smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1876

The Niagara Falls Gazette gives the
particulars Of poisoning which oc-
Cured in that village q few days
ago. The wife Of q prominent mer-
chant was suddenly taken ill short
time after supper, and her symptoms
rapidly growing more and more ser
ious, DR.. Rice was summoned. He
Immediately detected symptoms Of
poisoning, and, upon questioning
into the character offood the lady
had been eating for supper, learned
that none Of the family had been
able to drink the tea tn It had been
served that evening on account of
the pecul ar taste, whichrendered it
n..uscous andunpleasant. The sin
gular flavor was first noticed by the
daughter after her mother had drank
half a cup of the decoction.


The doctor INN mediately made an
investigation into the contents of
the tea kettle, and found that good
sized cigar stub had been boiled with
the water that had subsequently
been used in making the tea for use
at supper. Upon making this dis
covery the dangerous condition Of
the suffering lady became apparent,
and most strenuous efforts were
made to save her life. For some.
time it was feared that the poison


would battle every effort of medical
skill, but strong constitution iianly
triumpbed, and at lengh h the lady
who had suf1e ed terribly, was de.
clared out Of danger. The cigar
stub which caused all the trouble
ihad been carelessl y deposited OIL
the water tank of the stove by the
husband of the lady, and had subse


quently been accidently knocked
; into the tea kettle without attracting
any notice.
Year: 1876

They came walking down the center
passage of Main Building at Centennial
to-day-two beautiful and fashionable
young ladies, over whose heads prOba-
bly, nineteen or twenty summers had
passed. They chatted pleasantly as
they passed along, and turned into one
of the less frequented passages and sat
down on a bench to rest, when one re-
marked to the other: Z" Minnie, where
is stopping?" She said she had
forgotten, but would look, as she had
the address on a slip of paper in her
pocket. When the search commenced
for that slip of paper, as it was some
where in the big pocket attached to her
dress, out came small lace handker-
chief, then large linen one, broken
bracelet, spool of thread, pocket-book,
two false teeth Cher mothers probably,
which she was taking to the dentists to
get fixed), a piece of white flannel,
small box of face powder, two crooked
hair-pins, which looked as though they
had done service as button-hooks, a
thimble, one garter about fifteen inch
es in length, paper of pins, fan, brok
en- comb, ivory end of parasOl, knife,
bottle of smetling-salts, two pieces Of
ribbon, three No. soiled gloves, differ
ent colors, paper of bon-bons, cigar
holder, two buttons, and at last the slip
of paper which she had been looking
for. We did not see any thing more
taken out of that pocket, so can't say
whether it was empty or not; but we
began to think it was like magician s
magic bag. After looking over the
above inventory, who will dare again to
abuse small boy about the contents OF


his pocket?
Year: 1876

OF course, it is useless to attempt to
conceal the fact that these wars are dis
astrous in the usual proportion, so far
as loss of life is concerned. Aside from
this, the service is beneficial to all con-
nected with it, just as a summers travel
and relaxation are beneficial to those
who are compelled to make treadmill
of life anywhere. Outdoor life, in
these high attitudes, is unexceptionally
healthful. The atmosphere and water
are as pure and refreshing as such ele-
ments can possibly be; while the exer-
else and the novelty characterizing such
an existence displace torpOr and slug
gish blood for buoyancy and a bound
ing circulation. March these men as
hard as they may, and at night you
will find a fair proportion singing or
whistling jolly airs, pitching quoits,
playing ball, and ready for any thing,
from friendly game of "draw" to a
foot-race. In a word, they are active,
lusty, and each day better fitted for
service than on the day preceding
The percentage answering to ''sick-
call'' is much less than at the posts
and, out of the entire command OF
nearly 1,500 souls, the hospital fire.
uuently can not claim one for treat
ment. The morale of the entire force
is much improved-a fact self-evident
when it is remembered that the demor'
alizing influence of idleness, dram-shor
and other dissipation, ETC., are almos
unknown.
Year: 1876

that as between husband and wife, were
it necessary to decide that point, the
presumption of survivorship should be
IN favor of the man, as the stronger of
the two.


This case can not be considered very
authoritative upon the law of surviv-
orship, and it leaves the subject nearly
an opea one for adjudication in this
State. The Chancellor's view of the
law of England. was certainly barely
warranted by the reported decisions of
the English courts, In one case tried
in the Kings Bench in 1867, in which a
father and daughter were lost in the
same vessel, Lord Mansfield declared
that there was no principle of law upon
which he could decide which was the
survivor, and that the arguments on
both sides were equally; ingenious and
inconclusive, and, as the only way out
of the difficulty he could see, he recon-
mended a compromise. In Waig, VS..
Angrcye, reported in the eighth volume
of the House of Lords cases, it is de-
clared that the law of England knows
no such presumptions of srIrvivOrship
as are entertained by the civil law, the
question of survivorship in England be-
ing wholly one of fact, which must be
proved like any ether by the person
who founds claim upon it, and in the
absence of such evidence his claim
must fail. Kent, in his commentaries,
says of the English decisions that they
have not fairly put and disposed of the
question, but that they have certainly
held, 'tas delusive, the subtle distinc-
tions and presumptions of the civil law"


For the simplest and most rational
law on this subject Kent refers to the
Mohammedan law of India which, like
the Danish law, considers persons who
are lost in the same disaster, where the
circumstances are all known, to have
died together. This affords no such
opportunity for protracted and expen-
sive litigation as the distinctions of the
civil law, and it seems more consonant
with common reason. If nothing more,
it would be at least interesting were the
case now before Surrogate Veeder to
be stubbornly contested, and carried to
the court of last resort, there to receive
an exhaustive consideration and a de-
cisive adjudicatiOn.-Net0 York Sun.
Year: 1876

fall" To further emphasize his views,
he then introduces an article written by
him and published in the New York
Tribune, in which he says that not only
will there be no locusts in Missouri,
Kansas and Nebraska this year, but
that the ordinary batch of the indigo
nous grasshopper, ,and other destructive
insects, will be much less than usual,
the only exception to this being the
wood-borers. In conversation with the
reporter, Mr.. Riley gave as his reason
for this latter prediction that the To-
Gusts not only destroyed vegetation, but
they fed largely on the eggs and Larvae
of the other noxious insects. So far as
is known, his prediction has proved
entirely correct.
Year: 1876

The custom adopted by several Lon
don ladies of keeping book inthe hall
for visitors to write their names in when
they do not find the lady of the house
at home, has fallen into disfavor. One
of the fashionable ladies who kept such
q book found, on returning from a short
absence, that collector had called with
a bill of long standing and written'in
the book: "Sorry Mrs. didn't leave
the amount as she agreed" What
made the matter worse was that two or
three other visitors had called subse-
quent to the collector, and leaving their
names had an excellent opportunity to
read the reproachful message.
Year: 1876

A MAN rowing on the Hudson River
near Troy a few days ago happening to
look into the water saw the body OF a
boy lying face upward on the bottom OF
the river. He dove for the body, caught
it and carried it into house near by,
where it was found that it was still
warm, and after proper treatment the
lad was resuscitated.
Year: 1876

Once when the new moon glittered


So alender in the West,
looked across my shoulder.


And Wild wish stirred my breast.
Over my white right shoulder
i looked at the silver horn,
And wished = wish 1t even,


To come to pass in the morn.
Whenever the new moon glittered


So slender and 10 fine,
looked across my shoulder,


Aud wished that wish Of mine.
Now, when the West Is rosy,
And the snow.Wreaths blush below,
And see the light white crescent =:


Sink downward soft and slow;
never look over my shoulder,


Az used to look before;
For my heart is older and colder,
And now I wish no more!
Year: 1876

Very nice bread may be. made from
dry yeast in the following manner.


When the potatoes have boiled for
breakfast, scald teacupful of -four
with the boiling potato water, stirring
the flower till all is thoroughly moist
ened. When cool to tepid, add half a
teacupful of the yeast cakes, previous.
ly soaked soft in a little water beat
we'll together, cover and set lin cool
weather) whear it will retain the heat
it has, but not where it will heat.
Sponge your bread at night with tepid
milk or water, as is your custom add,
for three or four good sized loaves,
half of the risen yeast or sponge-the
remainder may be salted little and
set away in cool place for the next
baking-and handful of salt; stir well
together, but not too thick with -four;
cover the top with -four, also cover
closely from the air with board and
blanket, and leave to rise. Mix as soon
in the morning as possible. 1t will be
very light if your yeast is lively. If
stirred with water at night. a warm
potato or two from the kettle in tho
morning, or teacupful of warm milk,
will greatly improve It. Knead thor
oughly, cover again, and leave to rise.
It will this time be up very speedily.
Mould out lightly into loaves, and when
again sufficiently light it is ready for
the oven. If boil. flour and yeast are
good, and everything has been done in
order and with care, it will rise con-
siderably in the oven, land be very light
and spongy when done, and far more
sweet and delicate than bakers bread,
though much like that in appearance:
bake an hour or less, according to the
size of the loaves, but by all means
done-''soggy bread is not healthful.
Year: 1876

A recent case in Scotland Is worthy
OF notice here. A dog which had wor-
ried a number of lambs, was ordered


BY the judge Of a Scotch court to be
destroyed. The Judge remarked that
it was not necessary under Scotch law
for dog to prove itself to be danger.
ous by committing injury; the fact
that it was at large and not under pro.
per control was sufficient to subject its
owner to prosecution. He hoped the
public would cooperate with the au.
thorities in suppressing what had be.
come an intolerable nuisance. It would
be matter for congratulation if We
could hear an American Judge utter
similar remarks, for the same dog
nuisance has long since become intol.
cradle in various parts of this country.
Year: 1876

AA~~~SS SAAS S"@"O0AAS ~CNos


It being beyond the power of the
horticulturist, in most cases, to pro-
tect the orchards from the hard freez-
ing of winter, and thus to protect the
fruit buds, it stands the lover of fruits
in hand to protect the small fruits as
far as possible. The strawberry is one
1T the most desirable of fruits, for it
is almost certain crop with proper
care. Cover the bed with thin coat
ing of light mulch-such as rotten
straw which has become dry-then
cover with marsh hay or clean straw.
A light coat is better than too much,
as the vines ray be smothered by the
heavy coating. After the danger of
frostis over in the spring, rake off the
coarser material leaving the finer as a
mulch during the growing season.
Great damage is often done by drouth
about the time the berries ripen, and
it is of as much Importance to protect
the plants from this as from the freez-
ing weather of winter. If the mulch
is put on in the fall, it will prevent
the ground from being beaten down
and put in condition to bake when the
frost is going out in the spring. There
is nothing that will pay better for the
time required than the strawberry.bed,
and the only wonder is that farmers
do not more generally avail themselves
of the advantages of small patch.
Year: 1876

the church debt and buy an organ for the
Mission Church of the Forlorn Strangers
and expect" There are times when oc
occasion demands great effort The editor
bowed his head, and after one brief spasm of
remorse felt for the secret spring. The win
dow went up like charm; the reckless nail
grab hung back for second, as if held by
feeling of innate delicacy, and then it
shut its eyes and smethered its pity and
reached up and took death-like hold on
roll of able and influential newspapers and
a network of string and tape, and the
cavalcade backed out into the news room
with colors flying. The chair stopped just
before the familiar spirit who was washing
the forms, and as the lovely woman gazed
at the inky face she shrieked, "Merciful
heavens, where am I?'' and was borne
down the gloomy stairway unconscious,
while the printers whose cases were nearest


the wicked window heard the editor sing
ing, as it might be to himself, Dearest
sister, thou hast left us"


An hour of serenity and tranquility in


the editorial room was broken by brisk


business-like step on the stairs, the door
| flew open with bang that shot the key


half way cross the room, and a sociable


looking, familiar kind of stranger jam


med into the chair, slapped his hat ovel


the ink-stand, pushed a pile of proof


twenty pages of copy, box of pens, the


paste cup and pair of scissors off the


table to make room for the old familiar


fat sample case, and said in one brie


breath: al am agent for Gambersion'


Popular Centennial Worlds History anC


America Citizens Treasure Book of Valua
BILE Information sold only by subscription


and issued in monty parts whole worl


complete in thirty parts each numbe
embellished with one handsome steel plat
engraving and numerous beautifully execr
ted wood cuts no similar work has eve
been published in this country and at th
exceedingly low price at which it is offere
only 81 per vol" The spring clicke
like a pistol shot, the window went up ha
way through the ceiling, the nail grab too
hold like a three-barreled harpoon, an
t, the column moved on its backward wa
l through the window, down through tt
news-room, past the foreman, standir
grim and silent by the imposing stone, pa
r the cases, vocal with the applause and e.
cOuraging and consolatory remarks of IL
a compositers, on to the alley windows, ov
S the sills bowling, yelling, shrieking, pra
F ing, the unhappy agent was hurled to Il


cruel pavement, three stories below, whe
K he lit on his head and plunged throui
y into a cellar, where he tried to get su
% scribtion out of a man who was shovelr
r COAL Burlington HdWkeye.
Year: 1876

The Chicago Times has some interesting
information respecting Mrs. Abraham Lin
coin, whose complete restoration to reason
was announced by telegraph. It is a year
since she was adjudgod insane by the court
and sent to private asylum for care and
treatment. After remaining there for
time, three physicians called upon her with
view Of ascertaining the advisability of al
lowing her to visit sister at Springfield,
in compliance with her urgent request, and
the result Of their examination was a report
that the visit could be safely made. Mrs.
Lincoln at once joyfully bid adicu to the
institution and sought Springfield, where
she remained the guest of her sister, Mrs.
Edwards. The kind care and devoted at
tention shown to her there seems to have
had very excellent effect upon her mind
and spirits. Her friends were gratifed
over the indications Of a restored mind,
and they secured from the court an order
to restore to her the control Of her property,
which was in the hands of her son as the
conservatOr. Although at times she was
somewhat eccentric, yet there was nothing


to indicate lunacy, and they determined to


lose no time to again entrust her with the


management of her own estate. The


property is quite large, when it is consider
ed that generally the relicts Of the Presi-


dent of the United States are left only small
pittance. The estate consists mostly of


United States bonds which yield a very


handsome income, and a quarterly pension


from the government Of $50. According
to reports of her conservator during the


year Of her enthrallment, the estate


amounted to $8l, ,380.32, and additions are


being annually made in the shape Of


government bonds, which are purchased


with the surplus of her income. This year
: over $4,000 worth of bonds were added,
t and, but for the great outlay incident to the


unfortunate position in which she had been
q placed, large investment could have been
, made.
Year: 1876

The stream is calmest when it nears the tide,
And flowers are sweetest at the eventide,
And birds most musical at close ofday, So
And saints divinest when they pass away.
Morning is holy, but holier charm
Lies folded close in Evenings robe of balm,
And weary man must ever love her best,
For morning calls to toll, but night to rest.
She comes from Heaven, and ON her wings doth


bear


A holy fragrenee, like the breath of prayer;
Footsteps of angels follow in her trace,
To shut the weary eyes of day in peace.
All things are hushed before her as she throws
Der earth and sky her mantle of repose;
There is ealmer beauty and power r
That morning knows not. in the evening hour
Until the evening we must weep and toll
Plow life's stern furrow, dig the weedy soil
Tread with sad feet our rough and thorny way,
And bear the heat and burden of the day.
Oh when our sun is setting may we glide,
Like Summer Evening down the golden tide
And leave behind us, as we pass away,


Sweet starry twilight round our sleeping clay.
Year: 1876

How the fortunes of people are exagger-
ated in this country Rumor backed by
the newspaper paragraphs, swells them out
Of ali proportion to the facts. If a man is
worth 100000, he is soon set down as
having 100000 or 100000 at least. If a
young woman inherit small property, she
is soon magnifed into an heiress. If a
merchant or professional man accumulate
round million or two, there is no limit to
his wealth, according to public rumor; and
if he should get FIVE millions, imagination
riots in his golden and measureless supera-
bundance. Not one of our righ citizens
but has his riches greatly enlarged by
report and printed statement. VIM. B.
Astor was declared to be worth a hundred
millions; so was Alexander T. Stewart so
is Cornelious Vanderbilt. Nobody knows,
nobody ever will know, what their estates
are worth. But it is altogether probable
that none of these estates will reach half
the sum. With all the skill that shrewd
mercenary men have in calculatig values
to a nicely, it is very rare that they can
get at any correct opinion of their property
when it rises into millions. Persons that
have nothing themselves, which is the
inevitable condition Of the majority, take
pleasure in believing that the few are
vastly richer than they area and thus
gratifying, abstraetly, their envy of and
malignity toward those whom fortune has
blindly favored, passing by others that are
SO much more deserving.
Year: 1876

A little crib beside the bed,
A little face above the spread,
A little frock behind the door,
A little shoe upon the floor.
A little lad of dark brown hair,
A little blue-eyed face and fair,
A little lane that leads to school,
A little pencil, slate and rule.
A little blithesome, winsome maid,
A little hand within hers laid;
A little cottage, acres four,
A little old time household store.
A little family gathered round;
A little turf-heaped, tear-dewed mound,
A little added to the soil;


A little rest from hardest toll.
A little silver in his hair;


A little stool, and easy chair;


A little night of earth-lit gloom;


A little cortege to the tomb.
Year: 1876

We now have the fall Of the autumn leaf,
Also the fall Of the man who steps on it
ON the wet pavement, a leaf no longer
than ten,cent note will get under the
heel Of a man worth s2la,Oo0 and make
him sit down so suddenly that the most
practical eye can't tell whether his hat or
his collar-button flew the highest.
Year: 1876

And another wise, old, successful farmer
remarks, Every farmer should think out
his working, and work out his thinking.


Man does not want to be an angel until
he has failed at everything else.
Year: 1876

GIRLS Who SOLD THEIR HAIR TO GET HOME.
Two bellies of this city lately came home
from Philadelphia shorn-of their wealth of
raven tresses. After they had taken in all
the points at the big show and had made
many purchases before they knew it they
had spent all their money, and what was
worse had lost their return excursion
tickets: They had no friends in Philadel-
phia and no time to write to Reading.
They therefore resolved to make raise !
81, they skipped away into a barber shop
and struck a bargain for their back hair.
The shaver offered 1915 each orwhat they
had. In short time they were nicely
shorn, and thus they were able to get back
to their native nd.-Reading Pa.) Eagle.
Year: 1876

The wet nurses of both parties are in
great tribulation on the currency question.
Things are badly mixed, and both sides are
sorely exercised on this subject. The only
thing that can be agreed upon is the imme-
diate repeal Of the blundering resumption
act of the last Congress. Among the Dem
ocrats there seems to be no likelihood Of any
affirmative action being taken in the mat
ter. They should unite on the repeal Of the
Specie Resumption act, and on an issue OF
subsidiary silver coin, which would be a
compromise between paper currency and
gold. They should Immediately unite on
on the adoption of some policy most likely
to improve the currency and recuperate the
business of the country.
Year: 1876

THE efforts to defraud the renenue In
whisky began when Congress, for the pur-
poses OF taxation to carry on the war, i'm
posed the high tax. When this measure
was passed there was an amendment ex-
empting from the tax all whisky that at the
time of its passage was in bond This was
passed under the pressure Of powerful
lobby, and was really as nefarious piece
of business as the act creating the Credit
Mobilier Ring. From that time to this the
Whisky Ring, with more or less assiduity,
according as the Secretaries of the Treasury
we're vigilant in their duties, has fourlshed'
1t had power under Lincoln, an administra-
ton which, notwithstanding the war, was as
corrupt in many phases Of subordinate duty
as any we have ever had, which sent gener'
ais to the field who were utterly incompe-
tent, and began the horrible work of recon-
struction by appointing men without char
acter or ability to "administer justice IN
the South. Then came The saturnalia OF
corruption in the time of johnson, when
leading whisky thieves were in the conf
dence of the administration, and when
whisky was sold in the open market for less
than the tax.
Year: 1876

LIKE all instructions in mountainous re-
gions of country, the Carlist revolt in
Spain, still holds out, notwithstanding the
inferior number of the insurreetionists, and
the prospect for internal tranquility is not
altogether fattering. The leader of the re
volt seems to have despotic authority over
his followers. 1t is to be hoped that the
Carlsts may soon be put down, and that
Spain may turn her attention to Cuba, and
administer Justice to that unfortunate and
unhappy portion Of her domain. There is
always something to mar the happiness and
prosperity Of the Spanish people who have
one of the finest countries in the world.
May they soon be in the enjoyment Of that
internal tranquility to which they have been
| strangers so long.