smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1875

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Satisfied that the report emanating
from Washington of an epidemic spread
of yellow fever on the South Florida
coast must be greatly exaggerated, if
not wholly untrue, the News dispatched
for information to Lake City, the near.
est point to Key West accessible by tel
egraph. The result is the special from
Lake City given in our telegraphic col
umns. 1t shows that there is no unusual
or alarming appearance of yellow fever
either on the South Florida or the
Cuban coast. Indeed, it is thing
utterly unknown in medical annals for
epidemic yellow fever to visit any Of our
Gulf or Atlantic shores as early as
March Or April. The warning from the
Treasury Department with reference to
such a danger at Galveston, New Or
leans, Mobile and Pensacola is alto
getber gratuitous. 1t looks very much
as though the Department had lent itself
to the dissemination of a groundless
alarm, designated to turn trade from
our Southern ports
Year: 1875

A supernatural incident is said to


have occurred in the wilds of Kerry q
short time since. 1t seems that a
woman residing in Glenaesk received a
call from the spirit Of her husband, a
man Of the farming class, dressed in a
shroud, and white stockings and gloves. y
Year: 1875

There is theater in Paris where the
actresses pay for the privilege Of ap-
pearing on the stage. When the man
ager wants to get rid of any member of
his company he raises her salary.
Year: 1875

BEWARE OF RATS.-A short time
ago a little child of Uncle John Lam
yon was amusing itself by placing
its fingers in small hole in the
floor, when huge rat that lay
underneath seized one of them from
below. The child at once withdrew
them, but Mr.. Rat hung on till his
body was drawn almost through the
hole, aud till the child's fingers were
considerably bitten.
Year: 1875

Kinnie q Sprattler have just re-
ceived delicious lot of hams, and
also a large quantity of bacon, which
are not only good for breakfast but
good for dinner and supper also,
which they will sell at fair price.
They also keep full stock OF
groceries, as usual, to which they
call attention. All goods warranted
to give satisfaction. soft.
Year: 1875

A SON of Mr.. Dave Of this city,
was on Tuesday evening amusing
himself by firing off small cannon.
While he was STOPPING and looking
into the muzzle, the fire by some
means reached the powder, which
exploded, burning his face severely,
and burying many of the grains in
his flesh. The accident will result
in disfguring his face, but it is
hoped nothing more serious.
Year: 1875

LISTEN TO BUsINEss.-We keep
on hand large supply of Jewelry,
the latest novelty of all its branches.
Also a large assortment of Foreign
and American wacthes, clocks and
plated ware of all descriptions,
which we offer as cheap as any
dealer in the Union. Come ond SEQ
US, and we will convince you that
we mean what We say.


CARTWRIGHT q JAMES,
Year: 1875

A MATCH game OF base ball, be-
tween the Mineral Point Seniors
and the White Stockings, of Dodge
vile, was played at the Fair Grounds
at Dodgeville, on Thursday the 5th.
The game commenced at about half
past two, with prospects of lots of
fun; but early in the game it was
easy to foretell from the number of
blunders and general loose playing,
that all concerned were doomed to
a disappointment, and the result
was but a fulfilment of the prognos-
tication. About the third innings a
heavy rain came on which suspended
play for nearly two hours, leaving
the ground in so bad a condition
that it was necessary to lay off new
grounds and these not much of an
improvement on the first. The
game after the rain was more than
ever "game of mistakes" the
Dodgevillians playing very loosely
and the Pointers not half up to their
play. At the seventh innings the
score stood 23 to lS in favor of the
Dodgevillians, who were "white-
washed" on the next innings, leaving
the Pointers at the bat with two
earned bases and two innings against
one to cover the difference in score ;
but it being then too dark to play
longer the umpire called the game
and decided it by the score of the
seventh innings, which was in favor
of Dodgeville at the rate of % to 1s.
Throughout the game was very
poorly played on both sides. OF the
first six tallies scored there was not
one earned by either side, and the
scorer, whose first intention was to
keep full record of the game, gave
up the matter of blundcrs in sheer
disgust. We have seen considerable
base ball, but we do not remember
ever seeing one with such an accom-
paniment of howls and obscenity
emanating from the ardent admirers
of the nodgeville club; nor were
some of the Dodgeville nine too
choice in the selection of their inter
jections. We do not give this latter
as a partizan, but we think in all
Justice, that such comment Is
meriteu. A SPECTATOR.
Year: 1875

4 citizen of Los Angeles, California,
tells the following story of wrongs to the
indians He writcsVo the United States
Indian commissioner


/ am astonished and disgusted at the
course of the government toward the
Temecula Indians. That poor people once
owned this entire country, and have been
driven back, back, back, until they finally
settled in q cone of the San Bernardino
mountains, where they and everybody
thought they were out Of the way Of civil
zation But one Frenchman and two Scotch
men came to America and bought sheep,
and in searching for pasture for their
herds they discovered that the land occu-
pied by these poor Indians would make
good grazing ground for them. They have
secured from the government of America
a title to land occupied by these poor, help
less creatures, aud have secured the officers
of the government as aids to drive two
thousand poor women and children out of
their little cabins and away from their lit
tie crops and orchards, where they have
lived for thirty or forty years. Now, at
the beginning of winter, they are forced to
leave everything and go out into the winter
storms without a shelter and without food,


The agent is exceedingly anxious to do
something for the Indians, but the neces-
sary instructions Of the department, for
want of authority of Congress- are such that
he is helpless. If this land really does be-
long to the Frenchman and Scotchmen,
which is doubted by some, few thousand
dollars, if it could have been secured Of
Congress according to the recommendations
of the commissioner Of Indian affair, would
have purchased it, and these Indians would
have supported themselves comfortably on
it, and never have been a charge to the
government They are not savages, but
civilized, kind and friendly But they are
driven away for the benefit of few sheep.
| shall not be surprised if they become very
savage and do much harm and cost the
government hundredfold more than the
sheep and land will ever bring.


[ write as an impartial man, have no
particular love for the Indians, having
fought them for twenty years in Texas, but
[ know whereof | speak. These poor In
dians have been shamefully treated by the
government and some of the citizens.


Can you not 90 to the department and
get some aid for them? The cheapest
thing that can be done is to buy land and
give it to them. A half township would
accommodate them all.
Year: 1875

Every young girl nowadays, expects
to get rich husband, and, therefore, rich
men ought to be abundant. In the coun-
try we admit that girls are sometimes
brought up with an idea of work, and with
suspicion that each may chance to win a
steady, sober, goodlooking, industrious
young man, who will he compelled to earn
by severe labor the subsistence of himself
and family. There are not SO many
brought up with such ideas now, even in
this country, as there used to be but
there are some, and they, consequently,
learn how to become worthy helpmates to
such worthy partners. But in town it is
different, From the highest to the lowest
class in life the prevailing idea with all is
that marriage is to lift them at once above
all necessity for cxertion, and even the
servant girl dresses and reasons as if she
entertained a romantic confidence in her
Cinderella-like destiny of marrying prince,
or, at least, Of being fallen in love with and
married by some wealthy gentleman if not
by some nobleman in disguise.


That Is why so many young men fear
to marry. The young women they meet
are all so imbued with notions Of marriage
so utterly incompatible with the ordinary
relations Of life in their station they are
so wholly inexperienced in the economy
of the household they have been taught,
or have taught themselves, such ''noble
disdain'' for all kinds of family industry
they have acquired such expectations OF
lady-like ease and elegance in the matri-
monial connection, that to we'd any one OF
them is to secure life lease of domestic
unhappiness, and purchase wretchedness,
poverty and despair.


All this is wrong and should be amend
ed Such falacies do not become sensible
people. Our grandfathers and mothers
had more wisdom than this. The present
age is much too fast one in this respect
Let us sober down a little. Let every
young woman be taught ideas of life and
expectations in marriage suitable to condi-
ton, and she will not be so often disap-
pointed Should she be fortunate and
wed above that condition, she may readily
learn the new duties becoming to it, and
will not have been injured by having pos
sessed herself of those fitting station
below Let her anticipate always a mar
riage with one in the humber walks o.
life-and then should she happen to dc
better her good fortune will be more
delightful.
Year: 1875

Perhaps one Of the most positive proofs
that we have Of the souls independence OF
the body is our great need Of something to
love. Were We animals, creatures doomed
to perish after few brief years of life in
this world, that which contents the brute
would also content US To eat and sleep
well, to have ali easy time of it, would be
enough. As it is, we many have all these
things, and health to enjoy them, and yet
be utterly wretched. Neither can mental
food satisfy US. Some one to love = is our
hearts cry When the atmosphere Of ten
derness is about US, we rejoice when the
people are harsh or unkind, we suffer We
begin life wishing to love all people, and
beliving that they love us. Experience
hardens us. Our dear ones grow fewer but
as long as reason lasts, we must love some
one, we must at least imagine that some
one loves us. The parents, sisters, and
brothers that cherished friend whom we
promise to cherish until death parts US
these come into our lives and fill them up.
Afterward come the children, frail helpless
babies who need our care so much and
friends to whom we are not kin, vet who
grow dear to us Some have many loved
ones and some but one. God help those
who have none though they are generally
to blame for their empty heartedness for
kindness will win love. They are always
wretched, they often show their craving for
something to love by cherishing some dumb
animal dog, kitten, parrot-perhaps,
on which they lavish caresses, which better
spent would have bound some human heart
to theirs Pride or morbid sensitiyeness
may have been at the bottom Of their lone
illness, and these pets Of theirs fill the ach-
ing void a little. Some one to love? 1t
is the cry of the human soul, the note TO
which every heart responds, the bond which
will bind Us all together in the other world
where mourners shall reign forever.
Year: 1875

Unless the surface of the ground is
muched around young trees over an area
of six to ten feet in diameter, the ground
should be kept clean and mellow. Every
farmer knows that hill Of corn or pota-
toes will not amount TO much unless cult
waited, and yet, there are many who will
neglect to give the same care to Il tree which
is worth hundred hills Of either of the
former. In rich soil, trees may grow rapid
ly without cultivation, and no amount of
grass or weeds will rotard them but there
are other things beside growth to be looked
after. If the weeds and grass are allowed
to wrow up around the stems of apple,
peach or ounce trees, the bark will be-
come soft near their base by being shaded,
and thereby be in suitable condition for
the-recepition Of the eggs which viii even
tually become peach or apple borers. Take
any dozen Of young apple trees in the sec
tions where the appIe-borer is abundant,
and allow portion to be choked with weeds
and the remained well cultivated, and then
watch the result From cur own expcr~
ience, we believe that the chances are nine
to one in favor Of those cultivated being
exempted from this pest.
Year: 1875

Somebody gives the following advice to
young girls. 1t is worth volumes Of fc-
ton and sentimentalism Men who are
wrrth having want women for wives. 4
bundle of gew-gaws, bounded with string
of flaps and quivers, sprinkled with cologne
and set in carmne saucer-this is is no
help for man who expects to raise family
of boys on bread and meat.


The piano and lace fabrics are good in
their places, and so are the frills and tin
sells but you cannot make dinner out of
the former, nor bed blanket out of the
latter, and awful as such an idea may seem
to you, both the dinner and bed blanket
are necessary to domestic happiness, Life
has its realities as well as fancics, but you
make it all decoration, remembering the
tasscls and curtains, but forgetting the bed
stead. Suppose a man of good sense and
good prospects to be looking for a wife,
what chance would you have to be chosen
You may catch him or you may trip him,
but how much better to make it an object
for him to catch you. Render yourself
worth catching, and you will not need a
shrewd mother to help you find market,
Year: 1875

am convinced, says a newspaper cor
respondent, that there will come time
when man viii rise and assert his prefer
ence for plainly dressed women. He is just
now ground into the dust with the tyranny
of over dress It annoys him to think that
the soul-harrowing skirts and sense-wither-
ing bonnets are sent out by the importers
to be exhibited, and that the goddess who
nightly gathers her laurels from mankind
is only touting for dry goods firm


Plainly dressed does not mean shabbily
or inelegantly dressed by no means. It
means, | think, appropriately dressed. Ii
is opposed to too-much and too-often dress
ed. \ richly attired lady is one Of the
abiding incentives to virtue and respect. a
tawdry and fashily dressed woman is a
standing menace to responsibility.


And here let me say that the church has
attempted this advertising business. | am
told by New York milliner that those
peerless ladies who appear in the sanctuary
ever Sunday in new bonnets have them
supplied regularly and gratuitously by up
town houses. The ladies recompense the
houses by mentioning the names Of their
firms when their bonnets are admired.


How shocked these dear creatures would
be if their beloved pastor should appear III
his pulpit on Sunday with placard on his
breast inviting his congregation to buy their
underclothing of Jones and Jobson.
Year: 1875

In Russin Poland lately it was given
out and believed by all that the car had
sold six thousand Of the unmarried women
of the province to an Arabian prince, and
that agents were at hand TO select them
and take them away The effect was
instantaneous. The girls did not run away
or attempt to conceal themselves, but their
fear of the Turkish harem was so great that
they laid their hands indiscriminately on
the young men and made them marry them
Candidates for matrimony were 50 nu-
merous that the process was continuous,
and from press of business many couples
had to be put off till the following day
before their aspirations could be satisfied.
Neither courtship, inclination, nor prudence,
were given any consideration in the matter.
All that each girl wanted was husband,
and she was ready to seize upon the frs$
single man that came within reach TO meet
the emergency. To such an extent did
this 90 that at last the authorities had to
interfere to save the young ladies from that
repentance which the world says follows
hasty marriage.
Year: 1875

They tell of widow, of Lcesport, Pa,
who rot the bcst-hcaven bless her !
of sewing machine agent. Her husband
some time previous to his death had
purchased machine, promising to pay for
it in monthly instalments. lie had paid
nearly the entire sum when he died, and
the widow was unable to make up the
balance. The agent called for the machine,
and the widow demanded portion Of the
money that had been paid This was re-
fused in a surly way. Then the widow
locked the doors of the house, putting the
key in her pocket, and told the agent he
could have the machine when he returned
the money, and not before '.;She took
hold of him. says the account, "and u
severe and prolonged tussle ensued, a
while the children screamed and cried.
The widow threw the agent over the hot
kitchen stove, and finally succeeded in set
ting him down on the top Of it, and held
him while he begged piteously for mercy,
For Gods sake, let me 90, and I'll pay you
back every cent your husband paid me-
Being satisfied that he was severely scorch.
ed, she pulled him off the stove, but helG
on to him until he had paid back every
cent Of the instalments, and then she gave
him two minutes time to take the ma
chine and clear out with it.
Year: 1875

Hash five pounds beef with three pounds.
Of apples one-third pound chopped raisins,
add three tablespoons spice, and cook three
minutes add three tablespoons cinnamon,
and stir three times add mace and pep
per and caraway and Glove, and corinder
and dried goosebcrries, and salt and citron,
and keep tasting till you are sure it is right;
then set the pan in chair and add one
quart boiled cider, one teacup vinegar, two
dozen prunes without the stones, gill of
white brandy if you can get it, wine glass
of rosewater, and four pulverized nutmegs;
next add two cups of butter and one cup
salt cook fifteen minutes Taste and put
the spoon back if you have anything else
in the house you would like to put in YOU
can do so, only exercise discretion in all
your experiments bake in the oven and
set away in the cellar till your mother-in-
law comes visiting Detroit Free Press.
Year: 1875

And then he had to shrek his full name
three times, while his ears fairly rang with
the halfstifed laughter that was breaking
out around him and he had to sceam out
where he worked, and roar when he would
pay, and he couldn't get the deaf man to
understand him until some of the church
members came up to seq what the uproar
was, and, recognizing their young friend,
made it all right with the cash ier And
the young man went out into the night
and dubbed himself, and shred his locks
away until he was bald as an egg.
Year: 1875

Two or three months ago a Detroiter
started to build him house, and rs he had
always heard his wife .jawing around about
the lack of closets in houses he determined
to give her an agreeable surprise. She
went up with him u day or two ago, and
he pointed out eleven different closets to
her and asked Now what do you say {?
We'll, she replied, after another look
around, IF there was another closet off the.
hall I'd be willing to live and die here ?
Year: 1875

Ithcrcin.

 All lands hereafter forfeited to the state tor non payment of taxes will be advertised and offered at public sale before they can be dis posed of at private sale or become subject to donation.

 All sales of swamp lands here toforc made,, ,,n winch the fuii price was paid in swamp land scrip or United States currency, arc confirmed, whether such land has been approved to the state, and offered at public sale or not. The sales of all school lands made during the war are confirm ed, and the attorney general direc- ted to dismiss all suits for the recovery of the purchase money, where the same was paid during that period. Where no deeds were made, and evidence is pre- sented showing that the lands were paid for during that time, the auditor is directed to execute q deed to the same.

 Owners Of land forfeited to the state for the non payment of taxes, may redeem the same with in one year on the. payment of the taxes, penalty and cost due there on. Other purchasers are requir- ed to pay fifty cents per acre. The right of redemtion does not apply to the lands granted to the Northwestern railroad company.

 Parties who hold pre-emption on any of the swamp and overflow ed lands, which have not been patented by the general govern ment to the state, have the right to come forward and enter the same upon payment of the price fixed by law (s2 per acre), where upon a deed will be executed to said land relinquishing all title or claim of the state thereto. Where original papers have been lost or destroyed, oral proof may be made of the fact. Parties availing themselves of this right have no claim or demand on the state for purchase money should the general government fail to patent said land to the state.

 J. N. SMITHEE,

 Com'r of State Lands.
Year: 1875

After a lapse of five or six weeks since we received the sec ond number of the Indian Pro cress, we have received number three.

 It will be remembered there was an attempt made by the Creek Council to suppress the paper by conilscating the material and office at Muscogee. We are glad to know that the nefarions designs of the conspirators agalnsi a free press have failed and been thwartcd by the indomltable per severance of Boudinot. The paper will hereafter be published at Vinita and we wish It all abundant success.
Year: 1875

ion of the contemptible portion of mankind, the making of whom God has left to the tailor. Let them pass their way, you and they have nothing in common. The tailor when hc made them made a mistake, and put their brains in their belly instead of their head; can such cattle as this effect you, you who are the benefactors of your race; you who make not only two blades of grass grow, where one only grew before, but make the woods fall before you, and where all was barrenness, now is fields of snowy cotton or yellow grain. Appreciate your calling and be men. Yours Truly,

 BAN DITTI.
Year: 1875

In to-days paper we publish a circular from the commissioner of state lands giving a summary of the changes which the recent legislature made in the land laws of this state. This is a matter of importance to many of our readers and as it is the province of our paper to watch and work for the interests of its patrons and the people in general, we have pub lishcd the Commissioners circu- lar in full.
Year: 1875



 Where is the Russellvillc DEMOCRAT? We have not seen our dear old friend in several weeks. We miss her. We hope she will not desert us.--Boone County Record.

 The DEMOCRAT is all right and is mailed regularly and punctu- ally every week to our esteemed contemporary. We arc at a loss to know why it does not reach its destination. The Record is gen erally about two weeks old when we get it, and we cannot but be- lleve that the management of the mail route from there to this place is great fraud. We regret that we have no more reliable and speedy communication with our Boone county neighbors, for We love to hear from them.
Year: 1875

According to the White Coun- tv Record, lots and scores of peo- nle are visiting that county with n view of looking out homes' Good; we hope they may all ma homes to their liking, locate and be happy and prosperous

 N. E. And if they fail to lind lands and homes to their liking in White, we extend a cordial lhYi- tation to them to come over to Pope and take a look and HOME
Year: 1875

The time is speedily approach ing when the campaign of 1876 will be commenced, and when all bickerlngs and strife and personal predilections among democratic newspapers must cease, and all work together in the bonds of uni ty for the common good.

 Are you ready?
Year: 1875

Now is the time to subscribe for the Russellville DEMOCRAT. 1t will be worth many times the cost of subscription to any man who desires to be intelligent on the important events which will transpirc within the next twelve months.