smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1873

A judgment has recently been obtained
in New York that must tend to make our
city railroad companies more particular
as to the character and conduct Of the
men employed as conductors and drivers.
The most of our citizens recoilecs the
brutal murder of Avery D. Putnam in
New York city, by Foster. an ex-
car driver. The circumstances at
tending the murder were sufficiently
aggravating to secure speedy trial
and execution Of the murderer. not
withstanding the efforts made by rich
father to shield his son from the gallows
The widow Of the murdered man was even
appealed to, and she 81 gaed a petition ask
ing for the pardon Of Foster after be had
been tried and condemned. But it was
useless. Nothing could save him from his
impending fate. His hanging, however,
did not end the consequence Of the brutal
act which cost him an ignominious death.
The widow Of Putnam has since brought
suit in the Superior Court Of the city of
New York and obtained judgment for five
thousand dollars damages, for the killing
of her husband, against the Seventh Ave-
nue. Railroad Company. It was held by
the court that "the primary cause Of the
plaintiffs injury in the loss Of her hus-
band may be directly traced to the defend
ants themselves. who intrusted the con-
duct of their business and the safety Of
their passengers to persons incompetent
for the service or regardless of their duty;
persons who were apparently indifferent
alike to Fosters disorderly conduct and
Putnam's safety, and who, either unmind-
full. or not properly considering the cir
cumstances. negligently failed to dis
charge duty which, if performed, would
doubtless have obviated the evil and pre-
vented the homicide" The court further
held that it is the duty of railroad COM
panies not only to guard each passenger
from violence and assault Of its own
agents and employees, but from the as
saults and violence of other passeu gers
carried by the same conveyance, and
from other causes of discomfort or injury
which could have been reasonably antici-
pated or prevented.


1t appeared in the case OF Mrs. Put
nam against the Seventh Avenue Rail
road Company that neither the conductor
nor driver made an effort to prevent the
outrageous conduct Of Foster. It was
clearly their lawful duty to protect the
ladies in the car from insult. They neg
lected to do this. and the interference of
Mr. Putnam in behalf of the ladies
brought on the difficulty between himself
anu Foster that resulted SO fatally. Had
the driver and conductor done their duty
the murder would not have occurred. In
that case both tutnam and Foster might
now be spared to their families. and the
railroad company saved the expense Of
lawsuit and tive thousand dollars dam
ages.


This Judgment ought to be warning
to railroad companies. VINO should make
it their duty to have good employees and
inst1ue. them carefully Us to their duties.
Year: 1873

ST. CHARLES AVENUE AND THE COUNCIL,


There is a vulgar error prevalent among
unlearned people that it is unlawful to re-
move OF in any :nanne. disturb dead
body when first discovered until tie cor
oIer has held an inquest. Sca.e such
notion atfiicts the City Council IN reference
to the Nicolson pavement that now lies
dead and rotting in the sun on St. Charles
avenue. The fact that the people have
Year: 1873

SOMEWHAT D0GMATICAL. - We like
dogs. The dog will leave his own race
to follow the fortunes of man, and in good
or in evil repute, he will stand up for his
friend and master. We remember when
Mr.. Assemblyman Tully advocated the
repeal Of the Dog Tax" he said that
the dog was not to be looked upon as the
property, but as the TREND and compan-
ion OF man. We coincided in that senti-
ment Of Mr.. Tully although we could
not support the repeal of the dog tax,
and we lost votes at the next election
here in consequence. But the love which
we feel for the canine race does not eX-
tend to that troop which congregatcs ev-
cry night in front Of the Court House,
to yelp and howl in unison. AS we lie
vainly trying to court slumber, we only
wish that Caleb Cushing, who has now
appealed TO the courts to vindicate the
right OF an American to sleep despite the
watchdog's honest bark" were here ia
champion our cause for us. We have
appealed to watchman Bowler; but the
hints thrown out in reference to his being
largely reimbursed for any outlay that he
might be at for strychnine were passed
unhceded. In the near future, however,
there looms up glcam Of hope and we
are happy. Colder weather is coming on
us and the season for fresh sausages will
soon be here.
Year: 1873

VoTING.-For the benefit of those who
are not versed in the intricacies of the
Codes we give synopsis of that portion
of the Election law, which defines the
manner of voting. Printed ballots must
be on paper furnished from the office of
the Secretary of State. A person desir-
ing to vote will fold his ticket four times
crosswise from the center, making the
ballot three-fourths Of an inch wide, it
must then be pressed fat. No person
must fold or unfold, within one hundred
feet of the polls, or exhibit to another
the ticket he intends voting, nor can any
ballot be used which is marked in such a
manner on the back as will indicate its
contents. Tickets cannot be given to
any person within one hundred feet of
the polls, except by an inspector, or judge
acting as an inspector. No ticket must
be folded in such way as to indicate its
contents, nor must any ticket be marked
in any manner that will show that it was
voted by any person or by any class Of
persons. When two tickets are folded
together they shall both be rejected. If
ballot is found in the ballot box which
has upon the outside any mark, impress
sion, device, color or thing, or is folded
in such manner designed to distinguish
it from other ballots, it shall be rejected,
or if a ballot contains any mark, color
or impression, or is folded in such man
ncr as to indicate the person who voted
the ballot it must also be rejected. The
voter hands his ballot to the Inspector or
one Of the judges, at the same time an
nouncing his name and the number aflix-
ed to it on the printed copy of the Great
Register, copy Of which, for the conve-
nience Of voters is posted at the polls.
Persons whose names are not on the
printed Great Register, must present the
Inspector a Certificate of Registration in
this county.


AS soon as the polls are closed the
Board of Election proceeds to canvass
the vote. This is donc'by taking out of the
ballot box the ballots unopened, and
counting the same to ascertain if the
number Of ballots correspond with the
number Of votes on the list of voters kept
by the Clerks. When the voting is COM
pleted, one copy Of the tally list, the
Great Register used by the Board, to
mark the names of voters, the ballots,
and all records of challenges, etc., kept
by the clerks, must be sealed up and de-
livered by member of the Board to the
County Clerk.
Year: 1873

COUNTRY ADJUSTMENTS. = We shall
take no chances of a broken head by
vouching for the veracty of what follows,
and as all men are not ambitious of news
paper fame, that fact will account for our
not being particular about mentioning
names. But, as our readers all know,
the country is full Of ''yellowjackets," "
and we don't know Of any one who is par
ticularly "stuclx" after that little insect.
The yellowjacket has wonderful pen
chant for fresh meat and the knowledge
of this fact led the father Of family, on
Sunday last to concoct a plan for their
wholesale destruction. The younger son
went and shot ground squirrel, which
was cut into pieces and laid on the ground,
when armed with barrel stave each,
the family sat down to commence the
work of determination. When one was
killed dozen came to carry off the slain,
until the pile of dead and crippled yell
lowjackets mounted into the hundreds.
All went we'll until one yelowjacket,
with moro enterprise than his fellows,
thought to "carry the war into Africa"
and lit on the old genteman's bare foot.
Then the boy, whose barrel stave had
been going up and down like the "walk-
ing beam" of a steam engine, came to the
rescue, the stave changed its downward
direction slightly, there was little





'thud," and and mangled yellowjacket
on the old gentleman great toe. The
old man didn't swear, oh no, he is not
addicted to profanity. He rubbed that
great toe some, and talked earnestly to
himself-and to his boy. Then he ereach-
cd out his hand with "A gentle but firm
grasp and extended his hopeful son across
the parental knee. Then there was a
moments silence, broken only by the
humming of the yellowjackets as they
hovered over the remains of the squirrel
and then the old gent raised his barrel
etave and proceeded to smash the naughty
insects which might have lodged in the
seat of the brceches of his darling boy.
llleTc lhusI HuNe occh many " ohc iHc'c
for he labored at it until quite out Of
breath.


To-day there is seat vacant in the
district school and that boy prefers TO
eat his meals while standing up. The
old gentleman will probably call on us
and pay up his subscription to the jour
NAL as soon us he is able to draw on Il
boot
Year: 1873

GOLD DIsCovERIEs.-From the Lake
County Bee, of August 23d, we learn
that Messrs. John Burger and John j.
Goodin left that county on prospecting
tour some time since, going into the
mountains by way of Round Valley and
Eel river. Somewhere near the line of
Mendocino and Trinity counties they
came to a creek with a good stream of
water and numerous tributary gulches,
They prospected this creek for distance
of ten miles, finding "color" all the way,
and heard of one party Of four men who
were working on it. The editor of the
Bee saw some of the gold brought back
by the party; its character is that of
gulch gold, two of the pieces weighing
about n dollar each. The existence Of
rich gold deposits near the locality men
toned has long been known to some old
Trinitarians, and several attempts were
made some years ago to re-discover the
place. The presence Of numel Gus hostile
Indians made it dangerous undertaking
however, and the attempt was abandoned.
OF late years, though the Indians have
been subdued, we believe no prospecting
parties have gone out. According to
stories told by the Indians in early times,


mines were discovered there in 80 or
81, by two men who were killed by In.
dians, and their tools left right where they
were working. They were said to have
had rich diggings and very coarse gold.
Year: 1873

DEER.-The stage from Trinity Center
to this place, when about quarter of a
mile from Trinity center, on the down
trip, Wednesday, came close on a couple
Of deer browsing by the road. 1t is not
often that these timid animals come so
near settlement.
Year: 1873

ELECTION RETURNs.-We have sent
printed lists of candidates TO friends in
each precinct, and request of them that
they will favor us with the vote of their
respective precincts by the first opportun-
ity. We would like to be able to publish
as full returns as possible in our next.
Year: 1873

BURNED OvER.-Nearly all the county
between Rush Creek and Stewards Fork
has been overrun by the fires of which
we made mention a couple Of weeks ago
A great deal of young timber has been
destroyed and many large trees blasted
Year: 1873

New DITcH.-Messrs. Post & Glover,
have dug new ditch from a small gulch


below Evans Bar, to the high bench of
Arkansas Dam. The ditch is something
over mile in length and in wet seasons
will supply fair head of water. They
have been at work on the ditch by odd
spells for three months back and will
have it completed in week or two more.
Year: 1873

MORE HONEY HUNTERs.-This time
the story comes from Indian Creek. On
one Of the branches of that stream, some
four or FIVE miles from the town." re-
sides miner, lone, lorn and lonely
Like Abou Ben Adhem he wished to be
written as "one that loves his fellow
men," and consequently when he found
bee tree, he did not care to selflshly re-
gale alone upon its sweets, but went to
town and extended general invitation
to his brother miners to come up, help
cut down the tree, and share the golden
honey therein stored. But the road was
rough and the distance long, and the boys
generally felt, like the school-boy who
studied the alphabet, that it was hardly
worth while to go through so much for
the sake Of so little. There was one stall
wart descendant of the Teutons who
thought differently. His mind went back
to the days of his youth when, amid the
rugged mountains Of the Keystone State
he had oft times revelcd in the golden
sweets provided by the busy little work.
ers. In the cool of the morning he start
ed, taking with him a bucket, and soon
reached the cabin of the lone, lorn and
lonely miner. The day was warm and
the oak giant of the forest, but it yield
ed at length to their ponderous blows and
came down with crash Then it was
that our Teutonic friend found that al
though the little, busy bee doth


Improve each shining hour,


And gathers honey all the day,


From every opening lower,"


the yellowjackct does nothing of the
kind.
Year: 1873

VISITING Us.-Wm. Herdle, long en-
gagged in the butchering business in this
county, but now residing in San Francisco,
is now visiting his many old friends in
Trinity. Bill looks as pleasant as ever
and the sight of him reminds us of the
palmy days of old Trinity. We have not
yet had time to interview" him but
hope to do so soon.
Year: 1873

MINERsvILLE. - We passed through
this place on Tuesday last. From the
quietude which prevailed stranger
might have thought it the center of one of
those dead and alive places in the mines
that we read of. Such is not the case,
however, the miners being all busy at
work preparing for the approaching win
ter, which they are in hopes will be wet
one. There has been quite an accession
to the population Of this camp since the
election last Fall, as the vote next week
will doubtless show. Both Stewart s
Fork and East Fork are lower this Sum
mer than ever before known and mining
along the latter stream is pretty much at
n stand-still, there being but one compa-
ny at work there.
Year: 1873

FIRES ON TRINITY MOUNTAIN. An
extensive forest gre has been raging on
Trinity mountain, along the road from
Shasta to Trinity Center. j. +. Murray,
telegraph operator at the foot of the
mountain, tells us that great damage has
been done to the telegraph line he having
had to pull the wire out of the fire for
for about two miles. The wagon road is
also much obstructed with fallen timber.
Year: 1873

The latest account from the ship John
Parker. which was reported on fire at the
Southwest Pass, is that, after filing her
out again. but was soon e1tiDguished. Al
three o'clock yesterday afternoon the lighter
which had been sent from the city had on
board 200 bales Of cotton. There were onlv
three feet of water in the ship. and that
would soon be all pumped out. She was
doubtless got afoat so as to leave for the
city some time during the night. The ship
Research. lately reported in the REPUB-
LIcAs as having put into this port leaky,
and the John Parker. are both owned by the
same parties in Liverpool.
Year: 1873

Editing a newspaper is a very
pleasant business


If i contains too much political
matter. the people don't Ike It.


IL the type are too small, people
won't read It.
If the type are too large, it don't
contain enough reading matter.
If We publish telegraph reports
people say they are lies.


If We omit them they say we have
~ enterprise
If We have 4 few jokes, people say
we are rattle head
II We omit them they say We are
an old fossil


II We publish original matter. they
curse Us for not publishing selections.


If we publish selections men say
we are lazy for not writing more and
giving them what they have not read
in some other paper


Il We give 4 man a complimentary
notice, We are eensured for being par
tial.


If we do not, all hands say we are
a greedy dog.


If we Insert an article that pleases
the ladies, the men become jealous


If We do not cater 10 their wishes
the paper Is not Et TO have in the
house.


If we remain in the Office and at
tend TO business, folks say We are
too proud to miHgle with cur fellows


II nc publish poetry they sax We
effect seGtimcntalism-


If we do not we have no literary
polish or taste
Year: 1873

The cheapest and best way 20 make
q horse power for the dairy and 9th
er light use, is to put light drum on
= center post, high enough TO have
the belt clear Of the horses head
Astaeh 4 sweep ten or twelve feet
long TO the center post, so that the
track in which the horse walks will
be from twenty 10 twenty-five feet
in diameter if possible Let the
track be soft ground. The whole ar
rangment NAV be made Of white
pine, except the sweep which should
be made Of hard wood. Let the
drum be about ten feet in diameter
and six inches face Use = twC-inch
rubber belt Make . small pulley
som four inches in diameter, accerds
sng as Won want fast or slow motion
If YOU want motion still faster,
gear up with a second belt, or set Of
pulleys. This arrangement viii be Al
most noiseless, while the clatter and
jar Of q circular platform would he
enough TO drive sensitive or nervous
person almost crazy. Besides it is
much easier to teach horse to fol-
low a circular path than to keep his
balance on a revolving platform. -
Country Gentleman.
Year: 1873

Brown, a Young insJrnes friend
Of ours, who lives in Cambridge, had
the fifth anniversary of his wedding
to occur about week ago, and his
friends determined TO celebrate his


wooden wedding by surprise party.


Brown came in Yesterday and told
Us how they succeeded. They CON-
menced by sending a servant round


with q team to take Brown and his
wife out to ride at about seven.
They then began 20 come with pEes-
ents and materials for supper. There
was little party of five came first,
all laden-hands full They all got
nicely inside the garden gate, which
shuts with a spring, when Browns
big mastif, wLo Is always left IN
chained in his masters absence.
came round the corner and surprised
them. One woman stepped on her
dress, and in her fall SO demoralized
fragile black walnut bookcase she
carried that it was afterwards done up
in bundle and presented as kindling
wood Another fellow got safely
out Of the yard, ali but part Of his
pants, while old Smithers who weighs
22O pounds, plunged wildly with the
eight gallon pail of ice cream he ear
ried, through Browns glass hOt-house
in the corner of the yard, and sur
prised some $50 worth Of exoties


Finally they fixed things up and got
into the house, and as it was about
time for Browns return they com
meneed laying the supper-table


They got down tea set Of rare chi
na that a friend of Browns in the
trade loaned him q week before, and
broke two pieces, 60 that Brown has
since been obliged to mortgage his
hen-house and buv the set and the
comments of Mrs. Brown when she
saw the condition of the carpet were
sarcastic in the extreme. Finally as
a erowning touch they tried to hang
out Chinese lanterns with the word
Welcome" on them, on the porch
over the front door. They succeeded
in hanging two lanterns, and when
they had saved the house from the
fiery ienG there wasn't enough porch
left TO pay for the trouble OF trying
to hang out any more. Then they
sat down and waited for Brown and
his wife to come home We draw
tie veil over the scene that followed
their return. Some scenes are too
joyous TO be described in cold, cold
words. Boston Truueler.
Year: 1873

4 writer in the Medical journal,
London, states that in case of wheop-
ing cough in the last stage-that is,
after the third week, he has had enc
ounce of the strongest liquid ammo
MIA put into a gallon Of water in an
open pan, and the steam kept up by
means of half brick made red hot
throughout, and put into the boiling
water containing the amOnia, the pan
being placed in the middle Of the
room, into which the patients were
brought as the ammoniated steam
was passing of. This he says, was
used in the evening, just before bed
time, and it proved so efieacious in
abating the spasmodie attack, and af-
ter three or four days terminating the
malady, as to establish beyond doubt
the great value of this mode of inhal-
ing ammonia, as therapeutic agent
in tranquilizing the nervous system
in the whooping cough
Year: 1873

There is no owner of half a dozen
colonies of bees that has not had the
opportunity to notice that frequently
there will be a single colony that will
far excel in yield of honey any Of the
others. They may be all in hives as
near alike in size and construction as
possible; they may be all managed
as near alike as the bee keeper knows
how; yet one viii distinguish itself
by heaping up unheard of-betore
quantities of honey.


Such result must have a cause, or
perhaps number of coincident causes
To aseertrin these causes is the prov
ince of the scientific apiculturist.


The fact that an apiary of one hun.
dred colonies produces an average
of one hundred pounds of honey is
of little value, and teaches nothing
unless we are informed of how it was
managed That one tenth of the
hives produced only an average of ten
ponnds each, and another tenth pro-
duced an average two hundred pounds
each, should lead us to try and an
swer the question: "Why do not all
produce the maximum ?"


We have istances reported where
FIVE hundred and even seven hundred
pounds of honey have been secured
from a single colony. What it is pos.
sible for one colony to do is possible
for all and until the bee.keeper shall
be able to SO understand and control
the operations of his bees that he can
bring them all up to the highest
standard of productiveness, the sci
ence of bee culture will be imperfect


D. L. ADAIR.
Year: 1873

A The thoughtful farmer will remem-
Der that the food which he has preserv-


ed for his stock, with much labor and


care, is fuel as we'll as food. If he


wishes TO economic that fuel, he can


make one half Of it 90 about as far as


the whole would by placing each ami


NAL out Of the reach of storms, and in


comfortable and easy positions in the


barn. It is the hay, the roots and


the grain that keep up the animal


heat, IS the wood does in the stove.


Winters cold and WIND will pene


trate every Granny in the barn, and,


what is worse, find its way through


every crack in the floor. Stop out


the cold, and you can feed more stock


upon the same amount OF food. So in
warm house, with convenient ar
rangements for the work, there will be
gentle words and pleasant faces, where
the graces will find their way.


Because the clouds frown, the winds
blow, and the roads are bad, do not
give up accustomed exercise out of
doors, agreeable and attractive as the
house may be. Frequent exercise IN
the open air is essential to health. No
matter what the weatheris, be it rainy,
blowing, showing or cold, dress &C.
cording to the circumstances and go
go with a will, flied with cheerful
thoughts, and though the jaunt be
brief one, it will klndle a-new flame
and produce pure blood. This for a
person in ordinary health. IT it be an
invalid, needing the fresh air, let it be
in carriage or on foot in mild wealth
er.


Children usually get plenty of ex-
ercise in going to and from school
and those who travel farthest are ike
y tdsbe robust and hardy than those
who go only in short distances. A
persistent habit Of going forth in all
weather properly clad will arm us
against the influences of the atmos-
1herrc changes which are SO constant
y taking place.


1t is well to remember that the sum
If what any individual knows is ex-
,eedingly limited. But what is known
oy all ofthe present age, added to the
'ecorded requirements of the past,
8 much. Now is the time to read and
effect, and grasp as much of it as
possible ourselves