smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1872

When building the sewer In this street from
Seventh avenue to the North River it was found
that the rock In the street west OF Tenth avenue
prevented q sewer being run through to the river.
The contractor in this dilemma constructed small
sewer down Tenth avenue to the Forty-second
street connection TO drain Forty-seventh street.
This Tenth avenue sewer runs against grade too
much to properly carry of the water and refuse,
which causes backing up OF the water and solid
matter so that the bottom OF the cellars Of several
residences near the corner OF Forty-seventh street
and Seventh avenue are affected by IL.


HORRIBLE CONDITION OF HOUSE SEWERS.


Bad as are many OF the public sewers Of the city,
those connecting the waste pipes OF residences and
tenements with the main street sewers are shown
by these of1cials to be much worse. Contractors
for the construction Of houses have been too intent
upon making large pront upon their contracts to
these connecting sewers on the "Cheap Jshnn
principle. All kinds OF material are employed,
the chief ones being brick, iron, lead, clay,
stone and wood. common mode OF construction
Is stone top and bottom and brick sides, with
little or no mortar In the crevices. The conse.
quence is that the impure water filters through
the crevices and permeates the soil under cellar
noors, and rats and odors pass through at will.
The square shape given to the sewer causes fric-
tion and impedes the dow OF water, and sediment
collects on the bottom. Inspectors Of some houses
boxes, through which the water leaks and which
In time become so rotten that more filthy water
enters the ground than Is carried Off on the slug.
gish now In washington street ~! one s OF u these
cayed that the contents permeated the
under soil, and the odors. filed the en-
tire edince. Contractors and house owners
often so utterly oblivious OF the health OF their
tenants that they supply but one sewer connection
to az man. as twelve tenements. This sewer Is
run into the centre OF the block, and the water
from the waste pipes aRd closets conveyed to IT by
open troughs situated under the cellar doors. In
the event OF distractions occurring by an accufhu-
lation OF solids in these troughs. or by back water
from tue street sewer. the sickening odors must
Year: 1872

o-The covered sewer pipe b-Opcn holes into which
the open trenchcs empty Tho pipes cut or
under the oer over tho cellar by the party walls and
tall down into the trenches.


MAN AND BEAST IN FRIENDLY COMMUNION


The following extract shows the criminal manner
In which rapact0us landlords disregard all sani-
tary iaws:-


No. Washington street, three story tenement house.
the yard Of which built and occupied q
stable, while the cellar was used manure vault.
Under the stairs in the lower entry hallway, were
sheetiron soil pipe which opened directly into open
brick drain In the cellar. The only water supply to
these hoppers the "slops thrown into them by the
tenants There was also sink on each floor, the water
without traps Thus man and beast lived under the same
roof inhaing the same foul exhalati0ns and from
water closets, open drain stable and manure vault


But the abuses OF the system do not stop here.
From number Of cases that have come under the
observation OF these officers the following Is Sc
lected as striking illustration Of the expedients
res0rted to by tenement owners to avoid cxpend
ture OF mOney:-ln West Thrty-ninth street are
four tenemcnts owned by one man, each OF which
contains sixteen families or nearly three hum
dred souls. Under each house ts q sewer, connect
Ing with the street. As they were cOgged by back
water their connection with the waste pipes was
cut and holes about three feet deep dug In the
earth to receive the solid deposits. The cellar
nO0rs were ripped up to dig these holes and then
covered over with boards that can be removed at
will. or course, when the contents OF this hole
cumulate to a sufficient height the more fluid part
runs or to the sewer, but the rest remains The
following Is an illustration OF IT.


THIRTY-NINTH STREET.
Year: 1872

How Three Hundred People in Thirty-ninth
Street are Exposed to Death-Waste Water
and Solids Removed Through tho Cellar


Floors-Manure Vaults in Washing


ton Street Tenement House Cellar.
Year: 1872

(c o Represents the line Of the floor the sewer,
(n repre- ens tho holes in tho flooring and ~ the
sink dug in the earth to receive the contents Of the
OF the pipes and Closets aud when they become
full as overflow the cellar floor the boards DIRE re.
moved and the sinks cmpted by hand


HOW CELLAR SEWERS ARE dIOG0ED.
The following illustration will show how cellars
arc stenched by deposits driven back from the
main street sewer. 1t Is notorious that many
house sewers are built with the end entering the
street higher than the point into which the waste
pipe discharges:-


FIGURE VIII
Year: 1872

THE DEMOCRATIC LEVY COURT OF KENT COUNTY AP-


POINT REPUBLICAN, TO oFFICE-THEY DON'T


KNOW WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT.


The Levy Court Of Kent county met last week
at Dover, and made their appointments to the
various offices within their gift from such ma
terial as was recommended by the simon pure
democracy OF the first water Such thing az
republican being appointed to office in the
strong Democratic county Of Kent, has not been
known for a long series of years until last week.
the Levy Court which is entirely composed of
Democrats, appointed James b. Davis, a well
known Radical Republican of Milford Hundred.
to be one OF the Trustees of the Poor, of Kent
county.


The point Of the joke will be plainly seen
when we state that in Milford Hundred there
are two James Davises, the only distinction being
That the Republican James had "B j" as the
initial letter of his middle name the Democrat
being simply James Davis The latter however
had the advantage of being backed up and
recommended by the principal magnates OF the
Democraey of Milford, while the Republican
James never once dreamed of the Office in store
Tor him. The members of the Levy Court knew
the Republican James to be very upright
and honorable man, and even if they had known
him to be Republican in times past, were no
doubt pleased to think that hereafter they would
have his influence and good character in aid of
the Democrcy, and were not slow in making out a
commission for the Republican James, while the
democratic James was completely left out in the
cold, thinking OF the truth of the adage "There 3
many slip twixt the cup and the lip"


The Republican James B. Davis has the i'm
portant parchment which authorizes him to act
Tor three years az one of the Trustees of the
poor OF Kent county, and proposes to retain it.
Year: 1872

Some of the larger pupils at Longs school
house attempted to forcibly eject the teacher on
pancake day" because he refused to dismiss
the school, and in the melee he cut some Of them
pretty severely with a knife. The refractory
scholars were drunk.


The Union sagely advises the enlargement
and improvement of the Court House.


The protracted meeting at Denton closed with
forty conversions.


Several years ago a dwelling on one of the
back streets of Denton was converted into a
stable and the stairway was left standing. Last
week, COW, gaining access to the stable and
thirsting for an opportunity to survey the
scene" around her, ascended the stairway, and
when found was quite at home in her new quar-
ters.


The growth Of peanuts has proven successful
and one farmer has purchased 20 bushels for
seed.


Andrew Howard colored, attempted to break
out of the Denton Jail last week, but was dis
covered in time to prevent it.


VIM. II. Lowe has been appointed Constable
for the Second district.
Year: 1872

AN ELoPEMEET AND NOT MURDER SUSPECTED.


The particulars OF a case of what was at the
time supposed to be murder, aud which seemed
to be eubstantiated by the circumstances, at
Newark, night before last, were sent by post to
this city yesterday.


The belief now prevails at Newark that the
girl, Willie Mills domestic in the family of DIR.
Hainee has eloped, and that the discovery of
blood upon the floor of her chamber and the
scattering Of her clothes around her room, was
only ruse to conceal her real condition. A
German in the neighborhood has long been
suspected of matrimonial intentions toward
Willie, and it is believed that she has run away
with him gentleman states that he met her
but Alone on the road between Newark and
Elkton, about midnight, and that she made in
quiries OF him concerning tho arrival of the
train.
Year: 1872

Few securities have ever been placed upon the
market which, in so short time, have taken so high
a stand or become so widely popular with prudent
investors have the First Mortgage Bonds OF the
Northern Pacl &c Railroad Company The Seven
Thirty Gold Loan OF this Great corporation is
already a solid and gratifying success, and the
present daily sales are
Year: 1872

The DISPATCH is going to run as .
Democratic campaign paper until th'
election.-Cou1ier.


The Courier makes this statement up
on our distinct announcement that the
DISPATCH is abs ,lntely Independent OF
party" The editor of the Courier is not
in position to comprehend indepen-
lence in journalism, or under such ir-
iuences as to regard truth as among the
social or political virtues. If the Gov
ernor or the President may lie with i'm
punity. can less be expected of their
hired man
Year: 1872

The Democratic Territorial Com
mittee will not call a convention to
make party nomination for Delegate
to Congress. Judge 0. B McFadden,
yielding to the generally expressed wish
of citizens of both parties who earnest
iy desire reform in the public service,
will run as an Independent candidate,
pledged to the principles of the Gin
cinnati platform and entirely free from
party obligations or personal commit
ments. He will be supported by many
leading Republicans in every county
bordering upon Puget Sound-some
of whom yet adhere to the fortunes Of
the Grant Administration upon the
ground that he would much better serve
the interests of the Territory than the
present incumbent.


1t is subject for devout gratitude to
every patriot that old party lines are
swept away; that unscrnpnlous men can
no longer attain official positions by
packing party caucusses and compel the
suffrages of the people by party dis
ciplIne. The voters are once more free.
and honesty and capacity are the only
tests for Office. By this test only do we
urge the support of o. B. McFadden,
the peoples canfidate. against Selu-
cious Garfielde the candidate OF ring.
Year: 1872

OLYMPIA. We made flying visit to
the capitol last week and were surprised
to see the marked improvement it was
exhibiting. There never was in the his
tory of the town SO many improvements
in progress at the same time as at the
present. The citizens have come to the
wise conclusion to wait no longer for
the railroad to build the town, but to
build one themselves that no railroad
shipping point three miles from them
can seriously affect. What they want
now, and what they are determined to
have, is Delegate in Congress who
will look after the public interests in
stead of his own exclusive private inter
ests. A liberal appropriation for capi-
tai buildings, which Judge McFadden
will undoubtedly procure for them next
year, will secure the future of Olympia
as the most attractive. though not the
largest city on Puget Sound.
Year: 1872

The Bostonians are laughing at
their universal efforts recently to
thaw out their hydrants with
boiling water, having discovered
that the obstruction by ice was
in the mains at the reservoir,
twenty miles away, more or less.
Year: 1872

81 never did see such a change.
able thing as the wind is, said an
old lady, coming in out of breath,
.As | was walking down Broad
way, it blew hard as it could right
IN my face; and when | turned a.
round and walked up street, then
it went blowing away on my
back"
Year: 1872

The two theologies at the present time
which stand opposed to each other here are
not Calyinis.n and Armenianism, not Trim
itarianism and Unitarianism, not Nat
uralism and Supernaturalism. But they
are the theology of discouragment and fear
on the one side, and of courage and hope
on the other The one thinks men must be
driven to God by terror; the other seeks to
attract them by love. The other has no
faith in man, beIives him wholly evil, be-
lleves sin to be the essential part of the
soul, and encourages it to act freely trusts
In his conscienc enlightened by truth, and
appeals to it confidently; relies on his
heart and seeks to inspire it with generous
affections and disinterested love. That
this theology of faith is to TRIUMPH over
that OF fear who can doubt? All the best
thought: the deepest religions. the noblest
aspiration of the age flows in this direction


Whether our handful of Unitarian church
es is ever to become great multitude ! do
not know; but l am sure that the spirit
that inspired she soul of Claiming is to
lead the future age and make the churches
which are to be- 1t is not now a question
of Unity and Trinity, but something fae
deeper and more important While en-
deavoring to settle the logical terms of
Chrlsts divinity and humanity, we have
been led up higher to the sight of the Di-
vine Father and the human brotherhood:
Like Saul, the son of Kish he went out to
seek our Fathers asses, and have found
kingdom. Freeman Clarke.
Year: 1872

A paper devoted to railroad subjects
gives some information of interest to the
public as to the rights and duties of pas
sengers who travel by rail. The legal de-
finition of passenger is "a person who
undertakes, with the consent of the carrier,
to travel in the conveyance provided by
the latter, otherwise than in the service of
the carrier as SUCH" Railway companies
are bound to carry all who offer them
selves, unless they are offensive in person
or conduct, or the cars are already full.
Waitil g at the depot ith the intention to
take the train is sufficient to constitute the
relation of passenger and carrier. Good
for this day only" printed upon a ticket,
has been decided by the courts to be of no
effect. The passenger has paid his money
and is entitled to tran, n,portation. 1t has
also been recently decided, in New York,
that ticket for passage between any two
points is good either way, but it is doubt
ful if the decision will stand unreversed.
Any injury to the person of passenger
through the negligence of the agents of the
railway, subject the latter to damages, and
any loss of proper baggage lit must be on
ly such as is necessary fer the comfort of
a traveler) can be recovered by civil pro-
cess, and the contents of trunk can be
proved by the oath of the plaintiff.
Year: 1872

A very intelligent correspondent and
practical farmer, in Western Maryland,
writes us as follows:


"The cultivation of Wheat is nice
operation, embracing wide field of en-
quiry as to the manures, the time and
manner of preparing the soil, the seed
ing, harvesting and threshing of wheat
all very important. We have had a
drought without parallel for the past
year. Our springs and pumps are, fully
one-half of them useless, because of the
long continued drought. Farmers make
too little manure-neglect what they do
make too much-expose it to the rains
and winds, and are careless in using it
Mr.. Commissioner Watts advises the ap-
plication of manure before blowing. L
like it best, for corn especially. after
ploughing. 1t may seem presumption
in me to present my views. 1 hope it
may stimulate enquiry and lead to
closer observation. We have much to
learn"


The following, we suppose, are the re-
marks of Mr.. Watts, alluded to above by
our correspondent


"The experience of many years has
led me to the conclusion that the deter
ioration of the wheat crop is mainly at
tributable to the improper and untime-
ly use of barn-yard manure. In our
practice the clover sod is turned down
and planted with corn. The ground is
again rloughed in the spring and sowed
with oats, and upon the stubble of this
crop all the manure of the barn. yard
put, and then ploughed again and
sowed with wheat. This delicate plant
is then subjected to the rawness and
grossness of barn-yard manure, with all
its germs of flies, worms, lice and bugs
seemingly sufficient cause of the un-
successful growth of grain so pure and
delicate as the wheat. Corn is the hog
of plants, and will devour food of any
quality and thrive upon it. Here then,
upon the sod to be ploughed for corn,
is the place to put barn-yard manure.
Bury 1t deep, and when the corn is cut
off break the stubble even with the
ground during the winter. In the
spring harrow the ground well, sow
your oats upon it and roll it. You will
then keep your manure whore you put
it, and not subject the oat crop to being
thrown down by it. When the crop is
removed bring your manure to the sur
face by deep blowing and thorough til
lage. The barn-yard manure having
thus received proper preparation is fit
for the wheat plant. Experience has
taught me this lesson. On my farm in
Pennsylvania I never fail to raise a sat-
isfactory crop of wheat, and I have
known no such thing as midge, Hessian
fly or army worm.-American Farmer.
Year: 1872

In this country. where shingles the pre-
vailing roof, at least in the rural districts, a
simple method of rendering them imper-
vious to fire ought to be acceptable to every
owner of dwelling thus covered. Even
in the hearts of old cities, many old houses
offer these almost tinder-like roofs to the
flames and cinders whenever confagra-
ton occurs in the neighborhood. 1t is
therefore important to know that a wash
composed of lime, salt, and fine sand or
wood ashes. put on in the ordinary way of
whitewash, renders the roof fifty-fold more
safe against fire from falling cinders, in
case of fire in the vicinity 1t pays the ex-
penses a hundred-fold in its preserving in
fuence against the effect of the weather
the older and more weatherbeaten the
shingles, the more benefit derived Such
shingles are generally more or less warped,
rough, and cracked. The application of
wash, by wetting the upper surface. re-
stores them to their originai or first form,
thereby closing the space between the
shingles; and The lime and sand, by filling
up the cracks, prevents it warping. By
the addition of small quantity of lamp
slack, the wash may be made of the same
color as old shingles, and thus the offensive
glare of whitewashed roof may be avoid
II
Year: 1872


NOT as all other women are


Is she that to my soul is dear;
Her glorious faneies come from far,
Beneath the silver evening star;
And yet her heart is ever near.
Great feelings hath she of her own,
which lesser souls may never know:
God giveth them TO her alone,
And sweet they are as any tone


Wherewith the wind may choose to blow.
Yet. in herself she dwelleth not,
Although no home were half so fair;
No simplest duty is forgot;
Life hath no dim and lowly spot
That doth.not in her sunshine share.
She doeth little kindnesses,


Which most leave undone or despise;
For nought that sets one heart at ease,
And giyeth happiness or peace.i
Is low esteemed in her eyes.
She hath no scorn of common things;
And. though she seem Of other birth,
Round us her heart entwines and clings.
And patiently she folds her wings
To tread the humble paths of earth.
Blessing she is; God made her so:
: And deeds Of week day holiness
Fall from her. nOiseless as the snow;
Nor hath she ever chsnced to know
That aught were easier than to bless.
She is most fair, and thereunto
Her life doth rightly harmonic;
Feeling or thought that was not true
Ne'er made less beautiful the blue
Unclouded heaven of her eyes.
She is a wOman-one in whom


The spring-time of her childish years
HATH never lost its fresh perfume,
Though knowing well that life hath room
For msny blights and many tears.
love her with a love as still


As broad rivers peaceful might.
Which, by high tower and low ly mill,
Goes wandering at its own sweet will,
And yet doth ever flow Alright.
And on its full. deep breast serene,
Like quiet isles my duties lie;
1t flows around them and between,
And makes them fresh and fair and green,-
Sweet homes wherein to live and die.
Year: 1872

The bright side is the right side to
look upon at all times. The times
may be hard, but it will make them no
easier to wear gloomy and sad codnte-
nance. 1t is the sunshine, and not the
cloud, that makes the flower. The sky
is blue ten times where it is black once.
You have troubles, so have others.
None are free from them. Troubles
give sinew and tone to liie-fortitude
and courage to man. That would be q
dull sea, and the sailor would never get
skill, where there was nothing to dis
turb the surface of the ocean. What
though things look little Gark, the
lane will turn and night will end in
broad day. There is more virtue in one
sunbeam than a whole hemisphere Of
clouds and gloom.
Year: 1872

1t is indeed true that We are clear
fully and wonderfully made"-a most
complicated piece of machinery, yet
acting with the greatest of freedom,
and with a degree of precision un-
known in the world of mechanics.
And the component parts of which we
are made are no less wonderful than
the general machine itself; and the
manner in which they work together,
producing or preventing certain effects,
or results, is even more wonderful ill.


For convenience sake we will say
we have before us a person weighing
just 154 pounds; his body chemically
divided would give us the following
reculfS.
Year: 1872

Many people think there is no
danger of taking cold when the
weather is very warm, and expose
themselves in various ways when
overheated, fatigued or sweaty. This
is an erroneous ldea-destructive to
life and health. When the system IS
tatigucd with exercise, .oyerheated or
sweating, great caution is necessary
to guard against taking cold. Some
people say they never take cold, and
have no fear of taking cold. But
are they never i'll in some form ? O
yes but they do not cough, and con
cludo they do not take cold,


Colds do not affect all people
alike All do not cough that have
been exposed to cold but the in
sensible perspiration can not be sud-
denly checked without injury to
people and animals. Hence it is
dangerous to drink cold drinks when
one sits down to rest, though if ex-
ercise is continued, they may be par.
taken OF i'll small quantities with
benefit. The systems of men and
animals that exercise must not be
rapidly but gradually cooled.


Horses ought not to be watered
when about to stop exercise, either
in warm. or cold weather. This
practice subjects them to disease,
and Often destroys their lives.


More than twenty-five years since,
| read in Cutters Physiology" that
when people were warm with exer-
else, or from other cause, they ought
to throw something over their shoul-
ders on sitting down to rest. An
observance of this rule has, | am
satisfied, saved me much sickness.
If men would put on coat when
resting, or after work at night, it
would cave them many bad feelings,
sickness. and sometimes death.


HATTIE HOPEFUL.