smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1876

EDITOR SMYRNA TIMES The item in vOur
last issue entitled REV A. ID. Davis Snub6ed"
does me injustice. The report of the Com
mittee declaring that the Order is not a par
tisan organization and that any official recog-
nition by any Lodges would be prejudicial to
the interest of the Order of Good Templars in
the State" was not intended to "snubb" me-
At least it was so declared by member of the
Committee and as further evidence of this as
the first business of the Grand Lodge after the
report of the Committee and action thereon
was unanimously chosen Chief Templar for
another year (the 9th time) against my wishes
and prOtestations as / wished to be free from
the care and responsibilities of the position. As
to leaving hurriedly for my home in Whining
ton would say that L remained and presided
until adjournment at midnight of that evening
when it was determined to take recess until
"a. VI. of the following day in order to finish
the business before the Grand Lodge. Having
important matters in the interests of my Church
to attend to l was compelled to take the early
train and not because of any unpleasantneSs
with any of the members or officers of the
Grand Lodge, as with each as far as | know the
most friendly and fraternal feelings exist.


With the action taken by the Temperance
Convention held in this city on the 2Sth of
September, calling upon temperance men
throughout the State to " scratch all the cam
didateS of either party who are not devoted in
personal habits to the success of the temper
ance cause, | am in perfect accord. Acting
upon this basis md myself dlstranchlSed as
far as the candidates for Congress of both the
old parties are concerned, / therefore have de-
termined to cast my ballot for Charles Moore,
Esq, the temperance candidate for Congress
For my views and course in this matter in my
individual capacity the Order of Good Tenn
plars of course is not responsible.


The difference between whisky making and
selling and voting into office Incorporate men
who are in sympathy with the traffic is so little
that l propose not to do either. In carrying
out my views at the ballot box (which is the
privilege of every voter l do not see why l
should be "snubbed" by any one.


Respectfully, &c,


A. d. DAVIS.


WILMINGTON, DEL, Oct. 10th, 1876.
Year: 1876

The Success OF THE CENTENNIAL ExHIBI-
TlOx.-The official figures show the receipts
OF the centennial exhibition so far to have
been s2,2l0, ,263.24, a sum greater than any
previous worlds fair. 1t has also had the
largest attendance ever known in a single
month, in single week, or in a single day,
and, with about % exhibition days yet to
run on, it is safe to predict that before its
close it will have surpassed all other exhi-
bltions in the aggregate Of the attendance.
The following summary shows the attend
ance during each month:
Year: 1876

Many of the misfortunes Of w0mans
liyes owe their origin to vacant or dis
satisfied minds. Few women attach
sufficient Importance to the care Of
the mental faculties. Their sphere Of
life being more limited than that Of
men, they have not SO wide choice Of
occupation or amusement. This often
causes women who are naturally cana
BILE of considerable mental exertion,
to use their powers in an inordinate
and unnatural degree, until they be-
come masculine in manner, or eccen-
trio. Often they fall int) the opposite
extreme. Not being possessed Of
sufficient force Of character to take
up any really intellectual pursuit,
and being easily influenced by any un-
usual exciiement,s they rest hopes Of
happiness on such slight foundations
that when these fail them they have
no power to rally. The vacant mind
broods over trifes for sheer want Of
occupation; inaction produces feeling
Of fatigue which induces desire for
solitude; solitude soon gives rise to
melancholy, and general wcariness
of existence make the sufferer only
too glad to embrace any chance of
relief Hence arise ill.assorted mar.
riages, melancholy religious mania
and conventualy life. To prevent
the mental faculties from sinking in
lethargy, nothing is more efiectual
than the change Of occupation or
scene. 1t should be the practice Of
every one to cultivate at least one
form OF mental occupation other than
that which forms the chief object of
life; tor vide range of knowledge is
of inestimable value. and may prove
to be not only means or recreation
and pleasure in profitable times. but a
source Of profit and comfort when &C.
cident or misfortune renders il imposs-
ible for the ordinary pursuit to be fol.
lowed.
Year: 1876

The hog seems to crave carbon in
concentrated form, and hence we may
conclude it is necessary to his well-bc-
ing. He will eat charcoal freely.
which is tasteless. and is not nutri-
tious. From the same natural promp-
ting. we see them eat wood when so
decayed that they can do so.


For myself | have for many years
been in the habit of feeding my hogs
with an abundance Of our common BIZ
luminous coal, preferring the poorest,
or that which contains a large amount
of sulphur and iron, and ] think with
the happiest results. Let a farmer
who has never trird it, throw in
lump of coal as large as his fist, and
he will be surprised to see the hog
leave the corn and crunch the coal. as
if it were the most luscious morsel.
Sulphur has long been known as val
liable remedial agent for hogs, and
iron is a well known tonic, acting spe.
cifcally upon the blood, thickening
and Strengthening it. Here. then, the
hog. by eating the coal, gets other i'm
portant elements besides the carbon.


have never known a hog well sup
piled with this coal, to be sick or of
his feed for single day, and although
l cannot give figures showing actual
results Of careful experiments In prove
it, / believe hogs thus supplied will
eat more and assimilate their fNh bet
ter, will make appreciably more pork,
with given amount Of corn, than
those which are without it. At least,
I am well satisfied with the way il
which my hogs thrive-grow and fat
ten-under this treatment. Coal is
cheap. and others If they have not,
may try it at little expense Prairie
Farmer
Year: 1876

How To CHOOSE A WIFF.-That
young lady will make good wife who
does not apologize when you find her
at work in the kitchen. but continues
at her task until it is finished.


When you hear Il lady say, II shall
attend church and wear my old bon
net and waterproof cloak, for fear
we shall have rain-storm.' depend
upon il she will make a good wife.


When a daughter remarks. "Moth-
er would not hire help, for l can AS
sist you to do all the work in the
Kitchen" set il down that she will
make somebody good wife.


When YOU hear young lady saying
10 her father, "Don't purchase a very
expensive or snowy dress for me, but
what will wear best" you may be Ger.
tain she will make a good wife
Year: 1876

MORE than one thousand years ago
the Icelanders settled on their frozen,
dreary island. They have clung to
the same spot ever since, aud last year
some time they celebrated their mil
lionth" year, amidst great Pomp and
ceremony. aud many people from all
parts of the world joined them in it.
Strange it seems, that on an island
where it is almost night for a great
part Of the year, men will make their
abode and their abide and live
and die. Nothing but love Of
"home" could have induced them to
remain in such place. But it is that
same love OF "home' which enures the
shepherd of the Alps to his stormy
hills! Then we do not wonder that
the Icelander feels a longing for his
barren rocks when he leaves them.
Year: 1876

SPAIN has replied to the circular of
the government in reference to Cuban
affairs, in a rather bellicose tone. She
declares that the commerce between
that Island and our country has not
been interrupted by the war, and that
our shores are refuge for Cuban In
surgsnts who plot measures to subvert
their government. There is a speck
Of war in this matter. Hurry up the
Navy.
Year: 1876

SOME weeks since we took occasion
to warn the public generally OF the
danger Of small pox visiting Central
Kentucky. Some people may have
needed the warning, but Others thought
the editor unduly alarmed. Well,
time will show who was right. Vac
cinnation is the serious duty Of all
persons, and the law should be en-
forced.
Year: 1876

The st. Louis Republican mentions
some of the troubles that will follow
the new money: "When q man walks
much the inside of his legs will 90
chafed raw. When less than dollar
is to 60 by mail it will have to be COD
verted first into postage stamps. When
you run for street car, money will
fly out of your pockets at every jump.
When you tell your wife that you have
no money she will say that you lie for
she heard it jingle. 1t will be diliculs
to pay man quarter by mistake
for half When you are in hurry
the storekeeper will have to weigh the
coin in his hand and sound it twenty
five times on the counter before be
can determine whether it is COED. The
baby will swallow q dime a day. A
boy with quarter will lose it in a
crack in two minutes, from which no
amount of coaxing with forks and
chips can recover it. Sleepy men will
put buttons and lozenges into the c1r-
tribution boxes as Of yore."


An Eastern paper having had con-
siderable to say about raising chick
ems by hand" the Galveston Nei0s re-
spends. "Such information is not
needed at the South. The whole col.
ored population know how to do it,,
and an enterprising freedman can
raise more pullets in single night, on
his way home from prayer meeting,
than that Eastern editor could raise
in year with all his science"


Some old fraud says, "Get up with
the sun if you want to be healthy and
wise" 1t is easy enough to follow
this advice in the winter, when the
sun acts sensibly, and doesn't get up
until seven o'clock but when he com
mences to get up at four o'clock, we
observe that the wisest men give him
about two hours start, and let their
wives accumulate health and wisdom.


A hotel in Kansas has the following
notice displayed in the bedrooms
Gentlemen wishing to commit suicide
will please take the centre Of the room,
to avoid staining the bed linen, walls,
and furniture with blood"
Year: 1876

pated his intention as he put the helm
hard up, and in a compressed but
concentrated voice which was heard
distinctly from stern to stern, be said,
Let 60 oil the braces, and bowlines,
slack off sheets and tacks, and square
the yards-quick !"
1t was done in a twinkling, and
Macy shaped his course as though he
would bring his ship under lee quar-
ter of the privateer. This feint com.
pletely deceived the enemy, when Seth
suddenly changed his course aud
brought her head to bear directly up
on the hull of the Frenchman. Her
crew discovered now, but too late, the
design Of the Grampus, and dire con-
fusion ensued upon the crowded
deck.


eff thou dost intend to run her
down" said Jethro stamping furried.
ly, projecting his head a moment from
the cabin gangway--'if-nay hear me,
Seth for the sake of humanity-if
thou hast determined to run her down,
ease thy helm little and give them a
CuuuCo lOT buclE lives.


"Stand by to lower the boats I"
thudered Seth, stamping furiously up
on the deck. A groan of horror es-
capped his own crew, for not till this
moment had they really seen the de-
sign of their captain, and the swarth.
lest cheek grew a shade paler; but it
was for their lives, and they knew it..
The schooner lay in the trough of the
sea, her decks covered with confusion,
and the huge hulk of the Grampus
poising on the last high wave above
her.


"Misericordel !" A wild yell Of des-
pair, heard far above the dashing of
the ship and rushing of the waters,
burst from the doomed Frenchman-
an instant-and down came the
Grampus foaming and laundering up
on the privateer. Her plunging bow
striking her just amidship, cut the
small vessel directly in two, and her
heavy armament, together with the
tremendous force of the severing blow,
sent her beneath the waves to rise no
more; and all her ill-fated crew of
one hundred and fifty souls went under
with her; a few struggled a moment
in the mighty vortex, but were carried
down, and the next wave effaced
every bubble of the mass of human
life so terribly and instantly quench-
ed.


"Down with the boats from the
quarter--launch the long.boatl" The
command. though it could not have
been uttered or executed sooner with
safety, came too late. The arm of
Seth had been too fatally sure. His
own boat narrowly escaped being
sucked into the whirlpool made by
the sinking schooner, and not one of
the Frenchman's crew rose or again
saw the face of day.


Seth entered the cabin, and walking
up to Jethro, said "The Grampus is
saved, but it had been less costly if
thou had been wiser at Nantucket.
Hereafter in times like these arm thy
ships; the best way to be at peace is
to show thyself ready for war"


And bowing his head upon his hand
Jethro answered nothing.
Year: 1876

On Easter eve, as Deacon Horne
came home from class meeting, be
thought he would buy few eggs TO
color for the children, and so stopped
in at grocery store and procured
half a dozen, which he placed in the
pockets of his coat tail. The deacon
is an absent-minded man, and by the
time he reached home he had forgot
ten all about the eggs, so they remain.
ed in his pockets. He woro the coat
to church next day, and sat on three
of the eggs during large portion of
the service. Just before the sermon
he had to take up the collection, and
started down the aisle to do so. As
he handed the box to Mrs. Coffin he
thought he saw bug crawling on
her bonnet, and while she was get.
ting her money ready he put his hand
into his coat-tail pocket to get his
handkerchief to brush it off. Az his
hand descended Mrs. Coffin observed
look ofanguish steal across his face,
and, as she thought he was angry be-
cause she hadn't given enough, she
exclaimed out loud:


"It's none of your business, anyway.
what / give. I'll give Just what
please and you needn't be glaring at
me in that way. l won't have it"


This made the deacon so nervous
that he lost his presence Of mind, and
pulling out his hand, which was COW
cred with broken she'll and had Ave
yellow strings dangling from IL, .ho
tried to brush that bug from Mrs.
Cofin's bonnet with it. As soon as
she caught a glimpse of the bedaubed
hand she rose up in the pew, ,brandished
her umbrella under the deacon's nose
and shrieked:


"G' way from here! G. way from
here this instant! If you put that
nasty stuff on me, Mr.. Horne, III
knock the breath outen you with this
umbrella. G. way, 1 tell you"


The deacon felt ready to faint, and
he clutched the top of the pew to keep
himself from falling. Noticing the
smear made by his hand. he dropped
the box and held on with the other
hand. Then it occurred to him that
he must pick up the box, and he did
SO, collecting the scattered money
with his egged hand, and getting it in
an awful condition. Then the broken
eggs began to ooze through the pocket,
and he stood there in the aisle with
thin, yellow string dripping from each
coat-tail, until Brother Smith sugges-
ted that he was spelling the carpet
and then, in utter desperation, tho
deacon darted for front door, taking
with him the money. box, and con.
firming old Mrs. Coffin's suspicious
that he intended from the first to rob
the church as soon as he got q chance.
She was about to stand up and cry
"Stop thiefp when Miss Coffin ex-
planned the matter to her and she
subsided.


The deacon hasn't been to church
since Easter. He is getting his Sun.
day coat cleaned and his feelings
soothed.
Year: 1876

Henry had already received the name
OF the MAN OF the People" He
sprung from what may be called the
middle class, and his personal appear
ance was plain, almost humble. Dur
ing his early manhood he was noted
for idleness and failure in all that he
undertook. He failed twice a . small
country merchant, giving his time and
attention TO hunting. fishing and play
ing the violin, instead of his business;
and, as last resort, read law for six
weeks, barely received license TO
practice, and seemed destined 10 starve
q little more rapidly even in his new
profession than in trade. The moment
was near, however, when his wonderful
powers were to reveal themselves. The
clergy OF the colony-who were not q
popular class-brought suit to recover
their salaries. resting their claims on .
royal order in council, which was in di-
rect opposition to an act Of the bur-
gesses, and Henry was employed TO op.
pose them, though the law was COM
pletely in their favor. The result was
remarkable. The awkward youth rose
TO speak in the midst Of derisive smiles
from the clergy, who were present in
great numbers. His head hung down
and his voice fsltered. But soon an
astonishing transformation took place
in his appearance. The head rose
erect, the voice grew vibrating and i'm
perious, and he denounced king, clergy.
and parliament in terms 30 violent and
overwhelming that he was interrupted
by cries OF "'rreasonl" and the psrson
left the court house in bitter indigna-
ton. Hsnry's triumph was complete.
He had played upon the chords OF the
popular heart with the hand Of mas.
ter. The jury decided in his favor in
open opposition to all law; and the
crowd, yielding to passionate admira.
ton, caught the young orator mp on
their shoulders. and bore him, in the
midst Of shouts and outcries, around
tho yard Of the court house. Hsnry's
next public appearance was in the de-
bate on the stamp act in the house OF
burgesses. We have seen him on that
occasion rise in the midst of the crowd
Of .plaptAr~, and break down all oppo-
sition by his immense eloquence. He
had thus carried with him the first men
Of Virginia, as he had carried with hin
the rustic crowd when he spoke against
the parsons. He was thenceforward
the mouth-piece and leader Of the ex-
treme revolutionists, and his own fiery
spirit pervaded the whole fabric Of So
ciety, moulding public sentiment and
spurring the people to resolute resist
ance.-[ John Esten Cooke, in Harper's
Magazine for June.
Year: 1876

MEETING OF THE GENERAL CONFERENCE. E.
The meeting in Baltimore on the first
of May next of the General Conference
of the Methodist Episcopal Church
promises to be notable event in the
history of that denomination. There
will be about four hundred delegates
and official visitors present, including
several delegates from England and Mis-
sionaries from India.-All, or nearly all
of the Evang 3ical denominations will be
represented by visitors. The committee
appointed to secure place for the hold
ing Of the sessions have selected and Sc
cured the Academy of Music as the place
of meeting of the Conference, which will
remain in session about four weeks. The


rental of the Academy for that time has
been fixed at 81 900, or $3.50 per week.
Shouldathe session Of Conference extenc


over a longer period than four weeks the


Academy will be retained at the SAM
rate.
Year: 1876

To night the Board of Education will
meet in the new meeting room on East
Sixth street, second story of old school
No. 5.


Franklin Loan Association meets this
evening.


Washday will be postponed this week,
until the water ecemes oleRt.


Some Of the boat clubs are preparing
for the summer season.


The organization of Eayard club IN
this city is being talked of.


Many streets were washed clean by
the rain, bat some were rendered horri-
bly muddy.


The big stones begin to peep above the
surface of macadamiTed Fourth street
1t looks like coble stone road, in some
places.


Lewis e Springer, Superintendent q
City Hospital is still very sick.
Year: 1876

The RAIN-MUDDY WATER.-The
rain fall OF Friday night and Saturday
was the heaviest known for years in
this section. All the marches around
the city were flooded, some Of them
to depth Of several feet, and the
Brandywine was swollen and turbu-
lent. AS a natural consequence the
city reservoirs were filled with thick
muddy water, which is utterly unfit
for cooking or drinking purposes. But
as many people have no other water
supply, this nuisance will have to be
endured until the water settles and
becomes clear.
Year: 1876

BUSINESS YESTERDAY
MORNING : INTERESTING ESSAY UPON
THE RELATION OF THE SECONDARY
SCHOOL TO THE PRIMARY AND THE COL
LEGE-THE HIGHER EDUCATION OF WO-
MEN-INTEREsTING DisCUsSIoN-L AS T
NIGHTS PROCEEDlNGs-FRoM THE HIS
TORY REINFORCEMENT.
Year: 1876

OFF FOR THE. JORDAN ALUM.-Kessnicl's IS
fine band will leave the city tonight for the
Jordan Alum Springs, and on Sunday they
will discourse some OF their sweetest sacred
relartionS
Year: 1876

A city boy by the name Of Ferdi-
nand, whose parents were very rich,
took a long walk into the country.
Becoming a little weary, he stopped
at a farmhouse and bought large
bowl Of bread and milk. He took it
under a shady tree and sat down to
enjoy the luxury; it was SO good.
But little way off stood poor boy
who had also wandered out of the
city. He was thin and pale, and he
looked hungry; but he had no money,
Ferdinand knew right well. At one
moment he thought of dividing his
bread and milk with the poor boy, as
the thought came that it would taste
even better than to him. But he
smothered his generous impulse, and
ate the whole. Ga its being emptied,
he saw at the bottom of the bowl q
picture in blue which he began study
ing a little. Around the picture
were some printed words. He read,
he blushed, and then, as if suddenly
struck with a thought, he hastened
again to the house, ordered the bowl
filed, and went back to the poor boy,
to whom he gave it, and told him to
eat it while resting by the road side.


Now for the sermon that proved so
effective in its work: "He deserves to
suffer hunger who refuses to share
with the poor"
Year: 1876

A correspondent of the San Fran.
cisco Chronicle, writing from Ne
vada, describes what he justly char
acterizes as the most wonderful and
extensive formation of salt on the
continent. The formation is on the
Virgin river, and is in fact one OF
mountains of salt-hard rock salt,
which is blasted and quarried out,
like quarries of granite and marble.
Commencing six miles up the Vir-
gin river these mountains of salt ex-
tend for thirty or more miles up the
Virgin and Muddy rivers. There
are openings now made from six to
twenty miles up the Virgin river at
different places. From six to twelve
miles up these openings uncover a
species of dark gray salt, ninety-two
per cent. pure, presenting to the cas-
ual observer the appearance OF COM
mon gray granite. These openings
are all on the east side of the Virgin
river, from one fourth to one-half a
mile from its banks. At point
twenty miles up the river and on its
western side. is a mountain Of pure,
white crystalized salt, white as the
driven snow and transparent almost
as glass.
Year: 1876




The Columbus Journal says of the
Democratic nominee for Supreme
Judge in this State, Hon. VIM. +.
Fink, who is Roman Catholic:


We object to voting for him be-
cause, as Catholic, he is conscien-
tiously bound to oppose our views rs
to secular education. For any office
having no connection with the school
question we will vote as cheerfully
for Catholic as for member of any
other church. The question of re-
lioious belief does not disturb rs
whit. in itself. We certainly have
no war to wage against the Catholic
Church. If the Church held the
same views we hold as to the school
question, there would be no cause to
inquire whether Mr. Fink is a
Catholic or Baptist. = We
have the highest respect for the con
scientious convictions OF the Catho-
lie Church in favor Of purely secular
education; but they are not our con-
Yictions, and we cannot vote for
them. That is all.