smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1876

Sheffield.

 The line storm has once more visited us with it's clouds, wind and rain, the latter very much needed, as the parched earth, low streams, and dry wells and cisterns tes' tified. Many beautiful elms and other trees were much damaged by the wind, large branches lying scattered in every direction, and the fruit trees must be nearly stripped. Last week was the week set apart for the inhabitants of Massachusetts to visit the Centennial at small expense comparative ly, but should judge that very few took advantage of it in this town, and probably when too late many will see where they missed it. The number is not small who say they do not care to go, even when they can we'll afford it, and others are just be- ginning to get awake 8 little, and will prob- ably by the time it is over get fully aroused praise those who go the second and even ! the third time in some cases, for they still clam they have not seen half of the wond CTS and are still unsatisied. Dr. Miller and wife were among those who went from this town last week, ard some lawless persons took advantage of his absence and threw black paint over the most conspicuous parts of his newly painted white house, with green blinds. It will not be easily l remedied, and can only be done at all, it is thought, by scraping the whole of two sides of the upright part. Even the win dows and marble steps did not escape, and not satisfied with that they must take hls large gate away, having disposed of the small one some weeks since. There seems to be no suspicion of any particular person or persons, and it will probably be laid to those who are entirely innocent, as anyone whom he has injured would not think of punishing him in that way, knowing of course he would suspect them. The whole thing is disgrace to the place, but would not have seemed quite so unpardonable if they had taken time when he was at home so that he could have had chance to pro- tect his property......Th Rev. Dr. Penni- man preached in the Congregational church last Sabbath forenoon. Many years ago he was Congregational minister, then chang ed and was an Episcopalian and preached in Christ church in this town for some time. His health not being good, he went south to preach, and there became con- vinced that he had always been wrong and joined the Roman Catholic church, satisfied that he had founded his house on rock, but in few months he slid into Congrega- tionalism again and there he remains at present. SUBSTITUTE.
Year: 1876

AGRICULTURAL SPEAKERs.-The agricul- tural contributor of the Hartford Courant writes to that paper concerning speakers at fairs as follows:

 There is a manifest call for a better or der of speakers at our agricultural shows. Do you see how the managers of our State Fairs pass the oration by and issue dinner tickets instead. as though in these partisan days there could be no feasts of reason Rather touchY times to let anybody talk in. We don't want fellow slashing here and and there at random, stirring up bad feel ings '-or somewhat to that effect must be the motive for emitting public speech. It is shame to us, if with all our culture we can't ring in an orator at fair with a shrewd and civil tongue in bis head. Per haps we are too timid by half. May be touch of feeling and the bold speech of a common sense would ease the awkward ness of our constraint. We who glory in the goad and drive oxer, horses or mules ID pairs should have the kindliest regard for partisan sympathies. Parties work in pairs, and the nation is drawn by lem as with an OK or mule team. Their will be off horses and off oxen, match lem as nearly as we can. Haven't we eloquence enough to make it manifest in an address at fair ? Farmers ought not to shrink at fail. It is threshing, you know, that shells out the grain. But we want speaker who knows how to drop his swingle around evenly. It won't do to whip the heads all the while. Some heavy blows must be paid on the bands and along the butts of society.

 Now in looking for spokesmen at fair. if politicians, lawyers and doctors fail us, there are other tonguey fellows at our ser vice. We have parcel of independent literary threshers in America not to be sneezed at. And why not call on the cler- gy? There is body of men-rractical men too, many of them, who would be only too glad to meet us face to face on a week day, for a right manly talk. We ex- pect to give the parson call when it is too late for us to make any reply. Why not let him have his say while we are alive and kicking? A hundred years ago the clergy were active in all weekday business of New England, and I believe we need to call them into the broad field, outside of their particular gardens now.
Year: 1876

The counsel of Ann Eliza Young having refused to give an indemnity bond required by the United States marshal, Judge Schaef- CT has ordered release of the property of Brigham Young and the return of the exc cution unsatisfied. The attorney for the plaintiff gave notice tor an attachment against the defendant, requiring him to show cause why he should not be punished for contempt of court.
Year: 1876

A POISONOUS MIXTURE. -"Gimme bitters and lemon in mine, please" is an ex- pression that members of toperdom will hereafter be chary of giving utterance to. It has lately been discovered that many brands of the fancy bitters 80 universally used for ssftening the lightning in the pop ular American beverage called ''drinks," :" contain an amount of poisonous matter that totally eclipses the fusil oil of the liquors manufactured from grain in strength and deadliness. One of two things is now left for the army of rum-guzzlers to do; either to give up the use of Old King Alcohol al together, or else take their whisky straight. In either event the measure will be re- formatory one.

 Election soon.
Year: 1876

w We are informed by postmasters the fol- where they have been regularly receiving THE NEWS, and az they did not notify us of their change of post.of6ce. and are in arrears to the amounts placed parallel with their names, we pub

 fish their only address known to us, and if any of our readers know of the whereabouts of any Of Is it exactly HONEST treatment. to receive news paper till several dollars due, and then leave the postmaster to inform us the paper is not re- ceived, and the subscriber gone, nobody knows where9 The following have done this: Does
Year: 1876

Theodore Hilton ''very Sleepy. 1.-The New York Tunes of the 17th says about 2 o'clock last Saturday morning young man whose name IS said to be Wood boarded the first Atlantic express car on the Hudson River road at East Albany, and asked the porter if a lady whom he described was on the car. The stranger said the lady was his wife. and that he had come from New York to meet her. The porter gave the stranger the number of the lady's berth on the sleeping car Plattsburg, and entering the car, which was dimly lighted, Wood groped his way along till he came to the berth indicated, and drawing aside the cur tains put his hands in to awaken his wife. They. however. struck a man, and the stranger, thinking the porter might have made mistake, hurried back to him, and told him there was a man in that berth in- stead of woman. The porter said there was woman in the berth when he left the stranger found his wife in the berth, but it is alleged that he also found Theodore Til " ton there. A scene followed, the stranger threatening to shoot Hilton. MT. Hilton motioned him away, and excused his pre-. dicament by saying that he had been very sleepy, and having occasion to leave his berth, must have got into the wrong berth on his return by mistake. Suddenly the husband of the woman struck Hilton 8 blow in the face, and then a brakeman in

 terferred and parted the two men, and Til

 ton got into the upper berth. the husband sitting on the edge of the lower one. All of the parties concerned came on to this city, and parted at the Grand Central de pot, MT. Wood walking away arm in arm with his wife, MT. Triton, it is said, bid

 ding them polite good morning.

 A Tunes reporter called upon Mr. Tiltor al his residence in Brooklyn, ant asked him if he desired to make any state l. ment contradictory of the charge made o against him or explanatory of it. II an t very much obliged to you," said MT. Tlltor o in reply, ''for affording me an opportunity of speaking, but I prefer not to speak. '' particularly request that you do not make

 the slightest effort to. interview me-"
Year: 1876

sisted, and it seems altogether the best plan for benevolent organizations to first search out and aid those right at their very doors, as i: were, and when the needy at home are comfortable, give next attention to those farther away. Our town, and undOubted- " other towns hereabout, contain families which should be assisted They are our worthy poor, and it seems as if our people might select the sheep from the goats in this matter of determining who should be aided in our town and who should not, as we'll as some agent ot the poor in India or Patagonia, of those there, and it is lit tie too bad that the great quantities of cloth ing and good things are sent to clothe and comfort-''the Lord only knows who p in countries thousands of miles away, when large number of those whose fingers are sore sewing for these unknowns is family which year or more ago. ought to have re- ceived the first and kindest attentions of our people. Go to this home and see the sick father sewing at midnight on the tattered garments to cover the nakedness of his lit tie children, and then step over to the de pot and count the value of the barrels and boxes of little dresses made of new material, and marked to go on their long journeys, and to clothe those that perhaps are not half SO needy. Is. this right2 If charity begins at home, benevolence should also, for they are twins.

 The family we refer to lives between this village and Lakevllle, and can easily be found if desired. Perhaps some good Christian organization in Arizona or New Mexico will send to it barrel of clothing or other necessities if the case is properly reported to 1t. Who will do it2
Year: 1876

Why are not moro men converted than
women Why, at least are not the NUM-
bers about equal, especially in times of
awakening and revival At Pentecost the
number of the men (Nho believed was
about five thousand. Less than two years
ago over six thousand men, admitted by
ticket stood for three hours in the scatless
Corn Exchange Of Edinburgh. a still eager,
aud solemn assembly, no denselv packed that,
rs the late Mr.. Arnot said, Nothing was
seen but mems faces-as ii the multitude
were submerged in water and only their
heads protruding So close was the mass
that If it moved at one place you could see
the movement running along in a straight
line like groundswell on the sea. And
what for? Only to hear the old, old story
Of Jesus and His love" After that meeting
seven hundred of those men went out into
another room TO enquire the way TO Zion,
with their faces thitherward.' We have
seen, month after month, from three thou
sand to five thousand people, of whom a
large part were men, who, at the hour of
noon, left their stores and shops to praise
and pray. When vast tidal waves of spirit
ual power are sweeping over a community,
these great gatherings may generally be eN-
pected. Many will say. These men are
full Of new wine" Many will revile the
the Peutecost, and the wicked will rage, and
Satan will get up counter revival of his
own. Yet we make bold to say that these
are the very occasions which men of busi-
ness should seize upon TO LAY hold on eter-
nal life" Mans nature is naturally Of
harder mould than that of woman. His
avocatiOns tend to harden him still more
against the tender sympathies and the gen
tier virtues and his associations are too Of
ten death to all spirituality. Yet " the car
nal mind of woman is Just as much zen
nifty against God ,,s :" the carnal mind Of
man. Ghe same sovereign grace is requisite
for her conversion, and often she fights
against God just as fiercely as man does.
The difference lies partly in her home life,
her domestic aud social surroundings, and
the comparative ease with which the gospel
reaches her conscience and her heart. But
men are so early thrown out upon the sea of
life, and our young men especially are so Of
ten without reliable compass, chart and bal
last and rudder; they are SO becalmed, and
befogged, and driven by currents, and swept
by tempests; they venture their all in such
rotten hulks, and lose their reckonings, and
mistake their lights, and strike upon the
rocks, that like sailors they move ever amid
perils upon sea and shore. But let no man
who reads these lines give up TO fatalism,
like a Turk, and say, can't help it,"
Conscience, a thousand proyidences, the
Holy Spirit, combine to press upon him the
solution of that great problem, What is
man prohtad if he shall gain the whole
world and lose his own soul, or what shall q
man give in exchange for his soul ~ The
tremendous risks the eternal motives the
overwhelming arguments the very sacrifice
and love of Christare all personal to himself
because he is mana lost man who may
be saved. With such capacities, response
bilihes, opportunities, dangers aud hopes,
why are not more men saved p Christian


fn'eHgncer.
Year: 1876

Every morn, Ms sure as the clock


Somebody hears the postman's knock


This cannot be said Of India. There are
no knockers, to begin with, and no postmen
like those we are used to seeing in London
The post-oilices, too, are odd places, notwith-
standing all that has been done TO make
them better.


A post-oilice in the country is a dark bam-
boo hut, only lighted by lamp, which is
nothing more than wick in shallow cop
per pan, more like large inkstand than a
lamp. Inside the place you ind some men
busy doing what they call sorting letters, A"
and YOU are asked to throw your letter
among the rest, by way of posting it. You
feel inclined not to do it, for il seems 10 YOU
you may as well throw it anywhere as on the
heaps Of other letters lying about. There
are plenty of other people there, who are
standing looking on, evidently with nothing
TO do, and having no business where they
are But il you try 10 hint this or ask the
postmaster what they are doing there, he
answers, This man, Sahbf Oh, he's my
brother"


Sand this man 2" you say, pointing to
one who has been very industrious indeed
in looking ON at other people working.


lie 2 Oh, he has married my sister"


So, of course, you can say no more,
though you don't see that being the post
masters great grandfather would give
man anything TO do with the letters or the
post-ollice, and you walk away, feeling very
much as ii you had Just dropped your letter
out of your pocket instead OF having taken |
IL TO post-oilice. But ii you were to wait
until the end you would see all the letters |
were sorted, and fastened up quite safely in
Year: 1876

Judge S. gave his son thousand dollars,
telling him TO 60 to the country and gradu-
ate The sou returned at the end of the
freshman year without dollar, and with
several ugly habits. At the close of the
vacation, the judge said, Well, William,
are you going to college this year al
have no money father" But gave you
a thousand dollars TO graduate on" alt is
all gone, father" Very well, my son; it
was all | could give you; you can't stay
here you must pay your own way in the
world" A light broke in upon the vision
OF the astonished young man. lie accom-
modated himself TO the situation, left home,
commenced work in hard earnest, made
his way 10 college, graduated at the head Of
his class, studied law, became governor of
the state of New York, entered the cabinet
OF the President of the United States, and
has made record for himself that will not
soon die he being no other than William
H. Seward Selected
Year: 1876

Our heavenly Father loves His child as
much when lie chastens il as when lie ca
resses il, The Lords own people are as
dear to Him IN the furnace OF aiilction as
ON the mount of communion they are Just
as precious in Ills sight when lie Stays them,
their Joys and wither their hopes, as when
lie lifts them 10 His own right hand. The
Lord does not rise and fall in His love like
the waves Of the sea, but His firm affections
stand fast like the great mountains, and are
stable as the everlasting hils.--.Spurgeon.
Year: 1876

Absence, we have often been told cannot
conquer love, The victory of love over ab-
sence, when that love was once grounded in
presence, is no strange thing. Il is part Of
every family history, and consecrates all our
griefs. But 10 love one we have never seen,
known to rs only by his biography aud by a
spiritual power we cannot explain, is one Of
the mysteries Of the grace of God. Aud
yet it is fact. Christianity is not per
son. Children who know nothing os plin-
eiples, philosophers weary Of theories which
yielded only chat under the fail of logic,
have found IN the love Of personal Lord
the answer TO every longing of their hearts.
Here is one Of the greatest facts Of human
history there once lived and died and as
cended from the earth Man who, though
never seen on earth again, has commanded
the hearts of millions Of men with an attach
ment whose bonds, like those of gravitation,
are at once invisible and almighty. Chris
tians sometimes say If | could only see
my Saviour aud hear His voice, it would
help me TO q sense of His love and friend
ship. lie would be to me less an idea and more
distinctly person" Nor is the remark en-
tirely without foundation in experience.
There is danger lest the personal Jesus may
become obsoured behind His doctrine, and
we may think we are loving our Invisible
Lord when we are rather loving the truths
for which lie stands His humility, grace
aud mercy.
Year: 1876

proved such success that it has won fa- vor on it's meritsl It is conceded that in the "bull-dozed" parishes the whites made every effort to conciliate the negro vote. The Democratic committee say they saw numbers of negroes who had worked, spoken, and voted with the Democracy. Mir. White comedies that there was large accession of the negro vote to the Democracy, outside of any in- timidation. The Republicans object that it was mainly confined to the alleged bull dozed parishes, and that it's magnitude naturally arouses suspicion of it's genu- ineness. Ii strikes us. on the other hand, that the change would have to be large if there was any change at all. There is no denying the fact that in Louisiana the Democratic negro has been as much an ob iect of hatred by the men and women of his color as the Republican white. Un- less therefore the Democrats could make a large break in the negro ranks they could make none at all

 Our own belief is that the great change in the negro vote was effected mainly in these three ways: in part by legitimate influence; in part by what we term in- direct intimidation (the negro inference that it is dangerous to vote from the fact that it is dangerous tc steaD; and in part by direct violence and intimidation. It cannot be right that the Kellogg govern ment should profit by its own wrong, and throw ont votes actually cast, for ''ln- direct" intimidation; nor have we yet seen any such proof of direct in- timidat1on as would warrant the throwing out of the entire Tilden major ity of 1000 and declaring the Hayes cleo tors chosen.
Year: 1876

Do IT AT ONCE. If d tithe of the testi- monlals now on hand of the value of DR. WIsTAR's BALsAM OF WILD CHERRY should be published, no one would stop to read the bulky volume. Ask any druggist and he will tell you that this BALsAM is a real blessing to all affected with throat or lung diseases. All Kindred affections, inclu- ding Bronchitis, Sore Throat, Group, Hoarsenesss Pain in the Chest, and Bleed ing of the Lungs. yield to its wonderful power We advise any one tired of experi- men'lng with Physicians prescripti ons or quack medicines to drop them at once and use this BALsAM OF WILD CHERRY. 5o cents and $l bottle. Sold by all drug gists.
Year: 1876

The House committee at New Orleans get little Information from the Returning Board. They refuse absolutely to dis close what parishes or precincts they threw out ill order to arrive at the conclu- sion they announced, and no record of their doings discloses any of their action.
Year: 1876

The idea underlying all the bloody


shirt appeals is that the southern peo-
pie never ceased to be rebels at heart.


If 1t were true no amount of coercion
could reach the difficulty, for while


the southerners can be kept from open


rebellion their sentiments will stilI be


their own. But it is not true. South


ern feeling has from the first received


the results of the war as facts not to


be questioned or resisted. On this


point those who are disposed to doubt


the assertion of a partisan journal, will


accept the testimony of Gen. Grant.


There was time when his inclinations


we're all in the right direction ON this


southern question, and it was in such


spirit he made his report to Presi-


dent j Johnson after personal investi-


CATION of the true state of feeling at


the South. lie said-and his language


is well worth attention: II am satis-


fed the mass of thinking men of the
south accept the present situation of
affairs in good faith. The questions


which have hitherto divided the scnti.
ments OF the people of the two Sec
uOns-slavery and state rights, or the
right OF state to secede from the
Cnion-they regard as having been
settled forever by the highest tribunal
of arms that man can resort to. Twas
pleased to learn from the leading men
whom met that they not only accept
ed the decision arrived at as final, but
now that the smoke of battle has clear
ed away, aud time has been given for
reflection, agree that this decision has
been a fortunate one for the whole
country, they receiving the like bene-
fits from it with those who opposed
them in the field aud in the council"
Further on in his experimentation
said his observations led him to con-
clude that the citizens of shc southern
states were anxious to return to self.
government under the Union as soon
as possible. He saw, however, that
distrust of their good faith might cause
refusal on the part of congress to
treat them as again fully prepared to
act like patriotic citizens, and he there.
fore added: "It is to be regretted
there cannot be greater comming-
ling at this time between the citizens
Of the two sections, and particularly
Of those entrusted with the law-mak.
ing power"


There can hardly be question that
he south was understood at the time.
fhe law-making power knew that The
means of pacification were in its hands.
But the baser element in the republic
AN party gained the ascendency in its
'ounsels aud new state governments
we're set up to breed disorder and
'reate debt. Since then the southern
people as whole have been guilty of
'ut one offense. Instead of support
ng political organization which sub
ected them to carpet-bag rule they
ave looked for the triumph of the
lemocratic party to give them living
hance to secure prosperity at home
While demonstrating TO the northern
'cople that they are ready to act in full
ccord with the constitutional amend
nents. This is their crime, if crime it
re. But those who declare that the
outberners are rebels in act or feeling
efuse TO follow other evidence than
heir own prejudices, or are wantonly
living utterance to willful false
ood.
Year: 1876

general interest is manifested among the
friends of the association in the excursion to
be given Friday evening, August Is, on the
Mary Washington. grand reunion OF the
membership is expected, and nothing will be
left uIdone to make it eminently satisfactory
and profitable. And it is hoped that it may
also be financial success, in view of the fact
that the free rcading-roOm and parlors need
an expenditure OF money to put them in first
rate condition and it is proposed to apply the
proceeds of the excursion to this commendable
object, in which the public are so much in
terested. "Come thou with us and We will
have a good time is what the committee
Year: 1876

don't take down their signs in dull times nor
stop advertising.


Small Handbills printed for seventy five cents
per thousand at the NATIONAL REPUBLICAN
Job Office.


Business Cards printed for s2.25 per thou
sand, at the NATIONAL REPUBLICAN Job Office