smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1871

Now is the time Tor each man in this
town to turn his eyes away from his neigh
bor's lot, ana see what work can be done
on lots owned by himself If there are
trees standing On any, let them be remov-
ed. If stumps, have them out st the ear
liest opportunity. Drains should be dug in
time to have your land thoroughly dry ut
an early date next spring. Land to be cul-
tiyatcd next year, should be plowed this
tall. We 60 on the supposition that q few
days Of good weather may set be ours be
fore the final setting in Of winter Even
three days Of mild weather next week
would well pay improving. One lot clean
and well drained will be worth more to you
and the place than three lots scraggy with
stumps and half under water.


There is good deal in appearances. OF
course there is. Ifyou have not found that
ont yet you have something to learn.
When mans property looks well it has
really improved in value. Take the under
brush, and rubbish off this townsite imme-
dately, define its squares and blocks by
clean avenues, and well kept lots, and to q
strangers eye the place is more attractive
by . hundred per cent. Every stump, tree,
bush, and puddle is hindrance to the
place. Every specimen Of improved pro,
perty is 4 vast help. We are glad to re-
cord that n,uch lbs been done the past year,
and the present fall. The csy plot is get
ting of Of the maps and on to the ground.
Let the work go on. Let every citizen do
his part.


Strike soHdly at the work Of improve
ment, As we struck at the polls, and wen
have city map here by early spring that
will be worth looking at. We will have IN
advertisement that Will accomplish more
than column in every American news
paper. The people are coming here.
They'll be along this winter to look around
and next spring to stay. Give them some
thing TO look at in the way Of present and
permanent improvements. Our natural adj
yantages are well enough. Let US prepare
for their full development. Our past build
Ing and farming, and clearing is well
enough. Let rs add TO it, double it, treble
it. Our railroad work for the winter is
we'll enough. It viii be cheering 20 see
the tall pines 90 down before the railway
vanguard this winter, and witness the open
inc Of 4 forest avenue that will in due time
resound with the thunder Of the North
Pacific trains, and be the track Of nations,
but We 10 not want To fold our arms like a
country railway station to watch railroad
work as il that were all We had 10 DO.


And Judging from the hurrying teams,
and busy tramp Of working men, and stea-
dy advances in building and clearing all
this past cold week, We believe the people
Of Superior have made up their minds for 4
movement along the whole line, as well q.
the railroad line this winter and viii be
found in well advanced position by spring
Year: 1871

celebrated school at the East;


Young men, you the architects'of your own for
tunes Rely upon your strength of body and soul
Take for your star scfreliancc faith honesty and in
dustry. Inscribe your banner, 'Lucl is a fool
pluck is a hero" Don't take too much advce-keep
at your helm and steer your own ship and remember
that the great art of commanding is to take a fair
share Of the work. Think wen Of yourself Strike
out, Assume your own position. Put potatoes in
cart rough road, and small ones 20 TO the bot
TOM Rise above the enyous and jealous. Fire above
the mari, you intend to hit Energy, inyncible deter
mnation with right motive the levers that move
the world. Don't drink. Don't chew. i nit smoke
Don't swear. Don't deceive. Don't T, I novels
Don't marry until you can support a wife. BE in
earnest. Be selfrelianC. Be generous. Be civil Read
the papers. Advertise your business. Make money,
and DO good with it. Love your God and fellow men
Love truth and virtue Love your country and obey
its laws.
Year: 1871

A preacher, whose custom it was
to indulge in very long sermons ex-
changed with one who preached short
ones. At about the usual time for
dismis'iou, the audience began to 90
out, until nearly all had left, when
the sexton, who had stood it as long
as he could, walked up to the pulpit
stairs, and said to the preacher in a
whisper, "When you have got through
lock up, will you, and leave the key at
my house next TO the church
Year: 1871

. If the perplexing problem of the
origin Of the species is not solved, it
will surely not be for lack of theories.
In connection with these theories a
curious tale is told. tits said to be a
tradition among the Seminole Indians
that when the Great Spirit came to
the people the house he made three
men, all with fair complexions. aud
having led them to the margin of a
small lake, bade them leap in and wash.
One instantly obeyed. and came out
fairer than before. The second hesita,
ted and the water becoming foul, he
emerged of a bright copper color, while
the third hesitating still longer, came
out black as mud. The Great Spirit
then laid before them three packages,
and out Of pity for the misfortune OF
his color, gave the black man first
choice. He chose the heaviest, and
found it to contain spades, hoes and
implements Of labor. The red man
chose the next heaviest package, and
received apparatus for hunting, fishing
and carrying on war. The third and
lightest package was left for the white


man, and in it he found pen, ink and


paper, the engines Of the mind, and


the foundation of the white mans supe.
riOrity.
Year: 1871

Speaking of the result of the late
Texas election, the Courier-Journal
says:


The leading Radicals attribute their
defeat in Texas to bad roads. Having
only four days in which to transport
their voters from one county seat to
another, they were unable to vote them
often enough TO win. If the election
had lasted another week they would
have. shown different result; but four
days were too short, especially as mill
tary transportation is VIGOROUSLY slowI
Year: 1871

The plot thickens. Martial law is
to cross the borders of South Carolina
into Florida and Georgia. BY the
time it is fairly domesticatcd in the
latter State, Alabama will be ready to
receive it; and then we shall be in the
midst of the Presidential campaign.
But to make assurance doubly sure a
foreign war is necessary, and here is
Cnba, right under our nose, sntreating
us to come and wollop her. Undoubt-
edly there is some mighty pretty read
ing ahead Of Ls.
Year: 1871

Those "rigidly righteous" people who
preached that the "Westfeld" blew up
to punish the "Sabbath breaking pas
sengers on board, and that Chicago was
burned as judgment upon its iniqui-
ties, were a little troubled to fit the
destruction Of Peshtigo and of the lake
forests into their theory. The rule not
only did not work both ways, but
wouldn't work any way without work.
ing against itself, when one place was
burned as judgment and another be-
cause the drought had dried the trees.
For all one could see, the last might
as surely be the judgment as the other.
Which was it? 1t wouldn't do to ans
wer as Barnum did to the boy /:
whichever you please, sir; you pay
the preacher and you may take your
choice A judgment that needs a
special revelation to disclose its char
acter and point its lesson, is, to say the
least, very bungling tool for infinite
wisdom to use,-L,dianapolis Ncl6s.
Year: 1871

to the house whittier the voice of his


wife and children should welcome him


no more.


LARGE AND SMALL FARMs-On


this moOted question a correspondent


of the Country Gentleman writes.


That most farmers employ too little


capital in proportion to their acreage,


is on incontrovertible fact; and it is


no less true that the expenditure of


muscular force is out Of all proportion


to that of the mental forces. One man


tolls necessarily from the beginning to


the end of the year, and yet his busi-


ness is never up to time; another, with


little appaI ent effort, is prompt in eve


n thing, and everything he touches


prospers. For the one Eve acres is


too much land; for the other a thousand


would not ssem burdensomc. and there
are cases of the kind where the five,


acre man has tn" greater capital, too
| I-.ough tact, skill and muscle are


in farming as in every other business


most excellent substitutes for capital


yet the amount Of these possessed by


most farmers is not sufficient for sue


cess wilhouta fair proportion OF the


other. Several Of the most successful


farmers of our acquaintance, begar


their business as hired laborers, anC


having in that way worked out smal


amout of money, acquired skill in th'


business, and established for themselves
characters as true and trusty men, wer'
able to secure such capital by borrow


ing, or buying on time as has enabled
them to push on to success. But i
must be admitted that they are men o
unusual ability, and started in time
when prices of land, of borrowed capi
, tai, and of pretty nearly everything
: else, were more favorable than a
y present. With them large farms con
/ stantly added to we're necessary to tn
\ highest success, and their example ha
[ led hundreds of others, who were lack
ing in some of their better qualities, +
: attempt the same course unsuccessfully
!. There is that inherent difference il
e men which no education or opportunit
If can supply, and it would be about a
< reasonable to tit garments for all
i, them by one pattern as TO presorlb
IF any limit to their field of labor.


r It's unquestionably true in this ag
IN of implements and machines, all othe
Q, things being equal, that the large
ID farms pay best, for it is better that a
er dead machines should be worked


their full capacity, than that the
Il. should be a constant charge to the il
10 terest account, and suffer natural d.
ID cay. So, too, it is better economy
ID employ men and teams with as ie
r. changes in their business as possibl
he The most gigantic enterprises owe the
he success to that subdivision oflabor tn
n. keeps the labOrer continually at wo
Id at tie same business. 1t is consta
lg use alone that makes the skilled han
he 1t is estimated that five per cent OF t
st wear Of moving machines in M
n England comes from turning the cC
er ners, ten per cent from natural decs
I'd and ten per cent from lack of skill, e
ID perience and care in the operators a
at teams:-all of which would be larg,
O. obviated by increasing the size of
Ne farms so as to employ the machine, I
at team and the operator constantly frC
ne the beginning to the close of the 81
Year: 1871

the latter they should be put into venti-
lated barrels, which may be made by cutting
with sharp hatchet few holes about two
inches square between the wider slaves. In
filling the barrels they should be partially
filled while lying on their sides, SO us to
bruise the bulbs us little as possible. If they
are to be stored the best place is shed or
barn floor, the aim being to keep them dry
and at n low uniform temperature. They
should not be spread or piled deeper than
about eighteen inches OF two feet, as they
are liable to heat and sprout. Ifany signs of
sprouting should appear, the lot should be
raked over, and any damp or sprouted onions
removed to II still dryer place. The onions
can remain in the barn or shed through the
winter, care being taken to keep them per-
fectly dry and just before freezing to remove
any damp, decayed or sprouting ones. On
the approach of cold weather they should be
covered with two or three feet of straw, and
we should carefully avoid moving or Earring
them in the least while frozen, us even the
jar of slamming door will induce decay in
many that would otherwise keep perfectly
well.-COr. Prdirie Farmer.
Year: 1871

September is emphatically the month of
fairs. Fair time is II season that every farm
er should look forward 10 with pleasure. 1t
is the holiday season in the farmers year;
and it should be enjoyed not only by the
farmer himself, but by his hired men, his
children and most of all by his weary wife.
We like the idea Of shutting up house, and,all
going to fair. Whatever objections there
may be to patronizng most of the perambu-
lating shows that frequent the country, none
should exist to patronizing the local fair 1t
is an exhibition of the products of the county
OF neighborhood, i'm illustration of the in
dustly and progress of the year. 1t is IN oc-
casion when the farmers worth to the COM
munity is best appreciated; ut fair time, if at
no other, the farmer can regard himself us
the equal of other men.


Grave objections have been urged against
the manner in which most of our fairs are
conducted. Complaints are made that agri
cultural societies do very little for the cause
of agriculture, and that agricultural fairs are
exhibitions of almost everything except the
productions of the soil; or, ut least, that
farm products cut but a small figure in these
annual gatherings. Complaints are also
made that large sums are often paid to GYM
nasts, aeronauts, and other performers; and
that Objectionable private shows are admit
ted on the exhibition grounds.


In too many cases we must confess that
these objections are legitimate. We have al
ways considered it our duty to denounce these
things so foreign to the original and true
idea of an agricultural fair, or n holiday for
the agricultural population. Our position is
so well known upon this question that it is
not necessary here to state it ut any length.
We believe that these gatherings are for the
rural people-for the furtherng of their in
terests, and to contribute to their enjoyment,
If fairs cannot be supported without these
outside attractions, with their attendant inn
moral influences, then the cause of agricul-
ture can best be subserved without them.
Side shows, outside or inside IL fair ground,
are nuisance and snare. They belong to
the circus and the menagerie, if they belong
anywhere. If they are to be tolcratedat all, for
the purpose of getting money into the treasu-
ry, and we believe this is the only argumen
Year: 1871

First we suppose that the soil is II sandy
loan, well drained, and that the seed was
planted in accurate rows from II to lS inches
apart. The onions should be gathered when
the majority of the tops have lost their green
color, but before they have become dry, then
on a bright, sunny day, when the earth is
perfectly dry, we commence our pulling.


Our rows running north and south we COM
mence mt the northeast corner. Getting up
on our knees between IKE first and second
rows, we pull those of the second row that
are within easy reach and lay them with
Year: 1871

The Vermont State Fair which was held
ut st. ,Johnsbury this week does not appear
to have been I'm improvement over those
previously held in that State. The death of
Henry Keyes, Judge Colburn and Edwin
Hammond, the men who gave the society
life, is having an effect upon the prosperity
of the society. In looking over the reports
for the Boston daily papers of this and other
fairs that have been held, we are struck with
the incompetency of the men who are sent
out to make the reports. They seem to know
more about ward caucuses and horse trots
than they know about agriculture. In fact
they have about us much fitness for the busi-
ness us Judas had for heaven.-Honestead.
Year: 1871

their tops towards the east, and the bulbs n
little west of the second row. We next pull
those from the third and fourth rows, laying
them with those of the second with the tops
to the east; the first row is then pulled,
turned and laid in the same way, thus leav-
ing behind us straight windrow, with the
tops lying in the same direction; then COM
mencing Mt the south end between the sew
enth and eighth rows, we pull the seventh
row and lay them with their tops to the
west we now pull the sixth, fifth and eighth
rows in the same way we did the third,
fourth and first, thus forming II second wind
row with the bulbs towards those of the first.
The reasons for pulling them in this order
are, that we can top the onions much more
economically if they are laid with their tops
in the same direction in the wndrow, and
the windrows are placed in pairs, the bulbs
towards each other. And think that in no
other way can we secure this arrangement
so easily rs by the plan suggested; two rows
of each four being simply pulled into posi-
ton without turning the third row receives
all the turning needed by the motion of pull
ing, while only one row has to be carried in
front of the body and turned bya separate
motion.


The onions are left in the windrow foi
from two to eight days, or until the tops arc
thoroughly dried.


In the meantime the broad space between
the windrows should be hoed and the weeds
rakcd off, thus removing great many seeds
which if left would make trouble the neXt
year. When the tops are thoroughly dry
they should be cut off. For this purpose we
provide ourselves with large pruning knife
and II pair of sheep or of common shears ant
commencing mt the south end of the frs
windrow we cut off the tops about three
fourths of an inch from the bulbs, tossing oi
rolling the bulbs to the centre of the spac,
between this and the next windrow. TIL,
second wndrow is then topped in the sam,
way, the bulbs forming, with those from tn,
first II double windrow. While topping. the
advantages of having tie onions placed il
the way suggested will be evident, rs eacl
onion can be scrapcd with the left hand
topped with knife or shears in the right, an,
thrown into the new windrow without an.
turning or loss of motion, the action becom
ing almost automatic.


While doing this, the onions can be easil.
assorted, the finer ones being thrown fully t.
the center, while the smaller are kept nea
the outside of the windrow, and any green o
imperfect ones are left with the tops.
while in windrows the onions are expose,
/ to II shower, or long continued damp wealth
er, they should not be disturbed until afte
the ground becomes dry, when if any signs O
sprouting or second growth appear, the
should be stirred with IL common hay rake
The onions should be left in the double wind
rows for from four to twelve days, or unit
they are thoroughly cured, which will be in
dicated by the outer skin taking off, leavin
bright hard surface beneath. AS soon II
cured they should be marketed OF stored,
Year: 1871


To THE EDITOR HERALD


Having dsfamatory articles
In the newspapers relating Mr. Louis Bonard the
signed deems simple act Of justice to correct them.


Although the deceased gentleman's habits very
economical he was not mlser nor did he live In the sqaor
and wrechedness attributed 70 him. His apartment in
large modern brick house situated In Wooster street, and
was clean although modesty furnished He temperate
to the degree of having drank glass of liquor
informed me on his deahbed and although not protesting
religion Of his own based upon justice and humanity" He
week . before his death Believing that his end was
and being so informed he that his attorney might
On my return went TO see him, and with mind singuary
clear and intelligent he assured of the admiration he had
long entertained for the Society for the Of Cruelty
to Animals and its PRESIDENT although personally
to him. he then said that he had bequeahed all
perty that institutions there so en-
trey possessed his sympathy the 1t representa-


He died and is buried, and believing that
wealth he also bequeathed to the society his
the duty of protecting his from wrongful
nous aspersons earnestly requested the public to
disregard the ertravagan which have been
through the The spirit that actuates person
voting hs gains profit creatures which
neither thank recognize their benefacor
surely incapable of the which has been
attributed to him. Yours, respectfully,


6o6 RRoADwA Feb
Year: 1871

Terrible Havoc by ScarIatina Among the Lit


tie Folk-Deliuquent Doctors.


The red demon OF The nursery, as the physicians
call the scarlet fever is making sad havoc among
the little ones in Brooklyn, is shown In the
tuary reports of the Board of Health. This con-
aglon Is very prevalent in all sections of the CITY, and
numerous little folk, who have been the light OF
the household, have been followed during the past
few days TO the various cemeteries La the suburbs
the city oy their weeping parents. 1t Is said that
the disease is prevalent at the pre- sent time
than 1t has ever been before, and 1t very naturally
creates considerable alarm In every household
where there are children. On Thursday four children
in one family In the Eastern District were carried or
by the disease. In one house, On the same day,
three children were found dead by the Health
Oncer There is, II Is sad disposition on the part
OF some OF the Physicians TO conceal the extent Of
the disease from the knowledge OF the authorities
and DR.. Cochran has been compelled TO call the At.
enton OF the medical practitioners to the necessity
Of reporting every case with the least possible de-
lay.
Year: 1871

n voice from AuGtOW Stfcet JnlIs


Before Judge Cardozo.


William B. Harmer Cyrens G. Waler.-The defendant
has been in Ludlow Street Jail .h August


charged that in July 1865 he procured from the plaintiff
the assignment OF mortgage for $l50C0 real
philadelphia wh the understanding that he should give
the same the deed OF farm At Richmond s.
sequenty alleged that the defendant did not
own the farm In question: and hao and that Of
ang value at best Upon charge Of fraud the defendant
Street his bail being liked at ssoo which he has
unable to furnish The motion to reduce the
bail. II represented behalf of the defendant, that
his health being undermined by his imprson
ment ana his family reduced to destituon The Judge
denied the motion, but the be advanced
the calendar.


A Child Given TO the Custody of Its Mother.
In 70 Fynn.One John Flynn, long SINCE
rose leaving wife and only child daughter four
years old. He lived with his mother, before
his death he and his wife separated the child remaining with
her grandmother who refused give her mother.
The has been frequently before the court grand
mo ther refusing to obey all judicial ground
h child given her father brought up in
the Catholic faith, which it would not be II
other, who is Protestant An officer directed
the child from the grandmother by force which
was done and the child brought into court The Judge
granted order giving the custody of tue child its mother
Year: 1871

John 2. Collins a vtnanous looking character, abou.
twenysx years OF placed trial yesterday
ing for burglary The prisoner old
the most desperate of the was
Sommea h IN srookyn but in February 1870 he was par
resumed his awess practices On goth November
last he was arrested for breaking into the residence Of
stolen some clothing


The trial had hardly Yesterday when the prisoner
withdrew his previous plea OF guilty pleaded guilty
In the third degree The plea accepted by Dis
being arraned before hs bar of the the prisoner
assumed very defiant air Judge Troy him long
since he had been court before when he
piled five and that he had
the Governor Judge Troy imposed the of the
Court which was imprisonment In the Penenary for four
years, eleven months and twenty nine days.


Collins then began abuse the Court baspheme the
most shocking He declared that Judge Troy had
not given HIM show and that there justice what
over In Brooklyn He Immediately seized by number
OF ocers with whom he struggled desperately until after he
removed from the court In the meantime
tnued his cursng and shouting and threatened to be
venged Judge Troy at the expiration OF his Of
prsonmen The court crowded with spectators,
and the greatest excitement prevailed until Collins had been
Year: 1871

A Post ONCE Delinquent Voice from Ludlow
Street Jail-The Hoffman House Lease Suit
The Rightful Custody Of Child Decided


A Stock speculation-sente in the


Court of General Sessions Decisions.
Year: 1871

There is not remedial agent in this world that Ill
cure Fever and Ague and all other Malarious Bilious
Scarlet. Typhoid, Yellow and other Fevers (aided b.
Railways Pills so quick as Railways Ready Relief