too late
to administer remedies 10 young stock,
and the placing of chalk within their
reach cannot be made too early.
Year: 1871

Wall-st. is rapidly emerging from the com
pcatons incident to the collapse OF the ROCK lihu
bubble and though the;wounded are legion, their en-
are being rapidly forgotten, ana te lesson
taught will perhaps prove unavailing True, the ln-
pecunious wrecks OF the financial storm are plainly
visible marking the course Of the gae yet they are not


Of sufficient Importance to than mOmentarly check
the onward rush and excitement. large business
has been done in stocks to-day, the market Delng
ftful and feverish throughout the day, us-
playng alternate confidence and heayfness, Whlle'
as a rule, the entire market was lower thls
afternoon with still further decline at the hnal wind
up This was not unexpected by many who look TOT
anything but activity until confidence shall have been
again entirely restored and point basis for this rea


soning TO the course gold speculation after the panic
of 1869 which, its chief characteristics, was not dis
similar to the one just recorded whether the next
important movement will be I'm favor of higher
or lower quotations do not choose TO ven
ture an opinion; yet it is quite probable that
it will represent the efforts Of the ciQues TO dispose OF
their holdings The leading features Of the market were
Lake Shore Ohio and Mississippi Rock Island, North
Western New-York Central and Union Pacific, In which
the fluctuations were not specially wide, as Will be
shown by the usual appended list Investment securities
were neglected the feature OF the miscellaneous ist
being Western Union which actively traded in The
movement in the coal stocks limited, though, as
rule, in the direction Of improved prices. Express
shares were neglected. The following table shows the
highest and lowest prices OF active stocks made today
Year: 1871

The money market has not yet settled back into Its late
easy groove there being wide disparity In the range OF
rates. The bondhouses have been supplied at TWO ana
three per cent general rates to the stock
brokerage firms being four and five, with exceptions at
six where the financial standing Of the borrower was not
rstcass We have change to report in the rates for
commercial paper.


Government bonds have been in limited inquiry to-
day The market has been well sustained however, and
closed strong the basis Of ll56l5 for sxtyseyens
Year: 1871

The ticking of the clock at the Cam
bridge Observatory can be heard in San
Francisco. This is done by connecting the
pendulum Of the clock to the telegraphic wire
in such a manner that the main circuit IN
broken and instantly closed again at evory
swing of the pendulum.
Year: 1871

A story comes from Delaware of an
eccentric philosopher who paid the
penalty of his criminal attempt to ens
tighten that abstraction, but not as he


intended to do. g He had some theory'
or other in regard to the use of para
chutes which he absurdly connected
with pyrotechnies, and so, on the
Fourth of July, shortly after dusk, he
clandestinely erected in his yard a
huge sky-rocket, to the head of which
was attached his parachute in such a
way that while the rocket was seeking
the moon it would remain closed, but
when its upward motion ceased it
would theoretically open like an UNI
brella, and thus watt him safely to the
ground. He attached himself to the
lower end of the stick with the fuse
turned from him in such way that the
fire from the rocket would not injure
him. Then he blazed away; and went
whizzing through the air, dangling and


bobbing as he sped, with fire fastening
itself upon him-Somewhat "iike the
pale martyr in his shirt of fire." If his
parachute ever opened he did not
know it, for presently those who be-
held the ,wondrous engine saw 1T turn
sharply in mid-air, and it fell. The
poor fool was found burnt and mangled
not far from his own philosophy shop.
Year: 1871

An envious Chicago paper sBys that
Bret Harte is about to publish a new
poem called g The Outlaw of Poverty
Gulch." 1t will relate how the outlaw
a rude but benevolent man, poisoned
his benefactor and carried off his two
daughters for wives; How they smote
one of those wives with a stick until
she consideratelydied, and then ex-
pended for whiskey the money she
had expended for coffin; how he
disposed of the other ono to the Pie
gans for a pumpkin colored horse;
how he extinguished that horses eye
with a hot poker because it got beaten
in race and how he was finally caught
by an angel one Saturday afternoon
and translated to Heaven, where he
received crown of glory.
Year: 1871

A very pretty adjunct to lady's
shopping costume is a little Russia
leather bag hung on the hip and slung
by belt of the same material. 1t is
very convenient for carrying small par
cells, besides being pretty.
Year: 1871

The writer of an obituary notice of an
estimablelady said that the bereayed
husband was ''hardy able to bear the
demise of his wife," Imagine his dis
gust on reading in print that the bereav-
ed husband was hardly able TO wear the
chemise of lis wife, i;f fa isls ~. u
Year: 1871

One of the great faults in modern
manners is the habit of undue and i'm
proper familiarity. Some of the
cleverest of men fall into the way OF
squeezing hands in the most violent
manner, of slapping even their seniors
ON the back, and other rude modes
emphasizing their familiarity and as
suming a close proximity of person
quite uncomfortable to persons of good
breeding and taste. Others again have
an offensive and familiar habit OF
using personalities, displying knowl-
edge Of intimate and strictly private
matters which one would scarcely care
to have known to ones particular
friends, much less the subject of rude
and unmannerly conversation by COM
parative strangers.
Year: 1871

A good paper mill situated in
franklin would be a paying institu-
ton. Papers printed in the Western
end of Pennsylvania are supplied with
paper from points no nearer than
Pittsburgh or Cleveland, much to their
annoyance by reason of heavy demands
on the mills. A paper mill at this
point, besides commanding trade with
in few hours reach of our city that
would keep it busy, and having facili-
ties for transportation almost unequall-
ed and not surpassed by any town in
the State, would have the advantage
Of an exhaustless water-power. We
do not exaggregate when we say that
in point of water-power Franklin has
superiority over any of our neigh.
boring towns. The advantages of o
paper mill at Franklin can be appre-
ciated by our neighboring journalists
who have experienced vexatious de-
lay in receiving their surplus from a
distance, and we commend the subject
of establishing mill in our city to
their attention, hoping that general
discussion of the matter will attract
the attention of some manufacturers
who may see the rich harvest ready to
drop in the lap of enterprise. Some
of our own capitalists might take the
matter in hand, but an experienced
paper manufacturer would be more
apt to make the investment pay. Tc
be successful in making paper mill
pay requires as much tact as any 9th
er business, therefore we commend the
project to paper men, VenangO Spec
tator.
Year: 1871

The Democracy are continually
harping on the extravaganza of the
Republican party and crying for re-
trenchment and reform. We hope all
the members of both political parties
will note the fact, that whilst in TWEEN
ty-eight months the debt of the city OF
New York, which is under the heel of
the Democracy, has increased S52, ,516,-
566.17, under the administration of
General Grant the taxes have been re-
duced one hundred millions, and the
national debt nearly two hundred and
fifty millions. How could the country
bear up under Democratic ascendency?
We feel persuaded that four years
rule of the Democracy would render
the nation MISUNDERSTANDING Ca
zette.


The Mercer Press, the organ OF
the "Unterrifed" Of Mercer County
goes on to say:


The abandonment Of the vital prin-
ciple by the Harrisburg Convention
has already cooled the ardor of tens
of thousands of the truest Democrats
that breathe, who, if the 18th Amend
is to stand, can see so little difference
between Republican and a Demo
cratic platform as to make it scarcely
worth the trouble to fold up a ticket
for the bollot box.


There is a fence standing in Ger
mantown, Pa, which was in its present
location III Revolutionary days, and
bears marks of the battle there. The
boards were originally one inch in
thickness, but constant exposure tc
the weather for a century has reduced
them to one-third Of thar.
Year: 1871

On Saturday, the 18th inst, G..
L. Disbrow of Captain of the Wizard
boat club of this city, forwarded a
challenge to the second crew of the
Undine boat club, to pull them three
mile race q mile and return), on the
Fourth of July; the challenge to re-
main open ten days. Yesterday re-
ply was received from Arthur B. Starr,
Of the Undines, accepting the challenge
in behalf of the Second Crew." The
start is to be made at 1880 a. M,
weather permitting The course will
probably be from in front of the ele-
vators, over the old course, past the
+. Il p docks, turning q stake and
rrturning to the starting point. If
some of the good citizens of Erie
would make up purse for the crews
to compete for it would be apt TO put
more nerve into the contest by furnish
them tangible incentive besides the
empty honor of being victorious If
the day is fair and the bay reasonably
smooth, we shall have the pleasure of
witnessing two fine racing crews at
work, whether the citizens are liberal
enough to offer them any encourage
ment or otherwise. Erie Dispatch.
Year: 1871

A Boston woman refused to permit
her husband to go on a fishing excur-
sion, "because he was very apt to get
drowned when he went upon the water,
and, moreover, did not know how to
swim more than a goose"
Year: 1871

Yesterday was one Of the most intensely exciting
days yet experienced In the proceedings taken by
the Committee Of Citizens In the prosecution OF the
parties charged with dc1acatons and peculations
OF the city funds. The arrest on the previous
evening Of William NJ. Tweed-generally known as
the Boss-electrifed our citizens and gave them
additional assurance that the Committee
Of Municipal Correction. whose investigation
Into the gigantic frauds charged against
the parties implicated therein. were not idle, but
were pursuing such investigation with all proper
energy and success. The Boss, who was held In the
custody OF the Sherin, at the Metropolitan Hotel,
al night, was yesterday morning brought before
the General Sessions. attended by great array or
counsel whose only duty IN the initiatory proceed
mgs was to present and sustain motion to admit
hAm 70 bail Mr. Tweed was committed by Judge
Bedford without BAIL but was subsequently brought
on nabeas corpus to tho Supreme Court Judge
barnard granted the .molion, and the accused was
admitted 70 ball In $1,000 and discharged.


Below " full report Of the proceedings in
Court,
Year: 1871

Our autocratic Governor has lately been
stumping the State. 1t was not our GOOD
DR. bad fortune to hear him, but from what
we can learn Of others, who did, he is not
likely to gain any reputation as public
speaker. His matter and manner are
both bad rs possible and he only Injuries
himself and his cause by mounting the
.tump. At Sherman, Mckinney, and at
this place the oily effect Of his stupid har-
raugues wa, to Snito more thoroughly the
Democracy and Insure larger vote to
Connor for Congress. The better republi-
cans were disguised with his exclusive at.
tcn,ion to the negroes and his preferred
association with them, and many Of them
do not hesitate to declare that they have
had enough Of Davis. The Democracy
should encourage the Governor to speak
a. often as possible, for, with every effort,
the conservative vote will be increased.
"Go it, my Edmund"
Year: 1871

fENHE UNDERSIGNED GIVES NOTICE To-


the Property Holders Il shasta Ceanty that
10 accordance With the requiem. nts ~ la~ be Ia.
entered upon the performances of BIS ofcial dutirs
for the current year lie would call particular at
tentou to the following section Of the Revenue
Law:


IF any person shall willfully make, or give,
under oath or affirmation, false list Of his. or her
their taxable property. or false list OF taxable
property under his her, their control, such per-
son shall be deemed gnilty of perjury, and upon
conviction thereof shall be punished therefor, as
is by law provided for the punishment OF perjury
and any property willfully concealed, removed,
ransferred or misrepresented by the owner or any
agent thereof to evade taxation, shall upon dis
covery be assessed at ten times the amount OF tax
for that year, which would otherwise have been
assessed upon it and fifty per cent of the amount
OF such additional tax when collected shall be paid
to the person or PERSONS who shall furnish the
per centage for collection, shall be paid into the
Treasury, for the benefit of the Common School
Fund of the State"


If Tax Payers were to have a list of their pro-
perty prepared, ready to be sworn to, as the law
directs, by the time of my reaching them, they
would thereby perhaps save themselves much an
novance as we'll as facilitate my work.


C. w. TAYLOR,


Assessor of Shasta County
Shasta, April I'd, 1871. n4.
Year: 1871

From the Trade Journal.


1t is striking fact that most people
want to weigh more than they do, and
measure their health by their wei-ht, as if
a man were pig, valuable in proportion
to his heaviness. The racer is not fat and
good plow horse has but moderate
amount OF flesh. Heavy men are not those
which experienced contractors employ to
build railroads and dig bitches. Thin men,
the world over, are the men for endurance
and are the wiry and hardy. Thin people
live the longest The truth is, fat is a
disease, and as a proof, fat people are never
well day at time and are not suited for
hard work Still, there is medium be-
tween as fat as "a butter-ball and as thin
ami juiceless as fence rail For mere
looks, moderate rotundity is mole deslra.
Bile, to have enough flesh to cover all an
gularities 10 accomplish this in the
shortest time, man should work but little,
sleep great part Of the time, allow moth
ing to worry hin, keep always in joyous
laughing mood, and live chiefly on al
buminates, such as boiled cracked wheat
and rye, and oats, aud corn, ard barley
with sweet milk, and buttermilk, aud tai
meats Sugar is the best fattener known
Year: 1871

Senator Elliott, of the Indiana Senate,
always Il Republican and elected as
such, has come to the conclusion at last
that it was u mOnstroua violation of the
Constitution Of the United States, the
compelling of four Southern States to
ratify the Fifteenth Amendment at tho
dictation of Congress. lie has not only
arrived at this opinion, but publicly
declares it and rcnounccs his conncc-
ton hereafter with the Republican par
ty. Would that every honest man in
the party had an equal amount of
courage.
Year: 1871

The two official documents which is
sue from the Pope arc distinguished as
the bull and the brief. 10 the bull is
attached the lcaden seal, or buito, from
which it derives it's name; while II brief
is scaled with the g Ring Of the Fisher
man. or " seal on which is engraved
the image of st. Peter in a boat.
Year: 1871

SAM. HoUsTON' SENATORIAL HAB-
ITs.-William Schouler, in the Bos-
ton Journal, describing the late
Sam Houston as he appeared while
representing the State of Texas IN
the United States Senate, says:


When not speaking or writing he
sat in his seat with long-bladed
knife in one hand, and a piece of
wood in the other, whiting. Go
when You would into the Senate
gallery. and look upon the Senate,
Won would see him working with his
knife upon a piece of wood. and
around his chair would be the chips
he had cut off. He did not appear
to be making anything of use or
ornament from the block he was
whiting. but cut steadily on until
he had used it up, when one Of the
pages would bring him another
piece. He appeared to be a very
kind-hearted man, and fond of chill
dren. He was a great favorlte with
the boy pages. and frequently You
would see one or two of them stand
ing bv his desk. talking with him.
The only peculiarly about his dress
was vest which he generally wore
when in Washington. 1t was made
of the skin of some wild beast,
with the fur outside.
Year: 1871

Jonah wrote to his father aftsr the
whale first swallowed him. stating
that he thought he had found good
opening for.0 young man going into
the oil business; but afterwards
wrote for money to bring him home.
staring that he had been sucked
in