smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1870

How did people first get into the habit
of shaking hands? The answer is moi
far to seek In early and barbarous
times, when every savage or semi-savage
was his own law-giver, judge, soldier, and
policeman, and had to watch over his
own safety, in default of all other pro
lection, two friends or acquaintances,
when they CHANGED to meet, offered ia
each other the right hand--the hand
alike of offense and defense, the hand
that wields the sword, the dagger, the
tomahawk, or other weapon of war.
Each did this to show that the hand was
empty, and that neither war nor treach-
cry was intended A man cannot well
stab another while he is engaged in the
act of shaking hands with him, unless
he be double-dyed traitor and villain,
and strives to aim a cowardly blow with
the left, while giving the right and pre-
tending to be on good terms with his vic
tim. The custom of hand-shaking pre-
walls, more or less, among all civilized
nations, and is the tacit avowal of friend
ship and good will, just as the kiss is Of
q warmer passion.
Year: 1870

They tell ridiculous story Of o mis-
hap TO a iat man at the recent burning
Of his house at Springfield, Mas The
egress Of Fatty through the door was
cut of BY the hames. and window OF
narrower dimensions than the man, was
the only way Of escape. He PCT his
head out and into the embrace Of o
friend, while another friend used broom
handle to keep him squirming, by which
means he worked his body through.
Year: 1870

IL Il stated that notwithstanding the
heat the climate of Brazil is so damp
that il is necessary to air ones wearing
apparel every few days TO protect them
from mildew. Boots left standing IN the
warmest place in room for three days
will be covered with blue mould. The
bouses. however. sith all this dampness,
are uncomfortabiy hS;. but at the same
time healthy ~ NaIlfH
Year: 1870

Forming the best and most comfortable line "a
New York. Boston, and Northern and Atlantic
cities. with magnificent Palace Combined Day
and Night Coaches, through TO New York
without change.
Year: 1870

4 little chap had dirty face and his
teacher told him to 20 and wash it. He
went away, and after few minutes came
back with the lower part of his countenance
tolerably clean, while the upper part was
dirty and wet


johnny" said the teacher, WHY didn I
you wash your face?"


Il did wash it. sir


ou didn't wipe it all over, then.


II did wipe it as high as my shirt would
pO -
Year: 1870

Courage is not always allied to muscle.
Some of the bravest men that have ever liv-
ed-eyen warriors who gained brilliant glory
on the battle field-have been men of feeble
organization. On the contrary, some of
the greatest towards the world ever saw
were men of Herculean strength and Falstat-
fan proportions. You can always tell a
bout certain things, and occasionally it isn t
best to-
Year: 1870

A shoddy young lady surprised her moth
er on returning from dance by saying that
she enjoyed the hug ging set TO music most
bully-ly." She had reference to waltzing,
and why ism { that a good name for it?
Year: 1870

An excellent old deacon, who, having
won fine turkey at charity rattle, didn' t
like TO tell his severe orthodox wife how he
came by it, quietly remarked, as he handed
her the fowl, that the "Shakers" gave it to
Year: 1870

! their originally intended limits. Many
times since their commencement have
we sincerely regretted If, partly from the
fear of having trespassed on the patience
OF our readers and partly from total
miscalculation of the magnitude of the
undertaking. Impelled to It in the be-
ginning by a sense Of duty TO a noble
army which, with It's commander, We be
ileved to have been sacrificed TO selfish
ness and jealousy, the same motive, to-
gether with the encouragement Of kind
trends, has sustained US in its continu-
ance. Having written whereof we have
to a great extent had personal knowledge
we have endeavored to be strictly con
sCienious in the statement of facts, even
in some instances at the expense Of our
personal predictions, and 50 writing
are not without hope to have at least
contributed something to a better under
standing of the campaign which, of all
the episodes of the war, has been the
most impeTfectly and unfairly compre-
hended.


We shall, at future time, crave but
one additional indulgence while we show
still further, mainly by the citation of let
tiers and dispatches, what evil was
wrought to our gallant army by an enemy
in its rear scarcely surpassed IN mis-
chievous design by the one it encounter
ed in the shock of battle.
Year: 1870




WE have had eur banner on the
outer wan. with PRICES 50 Low that
no firm in the state of Ohio undertook to
meet us. We have driven our foe to the
wall, and occupy the field without fear.


We have sIenced all men who years ago
assumed some powerofe competition. They
are now willing TO confess eonfdentially
that there is no use trying 10 meet or beat
US in prices, because We are game on
Clothing "set-to." Their only hope is in the
ignorance of their customers, who viii not
look around to see the difference in our
prices and theirs. which amounts to at least
Year: 1870

From the Pittsburg Chronicle. Dec. 20.l fHfr


Yesterday there arrived in this city a
woman who tells a startling and romantic
story. She claims to have ,well7authen-
ticated papers to support her story, and
refers confidently to distinguished mill
tary men who, she says, are acquainted
with the facts of her case.


Briefly, the story she tells is this: She
lived with her husband at st. Paul until
the war broke out. Then the husband
enlisted in the 18th Missouri Cavalry
Regiment. She says he was the only
human being on earth who cared for her,
or for whom she cared, and she resolved
to accompany him. Accordingly, she
says, with his consent, she doDned mascu-
line clothing and joined the same com
pany with her husband. All through her
connection with the company she states,
no one but her husband and the captain
knew Of her sex. She served in the ranks
until the battle Of Stone river, where her
husband was killed and herself wounded
in the leg. With this wound she was
kept for a considerable time in the hos
pital, and when partially recovered, was
ulsCudTSeu lrOHl Tue btINlCc' Dhc uiu
not leave the army, however, but entered
the secret service as spy She crossed
the lines as a deserter from the Union
army. She succeeded in gaining all the
information she wanted, and then she
got hold of a suit Of female clothing, in
which she attempted to leave the rebel
lines, but was captured and sentenced
to be hung as spy. She was placed
under a tree and the rope placed around
her neck, but for some reason the exc
cution was postponed and she was taken
to Tullahoma. Here, after few days,
she was recaptured by our own men.
After this she quit the secret service
and dressed in the proper clothing of
her sex. She entered for time on hos
pital duty as a nurse. She worked at
this for time and then returned to St
Paul Here she married a second time,
her husband being discharged soldier
from an Illinois regiment, who bad been
discharged on account of his failing eye
sight. Eventually he became entirely
blind. At the close of the war she was
admitted as a member Of the Grand
Army of the Republic.
Year: 1870

The Prince Royal of Prussia has, it is
said, yielded to the seductions of French
manners and intellect. A very interest
ing romance might be written about his
visits to the charming owner of villa
not far from the chateau of Madame An
Dire, where he lives, along with the old
King, who, his piety Notwithstanding,
has soldiers eye for pretty ankle.
The royal Victoria, who remains at Ber-
lin, must, like her very remote ances-
tress, Queen Margaret of Scotland, be
content with the empty honor of official
triumph; for the heart Of the new-hedged
Field Marshal, her husband, is now in
the hands of sparkling French woman,
patriotically resolved to conquer Ger
many. This is, of course, very sad and
very shocking; but there is such thing
in the world as retribltive justice. When
a royal princess encourages a royal
prince to rend the vitals of country
which loaded her in her youth with ten
derness, she should not feel angry at a
Pompadour starting out upon her, and
disputing with her the admiration, or,
possibly, the affections, of the heroic
Fritz. This is one of the costs of war
upon which the Court Of Berlin did not
count at the beginning of the campaign.
The moral to be deduced therefrom is
that royal German ladies should not
allow their husbands to take seriously to
soldering in France.
Year: 1870

G. G., the female correspondent of the
New York Tribune, gives her views o.
the duty of the Government to Mrs. Lee
because Of its appropriation Of the Ar
hngtcn estate. She says:


Mrs. Lee was not citizen, but wife
and, first of all, according to the prevail
ing ideas, owed loyalty to her husband
Surely the conservative gentlemen Of
the Senate, who accept the poets lofty
ideal of true womanly devotion,


81 know not, / ask not If grilt's in thy heart
know that love thee whatever thou art, u
should give Mrs. Mary GUSTS Lee all
honor instead of speaking of her slight.
ingly, as that p0mdn. Had she fed
from the Confederacy, repudiated her
rebel husband, and sought sanctuary and
release in Indiana, would even Senator
Morton have held her in higher esteem
Or had she been loyal and long,sighted
enough to hoist the old flag over Arling-
ton, and stand guard over her effects,
would not gentlemen have said: Here is
matron of Roman virtue, plucky and
strong-minded; a woman to be admired,
but not loved" Her name has for me
the charm of great associations, as that
of the daughter of the beloved, adopted
son of Washington i respect her love
for the grand old place, the home of her
childhood; but aside from these things,
/ protest against the injustice and harsh
ness of making her suffer more severely
than many of the ringleaders of the re
bellion have suffered. / think Mr.. Pat
terson is mistaken in saying that she
" fed away into the storm" before her
husband. From an old servant of the
family, have heard that she fingered in
her home till her husband had repeatedly
written to her to join him. that before
leaving, she packed up such valuables as
she could not carry, precious heirlooms
and papers, and left them to the honor
able custody of our soldiers-(O, woman,
great was thy faithD; that, at the last,
she went all about the house and grounds,
and to the graves of her father and
mother, weeping bitterly. | have also
heard that when the time set by the will
of her father for the emancipation OF
certain slaves arrived, she promptly and
honorably sent through our lines such
as she had with her in Richmond


As we are in the forgiving line, can
we not forgive this heart-broken wife and
mother, and make her old age comforta-
BILE by generously paying for the noble
inheritance, forfeited by no crime OF
hers, unless it be a crime to stand by a
beloved husband whom in her happy
youth she took " for better, for worse 2
May we not believe that the august
spirit of Washington himself would ap-
prove of such an act Of magnanimity to-
ward the daughter of George Washing
ton Gusts, the dear little lad whom he
solemnly adopted by the death-bed of a
brave young father, who died in the SER
vice of the Republic?


In this matter l have simply spoken
my feelings as woman and for woman.


g. G.
Year: 1870

From the Ne" 1ofh ouh'J lfH


1t is not known that General Pleasan-
ton has ever made President Grant a
nresent. and therefore his appointment
10 the important office Of Commissioner
of Internal Revenue has excited some
surprise. But there we're substantial
reasons for the exertion of powerful
influence in procuring him the position,
although he might have been unayare Of
It's existence. It's known that General
Pleasanton is strongly in favor Of in
creasiug the tax on whisky to one dollar
per gallon; and there is an extensive
rIio1e of whisky spectators who have
hsen striving TO the utmost Of their abil-
ity to effect such a change. Owing to
the present glut of the whisky market,
me weather. dealers have vast qusnti-
res of the article on hand. and the pass
ace O., law which would increase the
value OF their stock fifty cents on the
Year: 1870

gallon, would result in giving the holders
immense fortunes. Hence it is for their
interest to have friend at headquarters;
and il is matter of notoriety that the
big operators in whisky are lavish in the
use of money to accomplish their ends.
Some of General Grants most special
advisers are not above the suspicion Of
being susceptible to the influence Of pc
cuniary considerations, and thus an un-
expected nomination may be plausibly
accounted for without detriment to the
reputation of the gentleman who has
been appointed to the Office.
Year: 1870

TN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ABOVE
l. notice of the Mayor Of the city of Memphis,
/ will open and hold the Charter election for
Aldermen and Councilmen of the city of Mem
phis, as above set forth. on
Year: 1870

Principal and interest payable in GOLD COIN,


as authorized by ordinance Of the General
Council of the city, for the purpose of funding
like amount of the due debt of the city, are
Year: 1870

On the evening of the laying Of the coruer.
stone Of the Masonic Temple In this city lew days
ago, Brother sherwin, OF St. cecilo LODGE. who
directed the vocal music. on seeing couple Of loud
yocalsts In the choir for whose musical proficiency
he could not safely vouch, and wishing avoid the
least inhdrmony the occasion, with q cunning
twinkle In his genial eve. addressed the Lodge as
music well are requested not 70 assist too much"
Year: 1870

AT last have obtained what purports 10 be a
correct statement OF the losses OF the Prussisn
army in killed wounded, missing and prisoners
fTom the commencement OF the campaign up 10
the 18th of August. MY information comes from
aprivate source In Berlin; and although cannot
affirm that il Is infalliby correct, have reason
Tor believing that IL IL not very far out OF the
way. i may add that the inform alton was not
sent Tor political effect AT all, but was transmit
with the medical service or the army 20 a
fellow-surgeon i'm London. The statement is as
Year: 1870

SENATOR WILSON, who leaves here this even
ing, will make speech tomorrow night in the
Philadelphia Academy OF Music, under the
auspices of the famous Invincible Club He
goes home from there, on Saturday and expects
TO remain in Massachusetts, until after tho
election in that State, and will doubtless take
an active part in the campaign now in progress
there.
Year: 1870

Apropos OF suit that has been instituted
in Portland, Me-, correspondent relates
the particulars of lawsuit in Scotland.
About 80 years ago, the father of a boy ap-
prenticed to barber, brought suit against
the employer to prevent his compelling the
boy to shave customers boards on Sunday.
The necessity for people to be shaved in
order to attend the. kirk was apparent to
the first Court that tried the case, and the
father of the boy appealed from its decision
to the Supreme Court, the celebrated Lord
Jeffrey presiding. Lord Jeffrey decided
the kirk-goers could have their boards
shaven on Saturday nights, and that the
boy could not by law be compelled to work
on Sunday. The b rber carried up the case
thence to the Inner House, and the united
wisdom thereof reversed the decision of
Lord Jeffrey. The boy had to go on with
shavings on Sundays as at first. Both par
ties to the suit were quite stripped of
means to continue it, but the mother of the
boy appealed IN formaa pouperis to the House
of Peers. Several years elapsed, but at
length the case was finally adjucated; the
decision OF the Inner House was reversed,
and that of Lord Jeffrey's sustained. The
boy had long since become man, and out
grown his indentures Nevertheless. a
great principle had been established. and
the rights of the razor determined.
Year: 1870

A TELEGRAM announces that Queen Vic
toria has granted amnesty to the Red River
revolutionists. This includes the leaders,
about whose fate there has been some spec
ulation, and against whom there has been
much hard feeling throughout the Domin-
ion. These parties will of course be terribly
disappointed at the mildness of the Home
Government i'll this matter, but it will be
understood after time that the wisest
course has been pursued. The Dominion
has acquired a new territory in the f0sco,
and the affair has been almost bloodless


The Manitobians can now begin the
work of improvement in earnest, and will
no doubt in time make their influence felt
in the Dominion; while to Minnesota and
the Northwest generally, their material
prosperity will be of great value. The
Red River people should build railroad
to connect with the Northern Pacific at the
most desirable point, and thus get to a
market that will be sure, easy of access,
and open the whole year. This would de-
velop whatever OF material wealth there is
in Manitoba.
Year: 1870

''There is but one opinion In regard to SEA
Moss FARINE. ALI speak in it's praise, and all
like it. 1t is found to be great fovorite with
all classes of our people, and Will prove
great blessing to the poor. It is very cheap,
and will go a long way Home Journal
Year: 1870

A SCOTTISH clergyman, happening to go
into the churchyard while the beadle was
employed neck deep in digging grave,
thus accosted him: 'eWell, Saunders,
that's work you're employed in we'll cal
culated to make an old man like you
thoughtful wonder you don't repent OF
your evil ways" The old worthy, resting
on the head OF his spade, and taking a
pinch of snuff, replied, II thought, sir, ye
ken'd that there was nae repentance in the
grave"
Year: 1870

NEW HARTFORD. Rev. Mr. Martyr has been sick and his pulpit has been supplied the three last Sabbaths by others, one by his brother from St. Louis, and one by MT. Beadle. He expects to preach next Sab bath.

 We have model Ice House in our place built several years ago by Mr. I. G. Good win. The water is brought by pipe from spring fifty feet higher than the Ice House, and connects with pipe running around the building outside under the plate perforated with very small holes, so that being let on in very cold weather the wa ter forms solid mass of Ice for summer use with very little trouble or expense Herald
Year: 1870

COUNTY FA1R.-There is every prospect of good Fair, this year. The address will be good one, the Governor of the State is to be present, and we hope Ltch- field County farmers will show what they can do in the agricultural line. The best agricultural county in the State ought to have the best Fair.
Year: 1870

p@. We would call attention to the fact that the address before the Agricultural Society this year is to be delivered by Richard Goodman, Esq, of Lenox, Mass. His we'll known ability and his interest in the cause of Agriculture should secure him good audience. The address will be 8 leading attraction to the Fair.
Year: 1870

Somebody has said that I'VE
ought always to believe less than
we are told" This may be a safe
maxim for general use, but when
o woman intrusts you, in con-
fdence, Of course, with her age.
you may always believe a great
deal more than you are told.
Year: 1870

+ Since the story has been told OF
how Judge Breckenridge married


a girl whom he saw jump over a


ten rail fence with pail on her
head, all the girls in Orange coun-
ty, New York, are said to spend
their time in watching the road,
and, whenever they see a carriage
approaching with man in it, they
seize their pals and 90 for fence.
Year: 1870

An average Egyptian can see moth
ing distinctly at a distance OF more
than 500 yards, and has no acuteness
in detecting an object within as many
feet. A recent traveller says that
when the railway was constructed
the utmost difficulty was found in
procuring men capable Of seeing or
recognizing the difference between
signals only hundred yards of.
Many candidates came, but few pass
cd the test, One man was nearly
passed, but the engineer was not
quite satisfied that the fellow had not
been making good shots" at the col
ors. So he held up his hat at 13O
yards, and the hapless signalman
pronounced it to be the red flag"
Year: 1870

The difficulty in the Red River
settlement, north of Minnesota and
Dakota, does not seem to be settled
yet. 1t is charged by the disturbing
faction that the new Governor does
not rule according to justice ant that
Canada has broken faith. What will
finally come of it cannot now be de-
termincd, but the indications are that
Great Britain will have some expen.
sivc trouble in those backwoods be-
fore all longings Tor a Republican
form OF government arc crushed out.
Year: 1870

The cable announces thct the
Northern and Southern States of
Germany have agreed to name King
William as Emperor OF Germany.
The new title. though .cchn,cally Of
higher grade than th.t OF King,
can add nothing to the brilliant char.
actcr of the recent achievements OF
the head OF the German natioa, but
it will serve to please the vanity Of
the Germans and possibly all in unit
ing the whole people into one nation
atty.
Year: 1870

Arrangements for the Construction Of New


Church.-siermOn by Rev. Father Keane.


WASHINGTON, June s, 1870.


The announcement was made to-day during the
services OF St. Patricks Catholic church, Of Wash
ington, that the erection of the new and splendid
ediHce by which 1t is to be superseded will be COM
menced forthwith. This undertaking. which has
met with opposition from some OF the more conserv-
ative members of the congregation, although it
might be difficult for them to define precisely It's
grounds, is thus resolved on and will soon take
substantial and imposing shape. The old building
will probably be pulled down on the return OF Arch
bishop Spauding from Rome, and It's material made
available as far as practicable for the new ST. Pat
rlck's which we learn will be temple worthy OF It's
splendid site and an ornament to the national me-
trOpolis In the meantime services VIII be held at
Carroll Hall, in the vicinity, as usual.


THE DISCOURSE


to-day was made by Father Keane. After picturing
the scene OF the first Christian Pentecost at Jerusa
lem, commemoraled by us to-day he dwelt at length
on the dng and
the Holy Ghost as the Nicene Greed states, "spoke
through the prophets.n After Christ was returned to
the right hand IF His Father the Holy Ghost was again
to be the teacher OF mankind Christs promises
OF the coming OF the Holy Ghost announce 1rst That
y 70 eee to % a the %
TRUTH In order to teach the Church all truth; third,
that He is to come in the name Of Jesus Christ, and
said to you-so that the voice OF the Church utter
ing the teachings OF the Holy Ghost was to be the
voice OF Christ himself


''HE THAT HEARETH YOU HEARETH ME;n


fourth that this to last fOrever-He will abide
with you forevern Just as Christ himself was TO be
with the Church in its teachings GAN days, even to
the end Of the world.n From this it follows, frst
that after the descent Of the Holy Ghost
ON the infant Church, that Church taught
the truth OF God with infalibility, since its
teaching was that Of the Holy Ghost, which
is intallibly TRUTH and secondly, that any man or
body OF men opposing the Church or contradicting
Its teachings opposed and contradlcted the Holy
Ghost himself. But the Holy Ghost dwes with us
not merely to teach us the truth Of God, but also
TO sanctify our souls by grace ana here the reve-
rend preacher showed the sanctifying operation
OF the Holy Spirit. After drawing parallel
between the needs and weaknesses OF the world
the souls OF the 1rst believers, and exhortlng his
hearers TO feduent prayer n the Splrt OF God for