smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1873

I have finally cum 10 the conclusion
that lager beer as a beverage is not in
toxicating.


have been told so by German who
said he had drank it all night long, just
to try the experiment, and was Obliged
to go home entirely sober in the morn
ing. i have seen this man drink eigh-
teen glasses, and il he was drunk, he
was drunk in German, and nobody could
understand it. It is proper enough TO
state that this man kept lager beer
saloon, and could have no object in
stating what was not strictly thus.


believe him to the full extent Of my
ability. never drank but three glasses
OF lager in my life, and that made my
he'd ontwist as tho IL was hung on the
end OF a string, but was told that it
was owing to my bile bein out of place
and / guess that IL was so, for / never
| billed over wus than / did when / got
hum that mite. NY wife thot I was
| going to die, and / WIS afraid that I
| shouldn't, for 10 seemed a. tho every
thing had ever eaten in my life was
cummin' 70 the surface, and / believe
that if my wife hadn't pulled of my
boots just as she did, they would have
cum laundering too.


o how sick wuz Fourteen years
ago, and can taste IL now.


If any man shud tell me that lager
beer wuz not intoxicating, shud believe
him, but If he shud tell me that wuzn't
drunk that mite, Int that my stumick
was out of order, shud ask him 20
state over few words. Jest how man
felt and acted when he was set up.


II / warn't drunk that mite, had sum
ov the most natural simtums that a man
ever had and kept sober.


In the first place IL was about eighty
rods from where drank the lager beer
TO L Y house, and wuz Jest two hours
on the road, and had a hole busted thro
each one of my pantaloon neez, and
didn't have any hat, and tried 20 open
the door by the bell-pull and hiccupped
awfully and saw everything in the room
trying 10 get around on the back side Of
me, and sitting down on n chair, did
not wait long enough for 10 20 get ex-
actly under me when IL WIZ going
round. and I sat down little too sooL
and missed the chair about twelve in
ches, and couldn't get up soon enough
to take the next one that came along;
and that amt awl my wife sed 1 wuz
drunk as a beast, and, ~ sod before,
began TO spin up things freely.


II lager beer is not Intoxicating Il
used me most almighty mean, that /
know.


Still hardly think that lager beer is
Intoxicating, for / have been told 80
and am probably the only man living
who ever drank emmy, when his liver was
not plumb.


don't want 10 say ennything against
n harmless temperance beverage, but IL
ever drink emmy more, il will be with
mi hands tied behind me and my mouth
pTied open.


don'tthink lager beer is Intoxicating,
but if ] remember rite, think IL tastes
TO me like a glass of soap suds, that a
pickle lad been put 10 soak in.
Year: 1873

An alligator is rather smart about
some things. He knows as much about
strategy as a major general of militia.
He will poise himself on alog, open his
his mouth wide by elevating his upper
jaw, and remain perfectly quiet. In a
short time his mouth will fill with
ymusketoes and flies, when down will
come his jaw, taking every musketo and
fly prisoner. He swallers them, licks
his chop, and elevates his jaw to catch
another floor full. This dish is regard
ed by the alligator as the most delicious
that the country affords.
Year: 1873

THIS story ILLUSTRATES Inc stflcJness
with which the Cunard line of steamers
is managed. The captain of one of their
New York ships, having lately married,
asked leave to take his wife with him
on one voyage. This was granted, but,
on going to take command when the
ship was ready for sea, he found one of
his brother captains on board. from
whom he learned that, though the COM
pany had no objection to his taking his
wife to America, they were not willing
to trust him with the ship, too.
Year: 1873

"A German mother who brought her
daughter over from the old country to
marry her to Louisville grocer, though
thegirl tearfully entreated permission to
horse guards, had the melancholy salts
faction of seeing the young woman go
into arsenic commissions, the other night.
But she is a determined woman, and
will at once set out for another daugh-
ter, for she hates that Louisville grocer
and is bound to be his mother-in-law if
it costs whole family of girls.
Year: 1873

quarrel about bet, and, after a chal-
lenge had been given and accepted a
difficulty arose about the choice of
weapons. They referred it to Guy
Livingstone, the author, who decided
that they should meet in the middle of
Piccadilly with horse-whips and belabor
each other till one cried enough. This
plan was insisted on, and the combat
actually came off in that manner, result
ing in the speedy satisfaction of one
of the parties.
Year: 1873

Color is the type of love. Hence
it is especially connected with the bios
soming of the earth; and again with its
fruit; also, with the spring and fall of
the leaf, and with the morning and
evening of the day, in order to show the
waiting of love about the birth and
death of man.-R,hskfn.
Year: 1873

An exchange says "When you
see bareheaded man following a COW
through the front gate, and filling the
air with garden implements and pro
family, you may know that his cabbag
plan& have been set ont.
Year: 1873

New Orleans is anticipating a speedy
establishment of new line of Liver
pool steamers, constructed on a much
larger scale than hitherto known to her
trade. They are to carry 10000 bales
of cotton and large quantity of grain
in bulk, in bins built expressly for that
purpose. 1t is also proposed that these
vessels shall take a southern route across
the Atlantic, and so avoid the extra
risks involved in the northern passage.
Year: 1873

What build ys here7" The voice was soft and


low,
Yet in all the noise Of tOi drowned;
And every laborer stayed his work to know
Whence came the thrilling sweetness Of the


sound.
Year: 1873

Gold sold in New York yesterday as low
at one time, as 1868, but at the close was
quoted at l07la. This rise is the natural
result OF the increase of the rate of inter
est to nine per cent in London-an expedi-
ent Of English inanciers to keep specie at
home.


Currency sold here at one and a half and
two per cent, with a small demand, owing
probably to the generally settled belief
that the banks will not resume on the tenth
as was predicted some time ago. It is said
that six banks ont of the seventeen in the
Cl5aring House are ready to resume. These
are named as the Canal the Germania, the
Hibernia the Louisiana National, the Teu-
ton;a and Pike, Brother & Co. There may
possibly be one or two more in like good
condition. These banks are restrained,
however, by the Clearing House agreement
that no banks shall resume without the
concurrence Of two-thirds Of the banks.


The late failures of the Spragues and of
Clafin g. Co. have had their effect in this
city. and three large houses have already
gone TO protest. 1t is reported that they
are involved to the amount of about
81 011 OO0
Year: 1873




Pierre Bertin is again and more firmly
entwined in the meshes of the law. No
matter what indictment is still pending, no
matter whether he is to have new trial, or
there is still another chance for the Supreme
Court to lucubrate on the soundness of the
burglar Interpretation of mean and tuum.
For this last otfense there is no escape.
There can be no doubt but that he can be
convicted OF prison breaking. His female
confederates are already indicted for fur
nishing him with implements to escape
with. For them the punishment may with
propriety be made light. But this des-
perado, who has been the teri or of this
community for years, and has cost the State
and city more than $4,000, should receive
no mercy. The statute says that for his
offense be shall be punished by fine or i'm
prisonment, or both, at the discretion of the
court. Judge Abel, therefore, has it in his
power to cut the Gordian knot of legal
bubble which has fastened the community
to this convict, by sentencing him to the
Penitentiary for life. When that sentence
is served out the other indictments now on
file may be taken up, if it is desirable to
convince him of hereafter
Year: 1873

The news of the shooting of the Cuban
patriots Barnsba Varoni Pedro Ces2edes,
Jesus del Sol and General Ryan by the Cap
tain General following so close on the intel
ligence of the capture of the virginius
must cause thrill of horror in the breast
of every lover of liberty. We are told
they were brought before q competent tri-
bunal and tried as pirates This was of the
date of November g. Another dispatch of
the same date says they were shot on the
fourth. And it also appears that the gov
eminent at Washington was no better in
formed than the public at large. On that
day it " as decided that scare will be taken
to be satisfied on all points now involved"
1t is also stated that our consul at Santiago
will act in conjunction with the consul
general at Havana. This is consoling.
Probably as a Christmas story we will
have report of what this latter official was
about to do November l, but didn't.


The wires are particular in speaking of
the exultating extravaganza of the Havana
people, spurred, no doubt by their dread
OF the volunteers and the desire to please
thsnew Captain General, at the capture Of
these pirates" Pirates! They may have
been American citizens as well as Cuban
freemen. But what chance have they had
to prove its Their offense should be tried
by international law, but the Spaniards
have murdered them before it could be ap-
pealed to.


Pirates Are those pirates who cause a
larger naval force to be stationed in Cuban
waters than the United States boasts of
And is the cause for which they have fought
a piratical one, when on land it's adherents
have confined their oppressors to one-third
of the island? The thunder of the artillery
of Vincent Garcia, making his morning at
tack on the. trocha, had hardly died away
when the rattle of the fusillade was heard.
1t was in revenge for this attack that the
Spaniards murdered the prisoners from the
Virginius.


The deed is done. Our government can
do no good now except to honor the memory
of these martyrs. But let it be no longer
forsetful that we have repudiated the
feudal doctrine of "once subject always
subject" Let it hold the authors of this
outrage to a strict accountability. By
authors, we mean Spain and Consel Gen
eraI Torber. Why has the latter taken no
action We want to hear from Linn. Is he
still oblivious of the insults to our govern
ment, which have become almost time hon
ored by repetition And if wrong has been
dons US and the victims of the tyranny of
Spain, let us have revenge; and the fullest
and most complete revenge is the recogni-
ton of the belligerency of Cuba.
Year: 1873

remarkable illustration Of the power OF
vegetable growth can be seen at keene,
New Hampshire, where toadstool has
grown up under the concrete walk, break
ing it and pushing it until it has made room
for itself. The concrete in that place is
nearly an inch thick. and would hold up q
heavily loaded team.
Year: 1873

PEANUT GRowING.-W. A. Dysart,
Iuwa.-As wish 10 raise some pea.
nuts this season, if they will grow and
do well here, | write for information
as to the kind to plant, when and how
to plant and tend them,and everything
else that is necessary for boy to know
in order to get a good crop. l live in
the central part of Iowa.


You can hardly expect very large
crop of peanuts in your latitude, and
the quality Of those grown will not be
equal to those raised in Africa and in
the Southern States. Still, if you get
good seed, and plant them on an early
piece of ground, and tend the plants
well, you will probably get enough to
pay you for your trouble. Most any
good corn land will produce crop of
peanuts, but as the pods will be nearly
the color of the soil in which they
grew, light colored soils are to be pre-
ferred. Unless the soil contains con-
siderable lime, some should be added.
A dose of salt, at the rate of two BUSH
els to the acre, is also beneficial. The
soil should be free from weeds and
grass and well pulverized, though deep
blowing is Objectionable for this crop.
The pods grow underground, which
they penetrate till firm bed Is reached.
If the soil is penetrated to great depth
the pods will be so far from the sur
face that they will not ripen, and will
be very hard to harvest. The nuts
should not be planted till all danger of
frost is over. The ground should be
prepared in the same way as tor corn.
I'M, :, ,h1,,lI ho from, fhroo 10 fnv. -
feet apart, and the hills from foot to
eighteen inches. Two shelled nuts
should be put in each hill. Occasion
ally it is well to put in a larger mum.
Der to supply plants for places where
none come up, or where the plants are
destroyed. If not wanted they should
be thinned out at hoeing time. The
seed should be covered about an inch.
In good weather the plants will break
ground in about ten days. Care should
be taken to procure good seed. The
nuts grown in Tennessee will be best
| for your latitude. A sharp boy will
not plant nuts that have been roasted,
as some boys have done, and failed to
got crop. In shelling them, be very
careful not to break the skin around
| the nut, or even to rupture it. The
| cultivation consists in keeping down
weeds and keeping the soil well pull


verized. 1t is a good plan at the first


hoeing to remove some of the soil
| which is around the plants and subse-
quently to draw it back. 1t is not q
| good plan to work the soil after the
pods have begun to form. The har-


vesting should be done as soon as the
first frost kills the vines. The digging


may be done with fork or pronged


hoe. In large field plow may be


used. Peanuts should be harvested


when the ground is dry or the dirt will


stick to the roots. The vines should


lay on the ground day or two to dry


before they are put up. They should


then be taken to the barn or open shed


to dry, or may be staked like beans =


When quite dry the pods must be


picked off by hand. These should be
spread OH a floor till they are so dry


that there is no danger from molding
Year: 1873

The youngest son stood with his FAIR
bride upon the the Threshold of the
old farm house. He was the last of
four brave boys who had gone forth
from that humble roof to work their
way up manfully to a place Of honor
and usefulness in the world. Perhaps
there was little dimness in the old
mans eye, and may be little tremor
in his voice, as he spoke the farewell
words. But he took from the old side
cupboard his parting gift; bright,
new hoe, and as he placed it in the
hands of the youth, the accompany
ing admonition sounded cheerily on
his ear, sHoe out your row."


1t was fourth time similar pre-
sentation had been made in the old
homestead.


Everybody will find his row to hoe
in this world, George, and sometimes
it is mighty tough one; but it is only
COW ards that shirk it, whatsoever
thy hands find to do, do it with all thy
might and never forget to look up"


The old man wrung the hand Of his
SON, and stopped down to kiss the
cheek of his fair, new daughter while
mother busted herself with the dozen
'last things" which every one but a
mother forgets. :.
The lingering farewells were all said
at last, and the old coach rolled away
with the two hopeful, sunny hearts
just entering LIES bright and beauti-
full summer.


The old homestead seemed deserted
and dreary as a last years nest. The
aged pair sat down by their own
hearthstone alone, as when they
began life together.


How these old walls had rung to
the sound of childhood's mirth, and
childhood's steps, and in later years had
echoed with the tread of manly feet


Now they must live more in the bur-
led past.


But to George and Ellen life seemed
all one bright future, with rainbows
of hope arching all their plans and
projects.
Their Western home was an humble
one, and plenty OF work for willing
hands within it. The young farmers
chief capital was his strong arm and
stout heart, and the sound working
day principles he had been taught from
childhood. Sometimes he grew dis
couraged at the prospec. of paying fol-
the place he worked, but he was sure


to meet with hearty encouragement


and words of cheer from Ellen; a
glance, too. at the parting gift of his
father, as it stood on the mantle in the
family room, was as good as q sermon


any day. There it stood, every ready
to give encouragement or admonition


as the case might be. Strangers might


think it strange, curious ornament


for chimney piece, but it was soor


regarded as one of the household treas


ures. Dust or rust was never suffered
to mar its brightness.


"Ellen, it is no use trying" sale


George, one evening, quite despond


ingly, as he turned away from some
figures he had been making on scral


of paper, II can't make out the pay


ment this week, and / may as wei
give it up"


Ellen looked up cheerfully from hel
work and nodded toward the mantle


II have hoed and hoed, but this row
is too much for me. The wool will
J pay the next installment, and the crop
Year: 1873




The farmers cannot. be at enmity
with the manufacturers of the country,
who, with their employees and depend
ents, take the larger portion OF their
products: but are directly interested
in having industries of all kinds null
tiply and increase on every hand. The
more encouragement there is given to
manufactures the more they increase
in number, and, as o necessary result,


the cheaper the goods they make and


the more consumers there are of bread


stuffs. The number of manufacturing
establishments in the country about


doubled in the ten years from 1850 to


1870 under protection, which was ten


times the increase in the preceding


Free Trade decade.


If the farmers wish to stop all fur
ther increase of food consumers, and
indefinitely augment the number of


food producers, by paralSzing manu-


featuring industries, let them by all


means constitute their Oranges into


grand Free Trade propaganda. Do


any of them fondly imagine that If the


duties on iron and steel were removed


the railroads would carry their grain at
lower rates? 1t is delnsion. The
principal railroad managers have
themselves cmphatically favored re-
tanning these duties for the express
purpose of keeping the price down by
building up an extensive manufacture
of those indispensable commodities in
this country. But il iron and steel
were cheaper, this would not necessi-
tate nor probably induce reduction
of freights SO long as the existing rail-
roads are constantly overtaxed with
the business offering, in other words,


so long as the supply of transpcrta-
ton facilities is unequal to the demand.
The New York Herald advises the
Democratic party to hitch the Oranges
| to the tail of their party, assuming
| that the Oranges will readily endorse
Free Trade, and clamor for it as the
one thing needful for them. But the
Democratic party is not only commit
| ted to a repeal of protection, which
would complete the discontinue of the
Western farmers by destroying their
| best market, but has always been a
| fierce enemy to internal improvements,
such as the very extension of inland
water communications which the West
now most of all needs, and which
| President Grant earnestly recommend
| ed in his last annual message.
Year: 1873

The Postmaster General has received
the following letter from person who
was recently appointed postmaster (at
salary of $12 per annum) Of a town
in Iowa: ITO the gineral postmaster
at Washington City my Deare friend
hope you viii not appint me post
master in this here town hani't got
no time to tend to il suppose
you got the paper somhow my friends
sent up Reckominden me but han't
got time to do the thing up as it ort to
be done. In fact don't know hardly
what is a goin tn be done our shoe
maker would be q very good man
only he was Greeley square out which
you know onfits him for the position
there is our storekeep Jim B--that
wants the position mighty bad but as
sure as you are q living man jim


kaint read good writin and that's the
trouble You see them that wants il
don't know enough to tend it and
them their that does don't want to
take 1t Jim -- was raised out in the
countrey and jest come to town last
week an don't know enough to be post.
master but do as you think but only
don't apint me han't got time ever
your friend" sc.
Year: 1873

A Kansas district school was recent
ly visited and addressed by Messrs.
Big Mouth, Powder Face and Spot
ted Wolf--all tho noblest kind Of noble
red men. A mischievous school boy
placed pin trap where Big Mouth sal
down, and that chicftain was observed
to rise hastily and remark: "Ugh
too much flee bite. Me no stay to
hear class in Analytical Geology
Then he left.
Year: 1873

Have you examined your gardens
where the spade or plow has upturned
the soil? You will discover that the
severity of the last winter did not dis
turb the potato bugs. They are found
in abundance in the ground, and will
be found on hand at the proper time
for business. Persons having small
gardens may prevent the same by a
little attention to the destruction OF
the eggs of these bugs, which may be
found upon the blades of grass and on
the under side Of potato leaves. A
stitch in time saves nine times nine In
this case.-Sprinqfeld (IH.) Journal.
Year: 1873

The worst feature in the manage
ment of railroads is selling the right to
peddle prize packages of candy and
stationery on board the passenger
trains. The vendors of these goods
make good deal of money, which is
ordinarily taken from the pockets OF
the poor and ignorant. Sometimes
the prizes are of money, but ordinarily


they consist of brass jewelry, such as
can be bought for about dollar BUSH
ell. Sometimes fifty cent pocket pieces
are extracted from prize packages.
which look like gold to the eve Of an


ignorant foreigner, but which are real
ly made of brass. The Legislature of
New York has recently passeda a law
against this nefarious traffic, and there
should be enactments against it in all
the States. In an investigation before
the New York Legislature 1t came out
that the men who put up these pack
ages place private mark on those that
contain money or other valua-
bles, so that the train boy will know
how to play them out to the best ad-
vantage. Often trade is made with
some one in the car to take package,
and to pay for it il it contains money,
in which case he is to show tito the
passengers. When trade of this sort
is made, prize is always found, which
insures quite salc.-Irdirte Farmer
Year: 1873

Great water courses are said to be the avenues
along which the cholera travels from one part Of
the country to another This tact has been proved
in both Asia and Europe. No sooner dees this
Psstilencs make its appearance at one point on a
stream than its ravages extend to other places
along the same body Of water, and in this manner
the poison is spread until the whole country Is al
fected. The disease now prevalent in the South.
supposed by many to be AsiAtie cholera, exhibits
this character. From Memphis it journeyed 10
Nashvills and Cincinnati Prom Cincinnati other
water courses invite It's progress East