smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1873

You might not see at first just what
was the matter with the crazy little
sign, especially if you We're on the ex-
press, which goes by without stopping :;
and l assure You it did not make par
ticle of difference, for Tom had given
up the Cistern business, and only kept
the sign because Maggie painted it and
he fancied it looked respectable.


That reminds me to tell YOU about
Maggie; for you might pass a great
many times and not see her. But if you
chanced on fine day, when the wind
blew the smoke to the west, to come
down on the CranStOn mail and wait at
the switch for the express to pass up,
you'd be pretty sure to hear some one
singing like a blackbird, and see small
girl, with an old face, sitting in the
doorway, busy with straws and ribbons.
Always busy and always singing, in spite
Of the crutch leaning against her chair
"a pitiful little beggar, that stood there
through the singing, and said as plain
as battered old stick could say:
Year: 1873

Times We DON'T LIKE TO SEE
We don't Ike 10 see such an utter
disregard for law a. = manifested with
regard TO the law for shutting up
stock. which we voted 70 impose on
ourselves


We don't ike TO see dog fennel and
other weeds in complete possession Of
the sides Of our streets and other va
cart places, with no effort on the part
of the authorities for their destruc-
ton. Every man should be required
TO keep his own premises clear. out
side as well as inside Of his fences.


We don't Ike 10 see alleys filed
with manure and garbage at this hot
season. when everything should be
done 10 keep of the approach OF pes
tilential diseases.
Year: 1873

Great Is our "Queen City Of the Plains" Think ofis-hundreds of people turned away from a place of amusement in a single night! Why, New York is uowhere.-l Denver Tribune.

 Poor people No doubt their inability to purchase tickets was the cause of their having been ''turned away.r
Year: 1873

1t was in one of the battles of the West
and which of them our memory does not
supply-that General William II. Lytle, a
member of the Cincinnati bar, was killed
far in advance of his command while gal
lantly leading an assault upon our lines
His horse bore his corpse into our lines,
and the steed and the dead rider were both
captured. So soon as it was known that
the author of that rare poem, as familiar
and greatly admired South as North, 81 am
Dying, Egypt, Dying" lay dead in the
camp, officers and men crowded around to
take the last look at the poet-soldier who
had achieved so great literary triumph
There was no rejoicing ever the death of
this fallen enemy; but there was in truth
something on each soldiers cheek that for a
moment washed away the stains of powder.
Tenderly they took him up, and when the
battle was over an escort of honor, appoint
ed from among the leading Confederate
officers, bore him back to his own camp,
under flag of truce, on a rudely construct
ed funeral bier, with his martial cloaE
around him. In life he had touched thai
chord of human sympathy which makes al
the world kin-and in death its harmon
| ious vibrations silenced all resentment anC
| filed the hearts alike of friends and foei
with a nobler passion than hatred or re
venge.-[ Richmond Va.) Enquirer.
Year: 1873

Rev. Henry Ward Beecher recently
preached a sermon before his Plymouth
c. urch congregation, which is said to have
created decided futter in religious circles.
The point in the discourse which caused
this sensation was the expression of a doubt
on the part of the distinguished preacher
whether it is part of the divine economy
that soul should be lost To quote Mr..
Bsecher's language, as reported in the
Christian Union:


''How many parents were there" Mr.
Beecher said, "who lived in perpetual sor
row, and went mourning day and night, be
cause their son, a young man, had dice
without giving evidence of saving change
I've lost him forever they say. 1 dom
know how it is with you, said Mr.. Beecher
with tears choking his voice, ''but my SUI
would go out and leave all dark if 1 though
such a thing. The dropping away of
child TO Join that procession-to enter tina
! life of infinite misery Every loving pa
rent would be willing to say, Would Co
I we're accursed of Christ to save thee, m
poor son.' Where there is a germ of goo
| in it. 1 don't believe a soul is going to b
thrust away by that hand that was pierced
I don't believe that that love which wa
shown in Christ is going to throw away on
soul with germ of good in it. And 80
! hope-I hope.
Year: 1873

A dreadful accident occurred at
Providence, r. l., on Saturday. Two
men named Smith and Drew, were
employed in Johnston as wood chop
pers. Last Saturday was cold,
blowy day, and the men whileat work
kept up hot fire under large over
hanging rock. By keeping a brisk
fire they warmed the rock itself, and
thus by radiation, secured a really
warm place. After work, it is
supposed, that they went to the fire
to warm themselves before going
home. While they were seated there
the rock cracked and fell over on them.
and they were found under it on
Monday. Smith was evidently killed
on the instant, but Drew had strug.
geled to free himself He had chop
ped his own foot of, but his body
was held fast, and after vain efforts tc
get away, he had ended his struggles
by cutting his own throat with his AK
The rock was probably as hot as it il
heavy, and the poor man must have
suffered beyond description. Smith.
the one first killed, had been in th'
army at various times, had both leg
and three ribs broken, and had bul
let in his body. He was thrown ou
of employment by the fire in Boston
and seemed to have been all his life
one of misfortune's victims. Th
whole story is as horrible as can b
imagined.
Year: 1873

The St. Louis Republican expresses itself
as follows:


1t is worth remarking that secession is
the most hopelessly lost cause that can be
imagined Liberty, nationality and relig-
ion are causes that survive successive de-
feats and disasters-a fact of which the
long history of Ireland and the shorter his
tory of Poland furnish illustrations; but
secession did not and could not survive the
test of one year of the struggle begun
nominally in its name and if the South
ern States could tomorrow have the mos
anspicious opportunity conceivable offered
them of vindicating it, not single muske
would be fired in its name.
Year: 1873

81 do not ask, Lord, that life may be


A pleasant road.
I do not ask that Thou would'st take from me


Aught of its load.
1 do not ask that flowers should always spring


Beneath my feet;
1 know too well the poison and the sting


Of things too sweet.
For one thing only, Lord, dear Lord, plead,


Lead me Alright,
Though strength should falter, and though hea
should bleed,


Through Peace to Light.
1 do not ask, Lord, that Thou should'st shed


Full radiance here;
Give but ray of peace, that may tread


Without fear.
do not ask my cross to understand,


My way to see;
Better in darkness Just to feel Thy hand


And follow Thee.
Joy is like restless day; but peace divine,


Like quiet night;
Lead me, o Lord till perfect day shall shine


Through Peace to Light.
Year: 1873

ANOTHER DEPARTURE.-Groesbeck
of Ohio, according to the Cincinnati
Enquirer, is believed to be in favor of
a new Democratic departure. The
New York Herald says there have
been so many departures of that par
ty within the last few years that its
remains might be supposed to rest
quietly at this time in the Gland Of
departed spirits.
Year: 1873

'It is a part of my religion said
a pious old lady, when asked why she
went early to church; ''it is a part oi
my religion not to interrupt the re-
ligion of others" And we believe il
many country congregation made ii
a part of their religion not to twist
their necks almost out of joint to wit
ness the entrance of every person
who passes up the aisle during ser
vice, it would be better both for them
and their religion.
Year: 1873

DOME OF THE CAPIToL.-The most
ambitious structure in America is the
dome OF the Capitol at Washington
1t is hollow sphere of iron of eight
million pounds weight, and is one
hundred and eighty feet higher than
the Washington Monument in Balti-
more, sixty-eight feet higher than
Bunker Hill Monument, and twenty
three feet higher than the Trinity
Church steeple at New York.
Year: 1873

A western man of curious turn of mind
recently examined the hind heel of a mule
of moderate size, and found it extended
quite against the barn floor to the haymow
opposite 1t also possessed sufficient area
to shut out the light of heaven completely
for several minutes. This refutes the pop
ular idea of mules hoof being small.
Year: 1873

SAVINGS BANKs.--There is a remark
by Governor Straw of New Hamp-
shire, in his inaugural address, that
the condition of the savings banks in
any community is fair index of its
prosperity. Measured by his stand
ard the people of the old Granite
State are perhaps as thrifty as any
equal number of people in the world,
The aggregate deposites Of their saw
ings bank is S2S, 100000, an increase
of IA per cent. over the preceding
year. The number of depositors is
100000, which is one-third of the en-
tire population of the State.
Year: 1873

A Boston gentleman who could
not waltz offered a young lady
S4OO if she would allow him to hug
her Just as much as the man did who
had lust waltzed with her. They put
him out of the house so hard that
his ewes we're quite black.
Year: 1873

If you want your dogs ears or tail
to stand up stylish, you must trim
them before he is year old, other
wise they will droop. This is the in
teligence sworn to before Califor
MIA court.
Year: 1873

A THOUGHT. Were children accus-
toned from their infancy to hear
nothing but correct conversation,
there would be but little need Of their
learning arbitrary rules of grammar
they would naturally speak and write
correctly. Hence it is that children
of educated parents are generally SO
much more easy and graceful in their
conversation than the children of the
uneducated. Our language, like our
manners, is caught from those with
whom we associate, and if we would
have the young improve in this i'm
portant part of education, we must be
careful that they hear no vulgarlsms
from us. Parents and teachers can
not be too particular in their use OF
language in the presence of initiative
children.
Year: 1873

Over one-third of the people inhabiting
the United States at this time, are either
born abroad or immediate descendants of
foreigners. The number of Irish in the
United States is just about one-third of the
number in Ireland. This is an exodus al
most without parallel in history.
Year: 1873

An old woman in Maine crossed over a
bridge that was marked dangerous" with
out seeing the sign. On being informed OF
the fact on the other side she turned about
in great alarm and rsGtossed it.
Year: 1873

1T NEVER PAYS.
1t never pays TO fret and growl
When fortune seems our foe;
The better breed will push ahead
And strike the braver blow.


For luck is work,


And those who shirk
Should not lament their doom,


But yield the play, =
And clear the way,
That better may have room.
1t never pays to wreck the health
In drudging after gain,
And he is sold who thinks that gold
Is cheapest bought with pain.


An humble lot


A cosy cot,
Have tempted even kings.


For station high,


That wealth will buy,
Not oft contentment brings.
1t never pays! a blunt refrain
Well worthy of song,
For age and youth must learn this truth,
That nothing pAys that's wrong.
The good and pure


Alone are sure
To bring prolonged success,


While what is right


In Heavens sight
Is always sure to bless.
Year: 1873

What did 10 die Of? Iodide of potassium.


What is it that one must take without hands un-
less he is too stupid to take it at all? hint.


At what season did Eve eat the apple? Early in
the fall.


When is a captain in his heaviest attire? When
he wears his ship.


What goes most against a farmers grain? Ills
resping machine.
Why is the man who does not bet as bad as the
man who does? Because he is no better.


Why is blind mans buff like sympathy? Because
it's feller feeling for feller crittur.
Year: 1873

The Charleston IS. G. } News and
Courier says that that city can point
to scores of young men of gentle
blood and excellent education, who
are making comfortable livelihood
by hard manual labor. They could
not get the sort of work they liked
and they took what they could get.
Throughout the State the whites are
working like goodfellows. 1t is then
only chance, and they know it.
Year: 1873

Your correspondent ..S." asks how
he shall treat his balky horse. I have
a plan that seldom fails to start the un-
ruly animal In a few minutes, and If
persevered in, generally effects a per
manent cure, bUt it is too difficult OF
application to become generally useful.
Have with you a small quantity OF
whole corn, and when remedy IS
needed go gently to the horses head
with a handful, and coax him with ca
resses while he eats from the hand. At
tempt to lead him, holding the corn a
little way before him, and when he goes
quietly and shows that his temper has
sub6ded, leave him with his mouth full
of corn, get in the vehicle and speak to
him to go on, using quiet manners just
as if nothing was wrong and If he re-
fuses apply the same treatment again,
and again if necessary, until success at
tends. Perhaps it may not be clear TO
the reader what the difficulty is in ap-
plying this remedy. 1t is III the worse
than balky disposition of the driver,
who would rather succeed once in twenty
times by passionately whipping, than
nineteen times in twenty by gentleness.
Only gentleman can manage balky
horse, and while there are plenty of
gentlemen in society, there are not so
many gentlemen in the treatment of
animals A very little observation and
reflection will show that gentleness is
qgi.s.ss.ccmmendable as gentility, and
ie ~ as good results, both mp
- q characters, and upon our


getting along comforta-


Sso6 = mails of all species, man
.ssp kind included Coun-
Year: 1873

WHILE party of young men were
serenading Mr.. Bloom of New Orleans,
the other night, that gentleman ap-
peared and made speech in which he
alluded to an old and faithfulshot-gun
He was heartily cheered by the crowd,
and several times shot at, but he escaped
injury and managed to distribute about
four handfuls of buck shot pretty evenly
among his admirers.
Year: 1873

REMEDY FOR NANCE IN SWINE. First,
wash the hog well in soapsuds; then to
one pint of lard, while hot, add one
ounce of carbolic acid, stirring it until
1T is cool. Rub the hog two or three
times with this, and give yourself no
uneasiness about the mango.
Year: 1873

A fireman was once striving TO save a


person in danger of perishing in burn
ing house, but the flames leaped out OF
the windows and beat him back "Hen
never do it p cried one. Hell have to
come down - ''Cheer him p' shouted
another, and in a moment three stirring
hurrahs went up from the crowd. 1t
nerved the mans arm and strengthened
his spirit 1t quickened his movements,
and in another minute he bore the child
down in safety to its mothers arms.


What a power is in that cheering
So it often is with those who are ready
to give out by the way They would
have perished but for some stirring
word of cheer. God put it in the
heart of some one to speak to them.
Have you ever cheered a despondihg
heart thus? Or have you let the OPP
portunity slip by with the feeling:
cam my brothers keeper?" We are
all, in a sense, our brothers keeper.
Is there a poor, down-hearted man in
your community whom sickness AMI
misfortune have reduced? Don't give
hin1She cold shoulder, as is the worlds
custom when person is unfortunate.
Cheer him, and see if it will not infuse
new life into his heart. Do more
Lend helping hand.


What would you have done that day
your wheel got stuck in rut, if a neigh
Dor had not happened along who could
lend you helping hand for five minutes? ?
1t was very little for him to do, but il
was worth great deal to you. A little
after, you were rolling along prosper
ously, as if nothing had happened. |
Just so a little cheer and little help |
often puts poor neighbor on the roa,i
again. Surely it were worse than chur-
lish to refuse to give what costs you
such a little effort, yet it is worth so
O11ob
Year: 1873

ALL articles we think that are packed
and sold Full Weight should have the
patronage of consumers, also of dealers.
We are glad to notice in the article of
Soar that PRoorER 4 CANDLES EXTRA
OLIVE SOAP is always packed actual
weight.
Year: 1873

PRoPoeATIoN. OF SoUND.-A locust
may be heard one-sixteenih of a mile
a wren, weighing half an, ounce, and a
middlng-sized man would be as heavy
as four thousand of them, could be
heard about as far. But if the voice of
either bore proportion to the mass of
matter employed in its production a
man could be heard one thousand miles,
favored by brisk wind. A vessel at sea
a few years since, when one hundred
and sixty miles from land, heard dis
tinctly the thrilling music of band
playing on shore. There must have
been peculiar condition of the atmo-
sphere at the time, while the broad sur
face of the sails were equivalent to a
great external ear to arrest and con-
verge the aerial undulations.
Year: 1873

DIR. j. Walkers CalifOrIA VIM
egar Bitters are a purely Vegetable
preparation, made chiefly from the ma
tive herbs found on the lower ranges of
the Sierra Nevada mountains of Califor-
MIA, the medicinal properties of which
are extracted therefrom without the use
of Alcohol. The question is almost
daily asked. "What is the cause of the
unparalleled success of VINEGAR BIT
TERs?" Our answer is, that they remove
the cause of disease, and the patient re-
covers his health. They are the great
blood purifier and a life giving principle,
a perfect Renovator and InvigoratOr
of the system. Never before in the
history Of the world has n medicine been
compounded possessing the remarkable
qualities of VINEGAR BITTERs in healing the
sick of every disease man is heir 10. They
are a gentle Purgatiye as well as a Tonic,
relieving Congestion or Inflammation of
h;eol.r the Liver and vI.SSIalu = S2us
Year: 1873

Hoe CHo1ERA-Dissolve thoroughly
one pound of copperas in three gallons
of warm water, and apply the wash
by dipping into the solution or rubbing
upon it until the skin is thoroughly wet.
Whenever the skin of the hog begins to
Year: 1873

Go straight on, and don't mind enemies.
If they get in your way, walk round them re-
oardless of their spite. A celebrated charac-
ter who was surrounded by enemies used 10
remark, "They arc sparks which, If you do
not blow, viii go out of themselves "Livs
down prejudice, " was the Iron Dukes motto.
let this be your feeling while endeavorius to
live down the scandal of those who are bitter
against you. If you stop to dispute, you do
but as they desire, and open the way for more
abuse. Let the poor fellow talk-there will
be reaction if you do but perform your duty
and hundreds who were once alienated from
you will flock to you and acknowledge their
error ..
Year: 1873

Clinton, Mass, Is disgusted at finding Its
new town hall utterly useless for speaking
purposes, on account of an overpowering
echo, although it was not at all economical
ly built. &
Year: 1873

A western editor says of > contemporary
that ''if he had written the inscription on the
wall in Babylon Belshazzar would have been
a good deal more scared than he was" An
other wants to know "what poor Daniel
would have done"
Year: 1873

A young man IN Minnesota has met with
the following mishaps: He stepped on board
a train which, as he had every reason to be-
lieve, would take him to Jonesvillc swiftly
enough to enable him punctually to keep an
appointment he had made to marry young
woman. The train was delayed, the lady
got huffy, and, since the expected bride
groom did not appear. instantly married an
other man who suddenly remembered that he
had loved her fondly. The ardent first love.
was 80 anxious to reach Jonesville that he
acted nervously, was taken in charge by de-
tectives as one implicated in great robbery
which had just been committed In Chicago,
and was liberated at last only to find that
blight and mildew had gathered all over his
holest affections, and that the world was In
deed cold and desolate and unsympathetic.
Year: 1873

How TO TELL AN HONEST MANA
hotel keeper gives the New York cor
respondent of the St.Louis Globe rule
for detecting honesty, which be thus re-
counts: Talking with hotel keeper the
other day. that in large city he must
lose great deal by transient customers.
who would go away and forget to pay
their bills. He replied, "Oh, no; 1
never lose much by folks of that sort. 1
have made it rule in my house, when
ever man wants a room and has no
baggage, to demand pay in advance, as
it is usual. If he manifests no objec-
ton, and puts his hand into his pocket
for money, I tell him it is all right;
that he can pay just as well when he
goes away. That kind Of a man always
pays. But there is another sort of fel-
low who, when informed of the rule,
pretends to be very indignant, insisting
that he is gentleman, by -, and is
not in the habit of having his name
questioned or his honesty doubted. In
such case invariably insist on the
production of the funds, for I know if
don't get them then never should get
them in the world. Men who talk about
their honor and assume to be insulted
when requested to pay, can be depended
on as first-class dead beats.
Year: 1873

SMuGGLING.-A man named Fulmer,
said to be farmer near Port Angeles
on the American side, was arrested on
Monday night by revenue officer Wy
lde, on charge of smuggling produce
into this port. The >cargo-consisting
principally of potatoes-was brought
across in a canoe and landed on the
beach, when Captain Wylde pounced
upon it and the owner. The prisoner
was arraigned before the Police Magis-
trate yesterday and remanded for one
day. 1t is said that upon very little of
the farm produce brought across from
the other side and sold in this market
is the duty paid.-Colonist.
Year: 1873

JEAN ISeELow's g NOTION OF IT


Lucy Stone Blackwell recently received
the following charming letter from Jean
Ingelow: =,


SDear Madame: have been long In
the habit Of receiving from America your
interesting paper, the WOHGn'S Journal,
and, as do not know whois the kind
and courteous donor, l hope may convey
my thanks through you as one Of the edii
tors. lam glad Of the information l derive
from the Journal, but / have not found
time hitherto TO give the whole subject OF
rights such an amount ol study as to
make it wise to utter my crude thoughts
respecting them; other things appear to
be given 10 meto do, and l take them up
to the exclusion Of what lies beyond.


"You have, ! venture to think, more
than one problem to work out In America,
on which, in great degree, depends the
welfare otwomen., In one Of these ! takc
q keen interest, and hope to see you
settle il for yourselves and for US. want
YOU to discover how domestic work iS to
combined with high culture.


"So long as household work is thought
degrading land nowhere is, this so much
the case as in America, there never can
be anything like universal education;
there must always be some who work all
their lives because others will not work
at all. 1t is to be one Of the great things
that you Americans, l believe, are raised
for, TO teach the world how this is to be
done; but the teachers can never be those
who are poor; they must be those who are
not Obliged to work at all.


"How TO make clear starching and iron.
ing graceful and pretty occupations and
such they were thought by our great
great. grandmothers), how to keep q
house clean, and to assist even in q kltch.
en-, without the least sense ofbeing low
cred, or the slightest personal deterior'
alton, might surely be managed II women
gave their minds to tiff more delicate
machinery was invented for helping them,
and if 1t could even be made the fashion
for all women, young and old, TO pride
themselves on their domestic skill.


II hope, II you can, you will convey
my thanks TO the lady who sends me your
paper, and will believe that take deep
interest in everything which so sincerely
aims at your good.


'''I am, dear madame, very truly yours,


JEAN INdELow."