smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1873

room ] ast evening after an un3
expected arrival, Horace had
gone over to'a neighbor's q few
miles of before / gothsre, and
was not to return until morn.
ing. That is how I was pat In
this room" e--


So here was I, vis.a,tis to.
May Stevens, that mythical la :
dy, for the fret meeting with
whom I inteaasa to have got
up such q superiative toilet,
and she in her night cap, aud I
in my drawers--a nice style of
introduction, and a nice style
of toilet! And she by this
time was as cool as the 31st Of
December and stood looking
me right in the eyes as / made
some scrambling explanation
OF my being found In that
most extraordinary situation
and costume! II was a lame
explanation, wonderfully mix
ed up with irrelevant matter,
and stammered and suffered
through in way that should
have disgusted any sensible
person. She seemed to be se-
rlously pondering and think
ing during the recital, and &C
its end, looking at me as
though asking the most simple
question in the world, said:


whats TO be dones"


"Let me jump out or the
window, as | came in,' | said,
In a sickish tone OF voice; and
than rejecting that 1t would
never do to put on these
clothes again, nor to stroll
about the farm as l was, hasti.
ly exclaimed:


"No! mol | won't go. I must
have a decent suit of clothes.
| won't 60 without them" and
began looking round for my
trunk.


| While I was doing so / heard
a noise behind me, and turning
quickly round saw she had
sprang into bed and was drag
ging the clothes about her up
to her neck. ....


You must dress yourself
and go away" she said. II
will lie still with my head COW
cred until you are gone"


And so she did, burying her
head in the bedclothes to sup.
press her laughter. l hastily
opened my trunk and got out.
another suit, and as hastily ar,
rayed myself in 1t. Then l AZ
hastily departed, and l ventuee
to say without the slightest
fear of dispute that no man
ever sneaked out of his ewn
room more steallhily or more
ignomiDiously than l did.


That morning we met May
Stevens and I, at the breakfast
table. I in the character of
the newly arrived, and were
formally introduced, during the
ceremony Of which we aston
ished every one present, and
planted a thorn of woodSf in
the sides of Nettie and Carrie,
by bursting simultaneously in
to a hearty laugh, which we
have never failed to repeat.
whenever the memory of our
first meeting comes up. And
now you have the whole story
of how l first met my wife. To
my mind there hasn't been
such another meeting since the
memorable occasion of that
first one in Eden.





CuriO us Relic.


A gentle man in Fairfield
Year: 1873

whole mind was absorbed in
making the best figure posi-
BILE before the new queen.
With this idea | began to look
into my wardrobe. / had come
down with sufficient clothes to
answer all ordinary purposes.
including of course Nettie and
Carrie, but the new goddess
was certainly worthy Of a new
rig on my part, and certainly
should have it. This resolution
was made in fifteen minutes af.
ter hearing the announcement t
ofher intended coming, and be.
fore two hours had gone by l
was whizzlng on my way to
town to carry out my resolve.
My choicest morsels of ward.
robe should be offered at the
shrine Of May Stevens.


/ had absented myself on the
plea of a sudden memory oil
business neglected, and had
faithfully promised Nettie and
Carrie that the next day should
see me down again at 'Hyatt's'
to stay out the month that May
Stevens the wonderful, was
about to pass with them.


The racking Of brain that
day to create a grand ensemble
of costume, something beyond
all criticism, that should at the
first glance strike the beholder
silent with admiration, was
indeed terrible. The labor oil
writing paradise Lost" was
nothing to 1t. 1t was early in
the day when I arrived at my
city rooms, and for six hours |
dressed and redressed, COM
pared, rejected, and selected,
and at the end of that time
had laid out those portions oil
my wearable goods, In which
had decided 10 make my first
appearance before May Ste.
vens. 1t wanted still several
hours to sunset, and having got
safely through the great object
Of my visit, l thought it would
not be a bad idea for me TO
take the last train, and return
the same night to Hyatt's, in
stead of waiting over until
morning. No sooner said than
done. l packed my habila-
ments, and away | went. Whiz-
zing and putting over an unin
teresting road is provocative
of sleep, so | found it when the
shades OF evening fell, to the
best of my recollection, I was
in the midst of a dream III
which May Stevens, attired in
book-muslin and pale blue sat,
in, sat on a purple cloud, AMI
admiringly inquired who my
tailor was. Just as l was
about to inform her there came
a crash, and for a moment,
was not entirely certain whelh
er 1t was the cloud had ex
ploded or myself had torn some
portion oimy apparel that was
overstrained. 1t required but
a moment to awaken me to the
fact that both presumption'
were wrong. 1t was our train
the 6:26, that had run off the
track, smashing things gener
ally, and spilling the contents
of several baggage-cars along
the road, TO say nothing o
frightening half y hundred pas
sengers into a condition Dor
derlng on lunacy. But mos
terrible of all mishaps, it spill
ed me, clothes and all, into ,
pool of mud and water, from
which l escaped with my lite
but utterly wrecked in th,
matter of good clothes. Thi
was q pretty state CT things
and to make it worse, l was ex
actly five miles from my desti
nation.


J l was disposed to make my
self agreeable, and would hav'
willingly rendered all the as
Year: 1873

summer that l was granted ex-
emption Tor one month from
my desk and went down with
my chum, Horace Hyatt, TO his
fathers in old Monmouth, the
garden of that much abused
State, New Jersey. ! should
never have forgotten that visit,
even though | had not met
there with an adventure that
had its influence en- the whole
future of my life. I should re-
member It for the real true
hospitality Of the Hyatts, for
the solid old-time comfort of
the farm, and the quiet way in
which within acoupla Of days
after my arrival | was put into
possession Of. it, and made to
feel that it all belonged TO me,
to do just what | pleased with.
There were plenty OF horses,
and We rode; plenty oftish, and
we fished; plenty of woodcock,
and we shot. All thisIshall be
spoken with a provisd I say,
we, but lei it be understood that
lido not mean Horace's two sis.
ters, Carrie and Nettie, as hav-
ing participated in all these
sports. They rode, to be sure,
and charmingly they did ii;
they fished, and am obliged 10
confess were much luckier than
their guest; but they did not
shoot-though | shall not exull
over their lack Of this accom-
plishment, they were charming
enough without it. am sure
| shall excite no Jealousy by
declaring that with one excep
ton. which | shall not mention
here, Carrie and Netlie Hyatt
were the two most charming
girls | had ever seen, and.I was
just hesi,ating as to which of
them l should fall desperately,
in love with, when my calcula
tions were all disturbed by an
accident, for so i suppose 1
must call it, though really
seeming like special provi-
dence. What this was | shall
tell in the best way l know
how.


For some days after my ar
rival at the farm my curiosity
had been much excited by the
occasional panegyrics lavished
by the young ladies upon a
once school-iellow OF their o own,
May Stevens by name,who was
according to their highly-col-
ored account, The most perfect
thing in the shape of woman
then living. l tried to per-
suade myself that nothing in
that line could surpass Carrie
and Nettie, but still the repeti-
ton Of this May Stevens haunt
ed me, and came like a shadow
across my new born passion. l
formed at least an imaginary
May Stevens, and do what l
would the figure was still with
me. AT last | was worked in
to an agony Of curiosity, and
trembled with some great pur
pose which should bring before
me the object Of my thought
and OF the two sisters continu-
uai conversation. In what this
would have ended it Is impos-
sible for me at this time to say,
had not l heard one morning
as l entered the breakfast room
the startling words from Nettie:


."And so she Is coming at last.
Pm so glad!"


Whether it was that The train
of my thought was upon that
point at the moment or what l
can not say, bur | knew direct
ly the whole matter. l saw
Carrie with an open letter in
her hand, and coupling it with
Nettie's words | knew that the
hitherto only heard OF May Ste.
vens was about 10 become q
reality. ! had no need to ask
questions; all the information
Year: 1873

MAJOR LARRABEE believing that nothing but the strong military arm of the government can control the Apaches on the San Carlos Reserva- tion, resigned his official powers to Major Brown until such time as other arrangements are made from Wash ington. A private letter from San Carlos states that Major Brown be- lieves that he can keep those still on the reservation in check and we sin cerely hope he may do so. We have full confidence in his skill, energy and bravery, but he has not more than troopsenough to defend the post in lncase of an outbreak, and the

 bands that murdered Lieut.. Amy are still lowering around to stir up mis- ohlet and commit depredations, and he has no force to follow them. They should be pursued until the last one IS taken or they will incite others that are now friendly to go to war. Such acts of treachery must be punished if we are ever to have a permanent psace.
Year: 1873

A PARTY of seven cattle thieves stole recently @ large band of cattle from MaxwelPs ranch. on the Pecos. They were followed and taken pris- oners and to save costs to the county and prevent another like occurrence by the same men, they were suspended between heaven and earth, and after remaining in thls position for an hour or so the attending physician gave the opinion that they would steal no more.
Year: 1873

A LETTER from Camp Apache in- forms us that Agent Roberts in speak ing of late raids made by Apaches says: ''As soon as the Cavalry ar rives here, which i suppose will be in a few days, I will start out, and if said stock can be found on this res ervation 1 will have 1t returned to the rightful owners. I don't allow my Indians to harbor or trade for stolen stock if I know 1t, and don intend to allow this reservation to be harbor of stolen stock. I will do all in my power to get back the stock if 1t can be found here" That Is the right kind of talk and is all that can be asked of any one.
Year: 1873

Two sprightly and beautiful
young ladies of Leavenworth
were lately visiting their cousin,
another sprightly and beautiful
young lady, who like her guests
was Of that happy age which
turnseverything intomerriment.
lfthetruth were told, these three
misses were just a little bit fast.
They were fond of playing prac-
tical jokes, and were continual
ly playing all sonts of pranks
with each other. All three oc-
cupied a room on the ground
floor, and slept in one bed. Two
of the young ladies attended a
party on the evening in question
and did not get home until half
past twelve o'clock. They had
concluded not to disturb the
household and quietly stepped
into their room through the low
window. In about half an hour
after they had left for the party
a ayoung Methodist minister call
ed at the house where they were
staying and craved for a nights
lodging, which of course was
granted. AS ministers always
have the best of everything, the
old lady put him to sleep in the
best room, and the young lady
{ (Fanny who had not gone to the
party was intrusted with the du-
ty of sitting up for the absent
ones and informing them of
the change of rooms. She took
her postin the parlor, and as the
night was sultry sleep overcome
her, and she departed on an ex-
cursiOn to the Land of Dreams.
We will now return tothe young
ladies who had gone to their
room through the window.


BY thelight Of the mOonbeams
as they struggled through the
curtains, they were enabled to
desory the outlines of'Fanny Gas
theJ supposed ensconced in the
bd. They saw more too-pants,
coat and a pair of boots-they
saw it all. Fannie had set the
clothes in the room to give them
a good scare. They put THEN
heads together and determined
to turn the tables on her. ST.
lentlythey disrobed, andstealth-
lily as cats they took uptheir po--
sitiops on each side of the un-
conscious parson; laughing and
screaming, "Ob, what q mani
Oh what a man?" They gave
the poor bewildered minister
such a hugging as few parsons
are able to brag OF in the course
OF a lifetime. The noise Of the
proceeding awoke the old lady,
who was sleepingin an adjoining
room. She comprehended the
situation in a moment and rush
ing to the room exclaimed:
Gracious, it is man! 1t is a
man sure enough" There was
aprolonged consolidated scream,
a flash of muslin and all was
over. The best of the joke is,
that the minister took the whole
thing in earnest. He would


listen to no apologies the old
lady could make for the girls,
He would hear no excuse, but
solemnly folded his clericalrobes
about him and silently stole
away I.
Year: 1873

THE LoCALPAPER.-The local
newspaper is taken by the best
people in every lacality. 1t is
the only advertising medium
that is bought and paid for by
the persons whose attention
the advertiser is desirous of
attracting. The attention of
the subscribers to a regular
newspaper is invited to an an
nouncement in it without any
officious solicitation, almost
without his knowing it. Ev-
cry man is conscious that he
thinks much more of the paper
for which he pays than of any
occasional copy of a gratuitous
sheet or circular which is thrust
in at the door. 49,
Year: 1873

A little romance about Ben.
Wade's daughter and her -''tall
young carpenter, Will have to
be given up. Ben. says that to
begin with he made no objec-
ton to their marriage, in the
second place that his daughter
never was engaged to the car
penter in question, and thirdly
that he never had a daughter.
Year: 1873

A BEAUTIFUL CHEMICAL EXPERT


MENT.-The following beautiful
chemical experiment may be easily


performed by lady, to the great
astonishment of a circle at her
tea party. Take two or three
leaves of red cabbage, cut them
into small bits, put them info a
basin, and pour pint of boiling
water on them; let it stand an
hour, then pour off the liquor in
to decanter. 1t will be Of a
fine blue color. Then take four
ne-glasses; into one put six drops
of strong vinegar, into another six
drops of strong solution of soda,
into a third the same quantity
of strong solution of alum, and
let the fourth. glass remain empty.
The glasses may be prepared
some time before, and the drops
OF colorltss liquids which have
been placed in them will not be
noticed. Fill up the glasses from
the decanter, and the liquid poured
into the glass containing the acid
willquickly become ,beautifulred,
that in the glass containg the soda
will be a fine green, that poured
in the empty one will remain un-
changed. By adding a little vim
egar 10 the green twill imme-
diately change to red, and on
adding a little solution, of soda to
the red 1t will assume q fine green,
thus showing the action Of acids
and alkalios on vegetable blues.
Year: 1873

CONCORD, n. H., April 15.-ln Candis
last night mysterious attempt was made
to murder boy Is years of age, named
John Emerson, who was stopping at tbs
house of Charles Rome, farmer. A noise
alarmed some of the family about midnight
when young Emerson was found in bed iu-
sensible with three terrible gashes upon his
head and face inflicted with an axe, which
was found On the floor. There is slight
prospect OF his recovery. The assassin
obtained entrance through a window and
escaped the same way.


Some of the neighbors think the act was
committed by boy of the same age named
Fitz, while asleep. Fitz is a somnambu-
list, and has frequently gotten up in his
sleep, and one night last week was found
in the attic of neighbor's house fast asleep
on the floor, with a large brosd-ax by his
side. He did not seem to know how he
came there, but investigation showed that
he had got out of secord story window at
home, gone to tool chest, taken out this
ak, procured a ladder ands gone to this
Deighbor's house, where he was found.
There is much speculation about the affair.
Year: 1873

The trustees Of Girard CollCge propose
to teach their pupils how to work with
their hands as wen as with their brains.
Two of the classes are a. work two hours
In the morning and two in the afternoon,
and the work is TO be limited to the manu-
fscture of paper boxes and tin ware, at
least for the present, until the success of the
experiment Is demonstrated. To give an
idea of the value of the work, the boys are
to be allowed moderate wages. 1t is only
q question Of time when people viii be in
credulous when told that youth were ever
taught in any other way than to educate
hands and brains at the same time, just as
both organs and functions grow at the
same time from childhood to manhood.
Year: 1873

are many complaints about the irregularity
of the mails to and from Japan" If that
was the only direction in which the mails
were irregular, the country could bear the
inhictien with some patience.
Year: 1873

Your BOYS GUEsTs.-Every right minded
home-mother regards it as matter of impor-
tance to make her home agreeable for her hus-
bands guests If gentleman is expected for
dinner, there is sure to be the best linen on the
table, and something more than the ordinary
meal prepared. She takes pride and pleasure
in making her parlor bright and her guest
rom as comfortable as is in her power.


But how many mothers take pains to make
it pleasant for their boys guests 1t is an ex-
cellent thing for boy to have his boy friends,
when they are children of good principles and
behavior and it is lasting blessing to boy
when he has a mother who encourages such
intimaces. 1t is very easy thing to do. A
kind, pleasant word of welcome when he comes
will make him at once feel at home. A little
pains taken to bring out the stereoscope or book
of engravings for his amusement; permission
to your boy to take his toys into the parlor for
the time, if he likes; little addition to the
table fare-all these trit1es make your boys
heart glad, and endear to you the heart of the
stranger. Oh how it chills and sours child's
heart to have mother frown on his friends
How it angers him to be scolded in their pres
ence Such course is like sowing the wind
and you will surely reap the whirlwind.


The course of boy thus treated will be
down, down. Far better have him choose his
friendships under your eye, and enjoy the COM
panionshIp of his associates in your parlor,
where you may join in the conversation, aud
cheer and instruct by your pleasant lessons.
There is nothing boy loves SO we'll as an in
telligent, talking mother. She may regard it
as a great compliment when he coaxes for
another half-hour at evening with "Let's talk
little longer, mother"


Your boy will have associates; if not by
your permission, he will by stealth; and com
panons thus chosen will hardly fail to lead
him to destruction. Is it not better to take the
trouble to make home pleasant for him and his
friends, rather than to run such fearful risks
l-LNtherQn ObserUer.
Year: 1873

A HINT TO GIRLs.-Standipg in a group of
gentlemen the other evening, when young
lady passed, one of the party remarked: "What
pity so promising a young lady should make
herself so ridiculous by such an effected walk"
Nature had made her upright and womanly
in form, but in her zeal to emulate the Grecian
bend or some other outlandish folly she had
contracted the habit of walking as if she had a
eontortion of the spine, and Chinese shoes on
her feet And she is fair representative of
her class. Not satisfied with themselves as
God made them, they are constantly trying to
improve on nature, and invariably make a
botch of the business. If these effected Misses
only knew how much merriment they excite
among those whose admiration they court, they
would quickly "reform it altogether" When a
sensible man wants wife, be sure he will not
select her from the artificial hunchbacks and
pacing crystal toes of mock fashion.
Year: 1873




BY j. G. WHITTIER
We see not, know not all our way
Is night,-with Thee alone is day;
From out the torrents troubled drift,
Above the storm our prayers we lift,


Thy will be done!
The flesh may fail, the heart may faint,
But who are we to make complaint,
Or dare to plead, in times like these,
The weakness of our love of ease


Thy will be done
We take with solemn thankfulness
Our burden up, nor ask it less,
And count it joy that even we
May suffer, serve, or wait for Thee,


Thy will be done!
Though dim as yet in tint and line,
We trace Thy pictures wise design,
And thank Thee that our age supplies
Its dark relief Of Sacrifice.


Thy will be donei
And it, in our unworthiness,
Thy sacrifcial wine we press
If from Thy ordeaps heated bars
Our feet are scared with crimson scars,


Thy will be donel
If, for the age to come, this hour
OF trial hath vicarious power,
And, blest by Thee, our present pain
Be Liberty's eternal gain,


Thy will be done
Strike, Thou the Master, we Thy keys,
The anthem of the destiniesl
The minor of Thy loftier strain,
our ficdrCS = AR pTcatfie the old refrain,


Thy will be donel
Year: 1873

Special to the Cincinnati Commercial.


WASHINGTON, Oct. l8.-The re
ceiver of the suspended First Nation
al Bank of this city stated to-day
that he would be able early next
week to pay the government one
hundred thousand dollars on account
of the indebtedness of that concern,
and would pay depositors thirty per
cont
Year: 1873

HYPERBoLE.-If tho Conservative
papers are to be believed, the present
gubernatorial ought to be ended. On
Thursday there was political discussion
at King George Courthouse. and the Fred.
ericksburg Star heads its account of that
brilliant forensic display, "Hughes and
Chandler skinned We would be sorry
for these stalwart champions of Republi-
canism if the painful process through
which they were Put had operated in the
usual way, but they actually seem to
thrive on the unhealthy pastime. Evidently
they intend to die hard-if at all.
Year: 1873

SAUsAGE.-We were unable to account
for the disappearance of various familiar
things about the streets within the last
week, but we know now where they went
to. Sixteen hundred links of sausage were
sold by one dealer at the Fair Grounds on
Thursday.
Year: 1873

: JACKSONVILLE, October 3.-The cor
respondent of the Associated Press left
Fort klamath this morning atsi11:30, and
by hard riding arrived here late this eve
ning with the following report oil the execu-
tien of Captain Jack and his band:


y Boston Charlie and Black Jim were led
on the scaffold first, and Schonchin next.
They trod on it with apparent indifference,
having evidently resolved to die as bravely
as they had lived. Captain Jack went
easily up the stairway, but looked wretched
and miserable. The inanacles had been
struck OIL, but their arms were securely
pinioned with cords. q