smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1875

New YORK, December 3.-The SIN
says that Mrs. Moulton has addressed a
letter to the members of Plymouth
Church, in reply to the one addressed to
her and adopted by them on Friday
evening. She says: 81 do not believe
there was any one more faithful to Ply
mouth church than | was, up to the time
| became acquainted with the great wick
ness which Mr.. Beecher had committed
IN relation with Mrs, Tilton. After that
it did not seem possible for me to go to
church to hear him preach and take the
sacrament from his hands, and | stopped
going. could not, with any degree of
satisfaction, hear him preach OF purity
and Christianity while | knew of his
secret agony and his acknowledged
but hidden sin, and that | did not go
elsewhere for worship and the sacra-
ment was almost wholly owing to him.
lie begged me again and again to come
back, and when | said could not till he
had acknowledged his sin and atoned
for it as far rs he could, he was sad and
depressed even to tears. Yet if l went
away from Plymouth Church to any
other while he was all the time coming
to our house, 1t would have attracted at.
tention, aroused suspicion and embar-
rassed him very much, as well as my
husband, who was then try
ing hard, under Mr.. Beccher's
constant agency, to keep the awful secret
from the public. should not know
what to say if asked the reason and it
might be the means of doing great injury
to those whoml wanted to shield. Mr..
Beecher too, had moro than any other
represented the Christian religion, and to
bring reproach upon him seemed an IN
jury, so | abstained from going clswhere
lest 1t should harm and indirectly bring
things to light which he was all the
while fearing would become known
and which did not belong to
me to disclose. Mr. b, ought to be the
last man in the world to b.ame me for
what did in his behalf. He knew |
could not speak the truth more perfectly
than | have spoken here, if l was
standing this morning before God 5
throne ofjudgment. When Mr., Tilton's
name was dropped by you two years ago
told Mr.. Bcecher that was afraid you
would sometime want to drop mine in
the same way, and he then most earnestly
assured NE that it should never be done,
and that he would see to it himself that
| never should be in any way injured by
his church. | really do not
see how Mr.. BceCher knowing n wei!
n: he does the perfect truth of what |
say. knowing how
Year: 1875

whole case between US will come up, and
the questions wish to have answered
will have an equal chance with yours.
When you notify me of the acceptance
of this proposition, will yon please also to
send me the names of ten or twelve
churches which you would wish to invite
to the counsel, with two or three exper-
fenced and wise ministers who are not
now IN the pastoral office, as am in
formed is customary, then l will add as
many more to the list, of such as
may be known to me to beof good stand
ing IN the denomination and with the
Christian public, and the letters Of inyi-
tation can at once be sent aut.


Respectfully yours,
Year: 1875

at our house, and heep shame upon him
self for his great sin, and how after he
spoke to my husband and myself of the
utter despair in which he would be cX-
cept for our comfort and help, l cannot
see how it was possible Tor him to stand
up and read this letter to me in your
presence without his very soul giving
way. Mrs. Moulton refers TO the
other parts of the letter, and says there
are great many things which are incor-
rect and injurious, some of which she
mentions as follows: you say that as
far as the Church or the committee knew
! had never made any statement i'm
pugning the purity of Mr.. Beechcr ex-
cept in court of justice, but in that very
court | had stated under oath that | had
made precisely the same statement which
| have since made in my protest to one of
the leading members and officers of your
Church, telling him Mr.. Beecher's sin
was adultery, and that he and Mrs. Til
ton had both con fessed it to me. II the
statement was slander, had declared
the fact of my uttering the SANDER before
the world, and might, months ago have
been called to account for it. | never
knew before, that false swearing in a
court of justice Is an offence which the
Church Of Christ is unwilling or unable
to punish, and if you think that | did, in
that public manner and IN that solemn
hour, in order to injure the minister
whom had loved as much as any of you,
and whom | had done my best to uphold
and comfort Tor three dismal years,
through the time of an anguish which he
was carefully hiding from you, you would
all the more likely try and condemn in
stend of dropping my name.
Year: 1875

/ had very heavy burden to carry,
and | am sorry to day that the first act
of Christian attention which | have re-
ceivcd from the church in the five years
past, was the notice that my name was
to be dropped from the roll the next
evening. My proposal to You IN my
previous letter was that you should unite
with mo in calling council
OF the church, before which you
should state your reasons for your action,
and should state mine, and which should
Judge between u.s. That proposal | un-
derstand you to have accepted. The
questions thus coming up for considera-
ton ought to be these:


First-Have my convictions in rcgar |
to the guilty conduct of Mr.. Beecher been
justified by the evidence | have had?


Second-lf they have been justified,
ought still to have attended his minis
bv and have received the sacrament
from his hands while kept by the reasons
which | have stated, from Withdrawing
from the Church, when | had stated to
the church the very reasons for being
absent from services and had protested
against being dropped from Its roll,
ought 1 to have been thus dropped with
out further trial and with neither cen.
sure nor recommendation? Ii | was
improperly removed from Plymouth
Church. will the Council give me a. GER
ifcate of fact upon which l can entert
another church? lam not, perhaps, well
able to Judge whether the six questions
which you propose to have submitted to
the Council cover the same ground with
those of mine, which appear to me less
distinct, perhaps because | do not under
stand them so WELL aad mine take up
more directly the grounds OF issue be-
tween us. suppose it's my right to
have something to say about the ques-
tions to be submitted, and accordingly |
propose that yours be submitted as you
submit them, and these of mine be
added to them. In this way think the
Year: 1875

The Rebel Senator from the whip
ping State of Delaware, one
Bayard, in a late speech, hints at the
assassination ofSheridan, and among
other intemperate disloyal remarks,
said: SHERIDAN was not fit to breathe
the air of heaven" Gen. Logan
thus rebuked his insolent remarks:


'.If he was not, he Nogan) ap-
pealed to heaven to name a man in
this land who was. If Sheridan,
who did as much as any man beneath
the shining sun to preserve the Re
public, was not fit to breathe its air,
who in the name of Heaven was?
He Nogan) could see in the canvass
now passing before the Senate what
would transpire when the Democrats
should obtain. the control of the
country. Sheridan would have to
90 out then. Grant must pass
away. All the men who helped to
save the Republic would have go out,
and the Democrats would bow them
selves to their Earlys, their Breck-
inridges, and such men who had
tried to destroy the nation. He
thought it would be long time in
this country before little indiscreet
remark in a dispatch would cause
the American people to forget the
services of Phil. Sheridan; and gen
tlemen who undertook to destroy his
fair name by such language as had
been used here did not understand
the hearts of the American people.


''If be was not fit to live in a Re
public he should die. The Demo
rats in his chamber had denounced
Sheridan more since he wrote that
dispatch, than they ever denounced
jeff Davis and the whole rebellion
Turing the four years it was thun-
dering at the Constitution of the
country
Year: 1875

There is no season of the year
when it is safe to discontinue adver-
tising.


When business is dull it is needed
most and should be most energetic
ally used, because people are most
attracted at all times to the houses
who take most pains to invite their
trade, and advertisers then get the
largest share of what is doing.


Dull times" it is said, ''are the
best for advertisers. Because, when
money is tight and the people are
forced to economic, they always read
the advertisements to ascertain who
sells the cheapest and where they
can trade to the best advantage.


If your goods have special seasons,
build up a name. for them when out
of season; and that reputation will
largely aid your sales when the seas
on arrives for putting them into
market. If "no pent up" season linn
its the demand for your wares, it is
clear that there is no time when you
can iudiciously withdraw from the
public eye your announcements
| Toledo Commercial.
Year: 1875

STANwooD, Leavenyorth Co., Kan, !


Jan. 80, 1875.


EDITOR News Dear Sir: I have
just had the pleasure of reading two
numbers of your valuable paper, Nos.
80 and 40, in which I see your solic-
it correspondence, and agree to cor
rect and put it in readable shape.
Under these considerations perhaps
an item from the Grasshopper coun-
try would interest some of your
many readers.


Our last years experience has been
a terrible drawback to the reputa-
ton of Kansas. Our Corn crop was
almost an entire ,ilure. Chintz bugs
and drouth injured it seriously. It
began to dry up about the time the
ears were setting, and to complete
the job the Grasshoppers arrived
here from the Northwest, very hun
CRY, and settled the corn question in
short order, leaving the farmers to
depend for the support of themselves
and stock on what wheat and oats
the bugs left them, which in some
sections was little, though generally
wheat was good. Prairie hay is the
main dependence of stock, in Kan
sas this winter. Stock is doing much
better than would be expected from
being confined to dry prairie hay
alone. The prospect IS that they will
come out all right next spring.


think that there will be but little
suffering among the people of Leaven-
worth county for the necessaries of
life. A great many, no doubt, will
learn the value of bread before
new crop grows. But starvation IS
not to be thought of here. There is
and Will be great deal of suffering
farther west of us, in the more new
ly settled portions of the State. A
great many have left, and many more
would leave if they could get away.
We are sorry to see this state of
things, but it cannot be helped. The
soil is rich, climate good, and taking
everything into consideration, rather
a good country to live in. But when
three plaques combine in one season
against the farmer, it is somewhat
discourageing to new comers. Those,
however, who have been here for sew
eral years, and have seen the bounti-
full productions of the soil in favorable
seasons, have nerved themselves up
to extra exertions for new year.
Hundreds of acres of ground are al
ready plowed for the new crop. Two
years ago we sent seed corn to Hi
nois. Now we will have to ask it
back. Nothing like being neighborly


GRASSHOPPER.
Year: 1875

EDITOR News Sir: Thinking it
may interest some of the readers of
the News to hear from this part Of
the country, I will drop you a few
lines.


This county is in the southern
part of the State, and this place is
located on the bottoms of the Chair
ton river The land seems to be
very productive. / am informed the
county is about two thirds pfsilrie,
bnt this part has plenty of timber
The timber is chiefly linn and cotton
wood. The trees grow from two to
four feet in diameter, and the lumber
is worth S1.50 at the mill. There is
some walnut, birch, oak, elm, and
plenty of hickory. Very extensive
coal mines are situated two miles
from this place; coal is selling at 6
cents at the bank.


The town of Moulton, five miles
north of this place, is a beautiful
railroad town, on the prairie, with
two railroads running through it
the n. NJ. and B. and S. w. Only
four years ago there were but three
houses in the place, and there was
no railroad Now it numbers about
thirteen hundred inhabitants, and
has two railroads, two Touring mills,
three churches, .(Methodist, Presby
terian and Christian, better known
as Campbellites,) one savings bank,
hotels, a large woolen factory, and
various other business houses.


And now as to what we sometimes
hear in Ohio, concerning the wind
here. will say, so far, I have not
seen as much wind here since my ar
rival as we have in Ohio, but of
course on the prairie it is a little
worse. The soil is black and sandy,
and as for mud, we have none. Our
roads are dry and dusty, and I am
told they usually keep this way all
winter. We have some little snow
on the ground, but the sun is shin
ing brightly now.


I would respectfully invite any of
my old friends to drop me a line at
any time from the old home, and 1
will try and return the compliment.


Yours with respect,


TT ATRERT
Year: 1875

That old and reliable Republican
paper, The Athens Messenger, comes
to us enlarged, changed to quarto
form, printed on new type and a
power press, all of which signs OF
prosperity we are glad to see. We
congratulate brother Jennings on
his complete triumph over the NAL
contents who some years ago at
tempted to run him out" by estab-
fishing a rival Republican paper.
That game don't win in ninety-nine
cases out of a hundred, and it is
about time all concerned were con-
vinced of the fact.
Year: 1875

The Ohio State Journal has this to
say of the recent speech of Senator
Sherman on the Louisiana question


"It would be a grand thing for
right and truth, if copy of Senator
Sherman's speech on the Louisiana
question could be put in the hands
and more, in the minds apd hearts
of every voter in the UnitA, States.
There is such clearness of staSment,
such evident candor and truthN fess,
such love of law and rightand justice,
in it, as would be conclusive to any
just mind. And we have an unflinch-
ing faith in the sober second thought
of the people. However much par
tisans may be warped in Judgment
by the exigencies of party, the peo-
pie are trustworthy in the outcome
They have an almost inspired faculty
for reaching the true inwardness OF
things"
Year: 1875

uaB bh'N-a UpVA OOAC VA


The Democracy.


The Columbus correspondent O.
the Cincinnati Commercial tells 6


good story, in which our State Sen


ator, Mr.. Shepherd, gets the credit


of extricating the Democratic majori
ty in the Senate from the very alb


surd position in which they had in


advertently placed themselves ''or


the record, as in favor of Republi


can Congress eco 'rcing' a sovereign


State, and a Democratic State al


that! It seems that Senator Shep


herd was the only Democratic Sena


tor who saw the absurdity of the


the thing from the first, and voted
against the resolutions-a fact as
creditable to his shrewdness as his
solitary vote in opposition to his par
ty is to his independence. But let
the Commercials correspondent tell
his own story in his own way:


There was a funny backdown in
the Senate this morning. and new
illustration of the amount of fun to
be extracted from Senator Haag' S
Canal Bill. Impartial observers ex
pressed pardonable surprise when
a day or two since, the entire Demo
cratic majority in the Senate, except
ing the Senator from Highland Mr.
Shepherd voted for the adoption of
the resolution, coercion and ala
vote in which they were joined by all
of the Republican Senators Here
were resolutions introduced by the
Democratic Chairman of the Judi
ciary Committee of a Democratic
House of Representatives, adopted
by the nearly unanimous vote of the
House, and concurred in by the Demo
cratic Senate, by which they call up
on a Republican Congress to coerce
the sovereign Democratic State of In
diana into fulfllment of its obliga-
tons to the sovereign Democratic
State of Ohio. It certainly looked
like getting into deep water ontside
of the canal. Haag had obtained in
definite leave of absence, after ap-
proving of the photograph of his in
vading canal boat, the eliza Jane"
taken by a Democratic officer of the
House, and gone off armed with
the joint resolution aforesaid. There
were certain bad omens attending
the expedition from the start, owing
to a disagreement between the mas
ter of the expedition and his com
as to the relative amount of
bread and whisky to be taken along.
This morning when Haag was sup
posed to be silently vending his wa
terry way with the Liza Jane to
the heart of the Democratic enemy's
country, an unexpected fire was
opened in the rear by the very Sen
ators who had voted for the resolu-
ton. I don't know who started If,
but somehow the story seems to have
got agoing that Hoag and his reso-
lutions would be met at the Indiana
line by detachment from Governor
Hendricks, bearing the resolutions
of '9S in lieu of arms. The result
was to the Democratic Senators like
the shock of a Union victory in the
late war. In haste a message was
sent to the House for the return of
the Haag resolution, happily not yet
enrolled, and, therefore, easily
brought again into possession, which
once obtained, every Democratic Sen
ator voted to reconsider it's adoption.
Shepherd, who alone had detected
the detestable doctrine of coercion in
the resolution at the time of its ad-
option and had voted nay, now look
ed on and enjoyed the scene with a
smile that was child-like and bland.
Year: 1875

At the time of this writing there
are ten men in the county jail, all
Young men, some of them mere boys.
Not one of them would be there if it
had not been for intoxicating liquor.
We aye acquainted with some of
them. and know them to be honora-
BILE, End-hearted, generous young
men. who would harm no one, and
violate no law of the land, if sober.
-TJackson Standard
Year: 1875

Especially assorted for
Scrap Book illustrations and Drd1rfng Class Copies
large collection of pictures of different sizes
and on almost every conceivable subject have be,
put up in an attractive envelope and now offer
ed at price intended TO make them popular il
every sense.


Envelope No. l, containing so beautiful eDgav-
ihgs is now ready and will he SENT postage paid to
any address for ONE DOLLAR. Aliberal discount
10 agents and teachers.
Year: 1875

Each part will contain 25 quarto pages, including
the elegant frontispiece henT-y plate paper A
superb title page richly illuminated in red and gold,
will be given with the first part, and the printing OF
the entire work will he a worthy representative of
the ''1he Aldine Press" which is guarantee OF
something beautiful and valuable.
Year: 1875

Tho new steamship San Francisco OF the Pacific
Mail Steamship Company, returned from its trial trip
yesterday morning at ten O'Clock, having been away
since eleven O'Clock on Thursday morning Her speed
averaged about thirteen hour, but at times she
made sixteen. Friday afternoon they had very heavy
wind and sea- during which she behaved very we'll Iu
the night they anchored of Sandy Hook, and came uT
the Bay yesterday morning The trip was along the
coast in an easterly direction The officers of the
pany expect that the vessel will be ready for sailing
by next Saturday Captain Waddcll who has bcou
chosen for the San FrarciscO has been long time In
the service Of the company This steamer launched


last April Chester She Is bult after the usual model
ndopted for the company's steamers, having three
decks with an additional hurricane and orion deck


Her length is 1853 feet breadth of beam 40 feet and
depth OF hold to the top of the spar deck rs feet 10
Year: 1875

A rumOr was industrOusly circulated yestcr-
day afternoon that Of the clerks recently removed
the tax Office, whose name was not given, had In
his possession full account Of all the transactions in the
Controllers Office during the past three years. II was
stated these included OF contractors who had
been favored in unlawful manner, while Others were
refused their honest dues Amounts paid favorte


IL was said, without warrant OF law and thas Le ha
knowingly violated the statutes in the adminstia- a.
tion OF his Office. and on many occasions
had interfercd with legislation ut Albany.


II was asserted that all this evidence would be placed
the possession Of the District Attorney with the request
that he lay before the Grand Jury to the end that the
Controller might be indicted and thus compelled to
answer Deputy Controller Earle In the absence OF tho
Controller stated reporter Of IHB TRIBUNE that the
accounts Ia the evening papers the first he had
heard o the matter lie did not believe there was any
thing It, II not long ago that the Commissioners
Of Accounts had made thorough examination Of the AZ
fairs OF the Finance department and II those gentlemen
could find nothing sufficient TO alarm the public, lie
doubted the ability OF clerk in bureau to do so.
Year: 1875

A LOCAL RIFLE CLUB HONORS THE VICTORS.
MEETING OF TIE oFF-BAND SHORT RANGE RIFLE


ASSOCIATION.


The first regular meeting OF the or Hand
Short Range Rifle Association held last evening at
tho M.isry Headquarters. at No West Thirteenthst
The apartments tasteuly adorned in honor OF the
American victory Ireland At the hoad OF the room
was large shield bearing the American and Irish nags
with representation OF the American eagle holding In
its beak scroll with the inscription. "Vctory--Cham-
pions Of the world-9G7"


The names Of about forty applicants for membership
received and the applicants were elected The As
sociaton proposes the OF the Union Hill
range near Homestead the Northern Railroad
Of NewJerscy, and TO begin practice at once.
After the transaction OF some routine business
Wilson Mcdonald President OF the Association. said that
the result OF yesterdays great victory demonstrated the
fact that the American people were fnly equal to any
emergency. Large numbers Of our citizens are now
deeply interested In the essentially manly and noble
pastiIno OF rifle shooting. The victory at Doiymount
had not only demonstrated the ability OF American
also the excellence VI American r1es
The members of the American Team were UNANIMOUSLY
elected Of the Association and arrangencnts
were made the Association represented IN tbe
formal welcome which it understood viii be extended
10 the upon their return home Every mention OF
the American Team at tho meeting was received Win
loud and hearty applause.
Year: 1875

and best written periodicals on this continent Nothing
could be moro imposing beautiful than this
superb building but that which makes It most tmpree


eive Ia the TACT that it symb0lixcs tho power
Of the press in tho United States and H. palpeble
proof Of the greet and benehcent influence which public
writefs really exercise In nciglbOrng republic Wo
cordially congratulate American colleague on thi:
splendid proof Of its prosperity and to the
Mr. Foster only say, many thanks for your
kipdneaa1
Year: 1875

William" observed Danbury woman to
the loss of her child and wish you would drop over
there and her You might say that all esh Is grass
that we've all got to 70 the way and II she Is
going TO use her dripping pan this
Vows.