smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1873

"That looks bad" exclaimed farmer
White, with an expressive shake of the
head, as he passed neglected garden,
and broken down fence, in one of his
long daily walks.


bad enough" was the reply, of the
companion to whom the remark was
addressed.


Neighbor Thompson appears to be
running down hill pretty fast. l can
remember when everything about his
little place was trim and tidy"


"He always appeared to be a steady
industrious man" rejoined the second
speaker. "I have pair of boots on
my feet at this moment of his make,
and they have done me good service"


- have generally employed him for
myselfan family" was the reply, 4" and
must confess that he is good work
man; but nevertheless, believe shall
step into Jack Smiths this morning
and order pair of boots, of which l
am in need. i always make it a rule
never to patronize those who appear to
be running behind hand. There is
generally some risk in helping those
who won't help themselves.


every true, and as my wife desired
me to see about pair of shoes for her
this morning, I will follow your example
and call upon Mr.. Smith. He is no
favorite of mine, however-an idle, dis
solute fellow.


"And yet lie seems to he getting
ahead in the world" answered the
farmer, and am willing to give him
lift. But l have an errand at the
butchers. l will not detain you.


At the butchers they met the neigh
Dor who was the subject of their pre-
vious conversation. He certainly pre-
sented very shabby appearance, and
in his choice of meat there was re-
gard to economy which did not escape
the notice of farmer White. After pass
ing remarks the poor shoemaker took
his departure and the butcher opened
his account book with somewhat anx-
ious air, saying as he charged the bit
of meat.


Il believe it is time that neighbor
Thompson and I come to settlement.
Short accounts make long friends"


"No time to lose, 1 should say" re-
marked the former,


"Indeed! Have you heard of any
trouble, neighbor White"


"No! have heard nothing; but a
man has the use of his own eyes, YOU
know; and never trust anyone with
money who is evidently going down
HILL"


"Quite right; and I will send in my
bill this evening. I have only been de-
laying on account of sickness the poor
man has had in his family all winter.
I Isuppose he must have run little be-
hind hand, but still I must look out
for number one."


"Speaking of Thompson, are you"
observed bystander, who appeared to
take an interest in the conversation.
"Going down hill, is he? I must look
out for myself then. He owes me a
snug sum for leather. I did intend to
give him another mouths credit, but on
the whole I guess the money would be
safer in my own pocket"


Here the four worthless separated,
each with his mind filled with the af-
fairs of neishbor Thompson, the proba-
bility of his going down hill, and the
best way of giving him push.


In another part of the village another
scene was transpiring.
Year: 1873

@ A New York paper wants to
know why it is that drowning men
catch at straws." We don't know that
they do. We have seen a number of
gentlemen drown, but those of them
who had any preference at all seemed
to be prejudiced in favor of plank.
We don't remember of ever being asked
for a straw by a gentleman who was
drowning, and it is just as we'll, per-
haps, because we never carry one with
us.
Year: 1873

What will most people do,


All for money!
Anything 'twiXt me and you,


All for money.
Friend will turn his back on friend;
Naughty people have to bend,
Love some to old Harry send,


All for money.
Many people go to law,~


All for money.
Dentists nearly break your jaw,


All for money.
TradesInen give unjust weight,
Beggars tease YOU, early and late,
Garroters on you kindly wait,


All for money.
Lawyers plead the fclon's cause,


All for money:
Vow he has not broke the laws,


All for money.
Had he been on t'Other side,
What u difference and how wide
TO make him guilty he'd have tried,
All for money.
Chalk and water milkmen sell,


All for money.
Something else perhaps as well,


All for money.
Thus will conclude my strain
With sentence short and plain
Everything is done for gain


All for money.
Year: 1873

The Modoc correspondent of the Sac
ramento Record, who writes as if he
were an allay of the savages, thus de-
sciibes the lava bed stronghold:


The strength of their stronghold, both
natural and artificial, passes the belief
of those who have never seen it. Col.
Riddle, brave and experienced officer,
says he could defend the place success
fully with fifty men against one thous-
and with no shelling. This was all
that dislodged the Indians.


From one point shell was seen to
fall into a hole and explode, driving
them out like swan of bees. One
MOdoc came staggering out and with q
yell of impotent rage fired his rifle di-
rectly in the air and then fell over.
Several amusing incidents are related of
their effect by the soldiers, who form
the main defences.


Had the troops attempted to carry
the place by storm they would have
lost $50 men and then been driven back
across the main plateau.


The Modocs had built gallery which
commanded the approaches from all
sides. From this they could sweep the
top of the ground where their caves
were for five hundred yards around, and
the soldiers after carrying the crags
still had this bare sweep to pass before
they reached the caves--a feat there
was not men enough there to accom-
plish. The gallery was composed of
heavy loose rocks built in parallel walls
breast high and about ten feet apart,
and thirty to forty rods in it's serpentine
length. At the distance of a few yards
cross walls were built it's entire length,
effectually protecting it against raking
fire. The Indians displayed remarka-
BILE skill in engineering their defensive
works, eliciting admiration from the
ablest officers, who pronounce them
unsurpassed for skill, strength and eff
cheney, and that nothing short of she'll
ing, thirst or hunger could ever have
dislodged the Modocs from them.


On the night of the 10th, while a lull
in the firing along the lines occurred,
one of the Modocs called out: "Why
don't you boys get home? How long
are you going to stay here? Don't
you want to eat! What for you no get
your supper?' And lot more of
such questions. The soldiers who kept
behind cover, politely informed their
interlocutors that they had come to
spend the Summer with them, and
should not return until they went with
them.


We have now ocular demonstrations
of truth of your correspondents tele-
grams that Jack was playing for time.
When we last visited the lava bed not
sign of fortifying was visible, but
during the subsequent long delay he
was busy rendering the place impres-
nable, gathering provisions, ammuni-
ton and arms.
Year: 1873

. Just now, says the Utica Herald, fac
tory butter, like factory cheese, brings
an extra price. In butter factories, as
in cheese factories, superior class Of
help is employed, and we think the e1-
penses to the patrons are lightened and
the profits increased. We find it so
among our cheese factories, and no far
mer who has been once rid of cheese
making would be willing to return to
the old method. 1t would be just so
with farmers wives, if the farmers in
the butter districts were once to adopt
the factory system of making butter


1t is such relief to the family And
as the sales are generally made oftener,
there is the advantage of always having
ready money. The same mode of divid-
ing expenses and the proceeds of sales
may be Employed in hntfar factories
that are employed in cheese factories.


Or company may be formed to buy
the milk. Or, only cream might be
taken to the factory. AS to the butter
milk and skinned milk, that may be
fed to hogs or calves If the factory is
conducted on the pro rata system, a
good way would be to purchase calves
or hogs with the money of the patrons,
taking those of the patrons at q fixed
rate per pound, put them together, and
employ man to take care of them. If
any additional feed is needed, let it be
purchased with the common fund, by
an executive committee. In the fall,


when the calves and hogs are disposed
of, let the profits be divided pro rata.


1t seems to us that this would give salts


faction, and we know it would make
freer, happier homes, to get rid of the
care and drudgery of the dairy. This,


to'us, is vital consideration, and in
duces us to favor any kind of profitable
association that will lift the burdens
from the backs of our women. "
Year: 1873

We hurried on and shortly found our
selves in front of tumble-down tene-
ment that might pass with some for
house, says a New Orleans paper. A
little boy, ragged and dirty, sat upon
the steps, and to him our friend ad-
dressed request to be shown to the
room of the person we sought. He
jumped up and led the way. We fol-
lowed through dilapidated door, up
pair of narrow, broken stairs to the
garret. We then entered q room with
ceiling so low that the writer hereof
could not stand erect. There was no
furniture in the room-not bed, q
chair, or table. The sick man whom
we came to visit was stretched upon the
remnants of mattress spread IN o
corner of the dingy room. Never did
the writer witness such destitution,
such misery. Our friend addressed the
woman, the wife of the dying man, and
asked how her husband had passed the
day. She replied that he had been
quite restless all day, but had seemed
to be much quieter for half hour or
so, and she thought he was then sleep
ing peacefully. We approached the
corner of the room where the sick man
was our friend started back and ut
tered sudden exclamation. We peered
over his shoulder to ascertain the cause
of his surprise. AS We gazed at the
PROSTATE form before us, the paleness
of the features, the fixed eyes, the
dropping of the jaw, told at once that
the poor wretch we had come to succor
had passed away beyond our help, and
gone to that home where


90 The wicked cease from troubling,


And the weary are at rest. sfar.Ese.f


Our conductor informed the poor
watching wife that her husband was
dead. Poor woman She took it much
to heart, and at first refused to be COM
forted. But he spoke to her of the
happy home, with its golden streets and
beautiful houses, to which the man had
gone, and told her of him who came to
heal the broken-hearted. 1t was all
new to her, and seemed to fall upon her
ears and sink, like music, deep into her
stormful soul.
Year: 1873

After allowingyourself propertime for
rest, don't live single hour of your life
without doing exactly what is to bedone
in it, and going straight through it
from beginning to end. Work, play,
study, whatever it is-take hold at once
and finish it up squarely and clearly !;
then to the next thing, without letting
any moments drop out between. 1t is
wonderful to see how many hours these
prompt people contrive to make OF a
day; it is as if they picked up the
moments that the dawdlers lost. And
if ever you find yourself wher you have
so many things pressing upon you that
you hardly know how to begin, let me
tell you secret Take hold of the very
first one that comes to hand, and you
will find the rest all fall into file, and
follow after like company of we'll
drilled soldiers and though work may
be hard to meet when it charges in a
squad, it is easily vanquished if you
can bring it into line.
Year: 1873

The drawing of February % was the
night drawing, and that of March %
morning drawing. The former was a
No. IS drawing and the latter a short
lottery, or No. rs. In order to make it
somewhat consistent the tops were
Topped off the TT so as to make it read
IL, and the only other variation is in
the 36 and 81. The remainder are
identical. The whole thing speaks for
itself.


1t is safe to say that of all the schemes
of taking money away from the people,
lotteries, under whatever name they are
given, take the lead. In the famous
Havana lottery even more than two
thirds of the tickets sold in the United
States are counterfeits..
Year: 1873

In May, there occurred near Luck
now, in India, festival in honor of a
god worshiped in the form of a
monkey. An Indian paper says that
"for several days before the festival
scores and hundred of men and boys
could be seen on all the roads leading
to the place, literally measuring their
way to the temple by prostrating them
selves fiat on their faces, and making
mark in the dust as far in front of the
head as the right hand could reach.
The devotee then rolls over, and rising
up walks up to the mark he has made,
and again prostrates himself as before.
This exercise, continued as it is in the
hot sun and on the burning roads, is
exceedingly exhausting to the poor
wretches who engage in it, and it is a
pitiable sight to see q mother walking
beside her son, tanning him constantly,
keeping water at hand to refresh him,
and cheering him on when ready to
faint with exhaustion. The paper
charges that many Hindoos educated in
the English schools attend these fes-
tivals, ostensibly to see the crowd, but
really to offer homage to 60 fabulous
monkey" ..lIs e
Year: 1873

The prospects of the hop crop of 1873,
which will begin to come into market in
another month or thereabouts, continue
excellent. A dispatch from Chicago
says: There have been some occasional
reports of stunted vines and yellow leaf
from places where droughthad prevailed


but the recent rains have placed the sue
cess of the crop beyond question, and
it is conceded that it will be unusually
heavy and excellent. Private advices are
to the effect that the large brewers,
especially in the east, are well stocked,
so that in view of heavy supply and
small demand prices are likely to be low.
Year: 1873

CoAL SPECULATIoN.-Thec coal speculat- ors now make no secret of the fact that 8 stupendous ring exists among them, and boast that nothing flinders them from placing the price at any figure they please. The average advance in the price of coal thus far this year is about forty per cent, and there is hardly commencement made as yet in twisting the screws. The coal combination is practically the biggest mo- nopoly now in the country. The transpor- tation routes, the coal fields, the miners and their strikes. are all embraced in it's control, and there is really nothing to hinder the exaction of any imaginable exhorbitant price from the long-sufering consumer. The monopoly can make it $2O ton next winter as easy as they can make it $1O, and, from present appearances, the people will have no remedy whatever. The time will arrive, howevefs when consumers will take hold of this thing and see what can be done about it.-AI61ny Journal.
Year: 1873



 Monday afternoon finds your scribe on literary thoughts intent; trying hard to write something for the paper which will interest few of your many readers. The task seems formidable for once the favor ite conversation for this day of the week is always ot what happened Sunday. Those who attended church usually find many items to talk over; of course the sermon is first discussed and then the new fashions seen at church come in for their share of attention, &c., but all this, so interesting to private life would not read well in print. was both amused and annoyed while en- deavoring to give my attention to a most interesting sermon yesterday at the M. B, Church. A young lady from the city sit ting in the pew behind me, who evidently wished to give her country cousins the ben eft of her jewels for once, had come to church bedecked in everything of the kind which art can supply, and to her bracelets were attached golden bells which kept time to the motion of her fancy fan, but their chime dld not accord we'll with the words of the sermon. Why will not some young ladies learn to dress modestly for church gong, and then behave themselves consist ently with time and place? The Rev. Dr. Dewey supplied the pulpit at the M. E.. Church Sunday. Seldom do we listen to a more interesting discourse than this aged di- vine gave us The text was chosen from the words of St. John, "Now are we the sons of God, but it doth not yet appear what we shall be-" He most beautifully showed the character of noble manhood as it is the capacities of mind power-and the results in science of this power; then eloquently illustrated the possibilities to man when he shall have put on immortality. He read in closing that grand old hymn, ''I would not live alway," and the solemn hush of the large audience bespoke their attention and interest. Although of contrary belief, Dr. Dewey never introduces his own doctrines when preachingin orthodox churches. He is now in the 80th year of his age, and yet retains all his mental faculties intact. For many years he has been pastor in the Uni tartan churches, and often has ministered in Boston and that vicinity. Sheffield is his native place, and here he has ever held a residence; our people respect and appre

 ciate him both as a man and scholar, and

 we ale proud of our fellow citizens.

 LUNA.
Year: 1873

soul, it was Foster of West Winsted he who can jump higher, dive deeper, swim further under water and bring out better suit of clothes than any other tailor thls side of next winter. These valiant knights of the bullet and trigger informed us that their entire party, when their ranks were full, consisted of four men ; the two ab- sent ones being Mir. Holmes, the president of the Hurlburt National Bank and Nr. Bushnell; all of West Winsted the two latter gentlemen, we found on inquiry had their lamps trimmed and burning when the train left Albany the day before, on which they all expected to continue their home ward journey, and when said train started out of the depot and they were nicely on board, the first two were out after oil, (they said it was not croton oil they were after) and as consequence were left, and came struggling on behind the next day, getting off at such stations as the Davis Ore Bed for instance, and after they found they were not in Winsted, ''hoofed it" to the next best place, arriving in our office as stated above. These gentlemen rep resent the Adirondacks as 8 very pleasant, healthful place, and report most excellent luck hunting and fishing. They tell some pretty lofty stories about lots of bear tracks up there. They said their party shot just one deer each, and their guides shot two, all of which is very square, even story; showing their game had it well planned to divide equally the honors of it's capture. This is such a pretty story, we should have possibly entertained the idea it was run in mould formed for this especial occasion but the minister was along and said it was true, 80 of course it lis,
Year: 1873

tible; that she could not account for it,
and begged in piteous tones for mercy.
The proprietor of the store, believing
that she was not morally responsible,
assured her that no public exposure
should take place, the property was re-
tanned, and, with profuse thanks, the
victim of kleptomania hurried from the
scene of an exploit that only her high
standing and unimpeachable char
acter rendered a calamity and not a
crime. This circumstance is vouched
for by one wEo witnessed it, but who
would under no circumstances divulge
the identity of the unfortunate woman.
Several other instances are related as
having occurred within few days, most
of them of a trivial character During
the present week a woman, dressed in
the height of fashion, and having every
appearance of responsibility, was detect
ed in secreting a silk neck-tie in her
muff at a store where great sale was
in progress At the same establishment
another female, when questioned, tear
fully confessed to having appropriated
several dollars worth of small articles.
In both instances they were permitted
to return what they had taken, under
the charitable inference that the larceny
was the result of temporary alteration
of mind. The extent of this fearful
and deplorable mania cannot be estimat-
ed Insanity is proverbially clothed
with cunning that defies detection, and
where one case is brought to light it is
reasonable to infer that a score are new
er revealed. Were the whole truth
known, kleptomania would take front
rank among the glaring features of this
age of strange and unaccountable illu-
einns - GLicnnn Past
Year: 1873

WHY WEDDING DID Nor TAKE
PLAoE.-We recently published an item
stating that lady, terming her, we be-
lieve, San old maid. went to Fairhayen
to be married, but wasn't, because it was
discovered that her intended was already
husband, etc. A correspondent takes
exception to the account, and thinks it
only concerns the lady herself "whether
she is an old maid," and as that is
question of taste we will let it pass.
They did not quite arrive at the point
of marriage, it seems, although the gem
tleman had ''been paying her some at
tentions, declaring himself unmarried,
and she accepted them on that ground.
Some person acquainted with her, hear
ing a report that he was already mar
ried, obtained the address of his wife,
and wrote to her. She (his Wife came
on at once to see Miss Kelley at her
formed that Miss K. had been entirely
ignorant of Eer existence, and had Ro
idea of attempting an elopement. There

the matter ended. Miss K. is lady
highly respected in the community So
much for our correspondents statement
in extenuation of the lady. We do not
think it was needed, unless it was to de-
fend her from the charge Of being IAN
old maid We have not the item be-
fore US, but if we remember it Alright,
it distinctly stated that as soon as the
fact Of the prior marriage of the pro-
posed bridegroom was known to the
lady, she, as in dnty bound, declined TO
proceed The point Of the item was
against the man, rather than the lady,
except in SO far a. she might have been
a little too fast in engaging herself to
almost an entire stranger and as it
proved 10 a married man al that
Year: 1873

SENIOR PREsIDENTE-In obedience to
the command of my government, | come
to salute in your person the Republic of
Spain


If permitted to forecast something Of
the future | would say that the tran
guilty and dignity which have accom-
panied the recent transition and the wis
dom which has confded to your Excel
lency the executive power are good
omens of the happy destiny of the new
commonwealth.


The United States Of America, occu-
pying a considerable part Of the conti-
nent consecrated to civilization by the
valor and the faith Of Spain, cannot
witness without emotion and sympathy
the establishment Of a republic in the
Empire Of Ferdinand and Isabella


Taught by the uninterrupted practice
of free institutions during the past cen
tury their incstimable value in promOt-
ing the welfare Of d nation, it is source
Of profound satisfaction to The Ameri-
can people that Spain finds in our eX-
ample the means by which her prosper
itY and power may rest on sure fopuda-
tiOns.


Conveying To your eXccllrncy the fer
vent wishes Of The President Of the
United States for the success of your ad-
ministration, l perform the most agree
able duty Of my mission in recognizing
the authority placed in your hands by
your Sovereign Assembly,
Year: 1873

DEATH OF LUTHER Cross s-Wc have
to record the sudden death of still an
other and an old citizen Of Montpelier,
who was for many years active among
its business men, Luther Cross was at
tackled by apoplexy at noon on Saturday
last, and died at about noon on Sunday
He came to Montpelier in 1922 and en-
tered into the mercantile business, which
he pursued for many years. He bore
his part in the civil and political duties
of the citizen was candidate Of his
party for town representative, often
elected magistrate, and in 1913 was
elected TO the State Office of Sergeant-at-
Arms by the General Assembly. He re-
ceived six elections to this office, and as
head and assistant has been employed in
it nearly every year since his election in
184S. It is remarkable coincidence
that two citizens of this town, both pub
lie officers for many years, and so very
widely and favorably known throughout
the State, should die suddenly within
four days of each other.