smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1872

l.


Mother, I've got penny; may L &C
and spend it," asked little Freddy one
day, as he twirled the new bright coir
in his fingers. D.


what do you wish to get with it, my
son, asked his mother.


sOh. l don't know said he, casting
his eyes down. a stick of candy


You know, Freddy said his mother,
Il don't like you to eat candy; and there
is nothing else you can get for a penny
that you will care for at all five minutes
after you get it. do wish my son, that
yOur pennies did not trouble you so
mu CHI -


Trouble me, mother! How do they
trouble me- -.-- d


'As soon as you get one, you want to
spend it, Freddy; and as you cannot do
so without displeasing me or doing
yourself harm, 1 think they are more
trouble than pleasure to you.'


oh, dear!' said Freddy, throwing
himself on the floor, and drawing along
sigh. Il don't know what to do. am
sure l could spend my money
Freddy said his mother, did you
ever think how much good your pen
mics might do if you would only save
them till you get good many of them
together, and then give them some poor
person, or buy nice book to give to
some poor child who has no books, as
you have?'


why, mother, / never thought of
that said Freddy, his face Frightening
up. I'll try to save my pennies after
this, and see what good can do with
them. F.


Freddy ran into his own little room
and dropped his penny into small box
which stood on the table. After this,
he went on carefully gathering up the
fragments. Wherever penny was giy-
en- to him, he would put it into box.
He told his mother one day that the
pennies didn't trouble him any more,
since he had found out what to do with
them. He liked to get money and save
it, that he might do good with it.


One day, about. two or three months
after this, Freddy came home from
school in great hurry. He ran into
the house, and without stopping to speak
to any one. rushed into his own room,
seized his money-box, emptied it. and
was off again before his mother had
time to notice what he was doing. In
about half an hour he came back again,
looking very bright and happy.


'Why, Freddy said his mother, what
does all this mean? Why did you run
into the house and fly out again with
out stopping to speak to any One?'


%, mother, please excuse me. 1 was
in such hurry / forgot all about it. i
wanted my pennies to buy a new slate
for little Sally Brown. She fell down
and broke hers just as she. was coming
out of the school-room. You know the
people she lives with do not love her,
and would have whipped her if she had
carried home the broken one. So told
her not to cry, but to walk slowly on,
and l would get her new one in a few
minutes. l am so glad, mother that !
followed your advice and saved my
pennies .f.s


Freddy remembered his mothers
good advice in after life. He kept on
gathering up the fragments, and in this
way often had it in his power to do
good to others.
Year: 1872

As soon as young ladies go into gen.


eral society, they are liable to receive


attentions that indicate a particular re-


gard; and long before they are really


old enough to form any such ties, they


often receive matrimonial Overtures. 1t


is, therefore, highly necessary to know


how to treat them. The offer of mans


heart and hand is the greatest compli-


ment he can pay you; and however un-


desirable to you those gifts may be,


they should be courteously and kindly


defined, and since a refusal is, to most


men, not only disappointment, but a


modification, it should always be pre-


vented, if possible. Men have various


ways of cherishing and declaring their


attachment; those who indicate the


bias of their feelings, in many intelli-


gent ways, before they make direct


offer, can generally be spared the pain


of refusal. If you do not mean to
accept gentleman who is paying you
very marked attentions, you should
avoid receiving them whenever you
can; you should not allow him to es-
cort you; you should show your dis
pleasure when joked about him, and if
sounded by 4 mutual friend, let your
want of reciprocal feelings be very ap-
parent.


Whenever an offer is made in writing,
you should reply to it as soon as posi-
Bile; and having in this case none of the
embarrassment Of personal interview,
you can make such a careful selection
of words as will best convey your
meaning. If the person is estimable,
you should express your sense of his
merit, and your gratitude for his pref
erenee in strong terms; and put the re-
fasal of his hand on the score of your
not feeling for him that peculiar prefer
ence necessary to the union he seeks.
This makes refusal as little painful |
as possible, and soothes the feelings you
are obliged to wound. The gentleman's
letter should be returned in your reply,
and your lips should be closed upon the
subject ever afterwards. 1t is his secret,
and you have no right to. tell it to any
one; but if your parents are your con-
fidential friends on all other occasions,
he will not blame you for telling them.


Your young female friends should
never be allowed to tease or banter you
into the betrayal of this secret. You
cannot turn your ingenuity to better ac-
count than by using it to BATTLE their
Some girls are tempted to
tell of an offer and refusal, in order to-
account for a cessation of those atten-
ions on the part of the gentleman,
which have before been so constant and
marked as to- be observed by their
friends. But this is no sufficient rea-
son for telling another persons secret.


Never think the less of man be
cause he has been refused, even if it be
BY lady whom you do not highly val
lie. 1t is nothing to his disadvantage.
In exercising their prerogative of ma
King the first advances, the wisest will
make great mistakes, and
.he best will often he drawn into an af-
fair of this sort against their better
and both are but too happy
if they escape with only the pain of be-
ing refused.
Year: 1872

An old sailor saw on. tombstone, q
still live 1t was too much for Jack,
and shifting his quid, he said: 'Well
I've heard it said that there are cases in
which a man may lie, but If were
dead I'd own it,
Year: 1872

OF all earthlv undertakings, none
pays better than the brooding over an
ungainly boy. What shall be done
with him? Love him as mono but q
mother can love. His destiny is in
your hands. Bear with him. Take an
interest In his affain; win and respect
his confidence. Go to his bedside at
night with kiss and blessing, and
whispered prayer. He may pretend
slnmhar- hnt he will tell his wife of IL
with team in bis eyes, years after you
have gone to your reward.


When he sees that you are less of
Tended with his boyish rudeness aud
follies, than with the slightest want OF
integrity, that you are proud of him,
content with him, he will make the
mothers great heart Of love q resting
place. Let the spirit Of adventure
take him the world over, he will never
forget whose id"l and pride he was in
those days when he WAS "in every
ones way, aud 81 no use." II the
mothers Of our land must engage in
politics. oil tho professions, and live
In public, God help the boys from nine
to sixteen! They are friendless in
deed! They have lost the only being
capable Of steering their bark safely
through the quicksands, rocks and
shoals that lie In the way from boy
hood up 70 virtu0us glorious man
ho0d.-Adv0cate AND Guardian.
Year: 1872

The snow storm of Thursday was a very re
spectacle demonstration for this part of the
country, but in northwestern Michigan or Wis
consin it would have been thought quite in
significant. There when the cleik of the weather
decides 10 have a snow he gives his whole atten-
tion oit. A Green Bay paper of last week says
there had been snow fall there every day except
one for four weeks. The snow then lLy nine
feet deep on level, but had been trodden down
in the streets to the depth of about four feet.
The feet of people walking on the sidewalks
were on level with the upper sash of the store
windows. Customers found it easy to enter
store, as they had only to face the door and
slide in, but getting out was attended with some
difinulfv
Year: 1872

There can be no longer any doubt that the name
Of st least one Of the collectors of this city has
been autographed and printed. How many other
collectors names III the County and State have
been go used it is impossible to tell. But we warn
cur friends throughout the State to bs On their
guard and examine all suspicious persons receipts
before they vote.
Year: 1872

On our way from Wen TO Hawkestone,
we passed house, of which Mr.. Lee told
me the following occurrence "a young
lady, the daughter of the owner of the
house, was addressed by man who,
though agreeable to her, was disliked by
her father. OF course, he would not con-
sent to their union, and she determined
to elope. The night was fixed, the hour
came, he placed the ladder to the window,
and in few minutes she was in his arms.
They mounted double horse, and were
soon at some distance from the house,
After a while, the lady broke silence by
saying: We'll, you see what a proof
have given you of my affection | hope
you will make me good husband He
was a surly fellow, and gruffly answered;
Perhaps | may, and perhaps not She
made him no reply but after a silence Of
some minutes, she suddenly exclaimed
%, what shall we dor have left my
money behind me in my ROOM Then
said he, I'VE must go back and fetch it,
They were soon again at the house, the
ladder was again placed, the lady re-
mounted, while the ill-natuTed lover wait
ed below. But she delayed to come, and
so he gently called Are you comingp
when she looked out of the window, and
said perhaps may, and perhaps not, ,
and then shut down the window, and left
him to return upon the double horse
alone"
Year: 1872

A GERMAN woman, living in the town
of Belvidere, Wis, yoked herself along
side of a cow, one day lately, and the two
together hauled drag during the day
after seeder, which was run by her hus-
band with span of horses.
Year: 1872

WE learn from The Sentinel of June 29, that Judge Porter and wife have gone to San Francisco. The former will soon return and the latter goes to New York to spend the Sum- mer.

 Judge Bidwell wasi n town to hold Probate Court.

 The Colorado River Is falling.

 Seven hundred hides and 72 tons of ore awaiting shipment at Point Isabel.
Year: 1872



 WE publish below the letter of Miss Nellie Grant to Queen Victoria and the Queens reply. The letter does credit to our American Girl" who did not presume upon her fathers posi- tion to receive royal attention, and to the sovereign of Great Brittan, who was willing for the occasion to forget she was Queen:

 LANGLEY's HOTEL, May, 1872.

 My Dear Lady and Queen :-E am embarrassed at the honor of an off, cial request, given through a high of ficer (your Lord Chamberlain, 1 think, to be presented to your Majesty. I should dearly love to see you, that I might tell my mother and father that I had been thus honored. l am but simple American girl; that I am the Presidents daughter gives me no claim to your recognition as sovereign. If, with the kind lady who is acting as my "chaperone, might visit you, I should be very glad. Our Secretary of Legation hints at some political significance in this opportunity. l cannot so interpret it, and would not wish to be 50 received, because 1t would not be right, as I am nothing in American politics, and I am sure my father would not desire me to appear other than as my simple and very humble self. If, with this explana- ton, your Majesty will allow me to visit you, shall be greatly honored and be very proud.

 I have written this note of my own motion, and because l think it the right thing to do. lam your Majesty's very obedient servant and admirer.

 NELLIE GRANT.

 WINDSOR CASTLE.

 Miss Nellie Grant:-I have in- structed Lady --t to convey to you this note, and we shall receive you as the daughter of your honored parents without the intervention of our high officers of State. l shall accept your visit as an American girl" and there shall be no other in the fact than your kindly-expressed desire to see the lady and not the sovereign. 1 shall find 1t pleasant to forget that am Queen m receiving you tomorrow afternoon at our palace of Windsor. VICTORIA.
Year: 1872

Wealth IS desirable for what it
enables us to do or enjoy; but 1t
is not desirable at cost OF honesty
and honor and true manhood. 1t
is not desirable when t2uth and
virtue and religion-when honor
able usefulness and happiness
here, and eternal happiness here
after-nust be sacrificed for it.
Year: 1872

We acknowledge the receipt from the
Committee of an invitation to be present at
the National Peace Reunion, at Louisville.
on the 11th and 18th of September, to be
held under the auspices of the Liberal Re-
publican and Democratic parties. In Che
circulars, now being sent broadcast over the
country, is the report Of the committee,
touching the propriety Of holding such
meeti {, from which we, extract as follows:


The Ohio river, which washes our shores,
Is a mythical chasm which has been magni-
fed In its depths and breadth by designing
politicians until It seems an impossible BAR
rier, separating two distinct peoples. How
eminently proper, theD, that we, through
Kentucky hospitality, shall demonstrate TO
the world that at the falls at least, nature
and art have combined to bridge this chasm
and disprove this pernicious theory.


Twelve years ago the people of one sec
ton took up arms to disprove this theory,
and having, by the stern logic Of the sword,
convinced their opponents, and settled the
question by decision from which there Is
no appeal, 1t was hoped the idea was dead,
and with returning peace would be buried;
but he who is supposed TO have used his
sword most effectively in this tourney, for
which alone be has received the highest
place in the gift of the people, has, during
several years of nominal peace, been most
industrious in his efforts 70 keep alive, and
kindle into new fame, the smoldering en-
bers of sectional hate.


May we not, then, with the stronger ar
gument of an open handed hospitality, con-
vince the people that there is remaining at
least one commendable fruit of this bloody
and disastrous struggle, in the permanent
removal of every barrier which partitioned
the sections of this country?


And if successful, Of which we have no
doubt, win il not be fitting reward to Ken
lucky for her noble but unfortunate effort
to stay the tide of popular passion, when
she threw herself between the opposing
hosts, bearing the shield and banner Of neu-
trality? That shield and that banner wen
down in the heady fight, and were tramp
led in the dust; but, when both sections
have tasted its bitter fruits, who will say
we may not tender to both the Lethean
cup, or that it viii be rejected by either?


The contest through which our country
has passed was the most remarkable the
world has ever known, devolviDg on both
sides a heroisrn, martial spirit, capacities
and powers, which are the common prop
erty of the nation, and viii be heritage
to unborn generations, regardless OF sec
ton or side. The war terminated in the
triumph Of national unity, and the clangor
of arms should have subsidized, the sword
| should have been eheathed, and the peo-
| pie permitted to resume their habits, and
pursuits Of peace; they are tired OF blood,
II
Year: 1872

a Detroit grandmother repeatedly
dreamed that the body of her dead granos
child had been stolen from the grave. The
grave was opened, and, sure enough--tEe
child had not been disturbedi
Year: 1872

VINO Is Miss SAWYER? Some have
queried as to whether our friend Mr..
Robbins, Of Rockland, Me-, manufacturer
of Miss Sawyer's Incompatible compound
did not use her name fctitiously. ln
that misgiving we never for moment
shared, for the name of Miss S. has long
stood on the list of our Rockland readers
and we have known that she is both an
estimable lady, and member of the Bap'
tist church in that city. Only last week
it was our good fortune to meet Miss s.,
who is lady of fifty or more years, at
the Watchman office, and the interview


lett no doubt either as to her personal
identity, (of which none in fact in our
case ever existed or as to her well ap-
piled benevolent skill. She has been the
benefactor of many thousands, and prom
ises to be of many more, since we learn
that the Salve, of which she gave the
original recipe, is in greater demand, far
and near, than ever before. Careful as
we always aim to be not to lend our
columns to an endorsement which we do
not believe, it gives us only pleasure to
speak thus of Miss Sawyer aud of her
efficacious remedy, and also to learn that
by being brought SO largely to the knowl-
edge of .he public through these columns


its sale has been greatly promoted
Watchman q. Reflector, March 80 1872
Year: 1872

HABITS OF LITERARY MEN.-John
Calvin commenced his daily studies at
five or six in the morning, reading and
writing in bed for hours together. If
business required him to go out he would
rise and dress, but, on his return, again
went to bed. As he advanced in years
he wrote little with his own hand but
dictated to secretaries, rarely having oc-
casion to make any corrections. Some-
times his faculty Of composition would
fail then ho would quit his bed, attend
to his outdoor duties for days, weeks,
and even months together, and not think
Of writing until he felt the power had re-
turned. Then he would go to bed, send
for his secretary and resume his labors.


The great Cardinal Richeleu, who was
dramatist as well as prime minister Of
France, usually went to bed at eleven,
slept three hours, would rise write till
eight in the morning, now and then
amusing himself by playing with his cats,
of which he was very fond.


Button, the naturalist, rose early and
worked perpetually. His great Studies
of Nature" cost him fifty years Of labor,
before he sent it to the printers. He
composed in singular manner, writing
on large sized paper, on which, as in a
ledger, five distinct columns were ruled.
ln the first column he wrote down the
first thought; in the second he corrected,
and enlarged and pruued it and SO On
until he had reached the fifth column,
within which he finally wrote the result
OF his labor, But even after this, he
would recompose sentence twenty times,
and once devoted fourteen hours to fad
the proper word with which to round off
period.


Cuvier, who raised comparative ana
tony to science, never had occasion to
copy his manuscript. He composed very
rapidly, the proper words falling into the
proper place, and everything being ar.
ranged in his mind in a very orderly
manner.


Bossuet, the French divine, who left
fifty volumes of his own manuscripts, rose
at four, wrapped himself up in a loose
dress of bear.skn, and wrote until, from
sheer fatigue, his hand refused 20 hold
the pen. Then he would return to bed,
take the sleep of exhaustion, and, on
awaking' go through the same process
again.
Year: 1872

AN INGENIOUS Rum SELLER.-The fol-
lowing story is told by the Boston Jour
nal.


The rigid enforcement of the prohibi-
tory law, adopted in some OF the cities
and towns OF this State, occasions some
remarkable displays cf inventive genius
on the part Of the prosecuted liquor sell
ers, und the state constables sometimes
meet wuh great difficulty in searching
for the prescribed beverage. One in
Northbridge the other day, after a long
search, was about to give it up, when,
happening to take out one of the shelves
in cupboard at the head of the stairs,
he beheld the long sought for beer faucet
projecting through the plastering in such
manner as to be entirely covered by the
shelf when in place. A wire ran through
the wall, which, when pulled, opened the
cock and let on the beer. How the keg
was put there was the next question, but
search in the cellar revealed trap in
the floor, which when removed opened
the passage to the beer keg. From the
beer keg lead pipe ran through the
wall of the house to the stairway above,
where portion of the balustrade was so
arranged that it could be easily taken
out, giving access to the end of the pipe.
A tunnel could be here inserted and any
kind of liquor easily passed through the
pipe to the jugs, from which it could be
easily drawn into the little cupboard.
Year: 1872

The Alton Telegraph holds that Governor
Oglesby is ineligible to the Office Of United
States Senator, because the new Constitution Of
the State declares that "neither the Governor,
Lieutenant Governor, Auditor of Public Ac-
counts, Secretary Of the State, Superintendent
of Public instruction, nor Attorney General
shall be eligible to any other Office during the
period for which he shall have been elected"
The answer to this is, that the Constitution Of
the United States defines the qualifications Of
Senators and Representatives in Congress, and
that no State can add to OF subtract from those
qualifications. The. same point vas raised
against the eligibility Of Judge Trt1mbun, in
1855, he having been Judge Of the su-
preme Court Of the State, and not having
served out the term for which he WAS
elected. The State Constitution then in force
declared that no Judge Of the Supreme or Cir
cult Court should be eligible to any other offte
during the period for which he YVES elected nor
for one term thereafter. The question waa
raised in the Senate when A1r. Trumbul pre-
sented his credentials, and it WAS decided forth
with that it was not competent for State to
declare who should or who should not be eligible
toeither House of Congress. He Was, therefore,
admitted to his seat. Governor Oglesby will
not have any difficulty after ae passes the
Illinois Legislature, and we g1esH he will not
meet with much difficulty there
Year: 1872

The Cincinnati Gazette makes the prevalence
Of the horse disease in that city the occasion
for suggesting some changes in the funeral
customs Of our country. The disablement Of
the horses in all large cities has rendered it al
most impossible to secure the number OF ca1-
1iages which are regarded as desirable, or as
necessary to the observance Of the, pro-
prieties Of the occasion, and it ID sug-
gested that the demands Of custom in
this regard should be modified. There is
no doubt that the large expense Of funerals,
chiefly occasioned BY common vanity Of having
long string Of carriages, is beyond the means
Of numbers Of those who incur them az con-
cession to what other people will think and say.
tits also argued, with considerable justice, that
this practice Of general attendance at the grave
becomes an intrusion upon the grief Of the real
uourners at the moment OF final parting. It ia
undoubtedly true that it would be better in
many respects il the general attendance Of
friends aud acquaintance we're limited to the
services at the house OR church. while the re-
mains should be placed in their last resting
place by the family and most intimate friends
only.
Year: 1872

President Theirs was 30 distressed by the
passage, by only insignificant maj jority, of the
recent vote Of confidence in the policy suggested
By his message, that he could not sleep
night before last, and now resorts to his usual
threat that he will resign unless he gets q full
vote Of Endorsement. The Deputies of the Left
promise to comply with his wishes; but caucus
of $50 members Of the Right resolved to oppose
any formal proclamation Of the Republic, but
Tero willing to make Theirs President for life if
he would follow conservative policy. Unless
The Assembly once more surrenders to the Presi-
dents wishes, there will be series ministerial
crisis in France. .