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Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1841-12-14
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Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1841-12-14
From the Wisconsin Wing.
SKETCH OF POTOSI.
,,o,, ,,,,,, ,-,,.p 1925 no 1871

In the year 1886, little town in Grant
co., w. T., called Lafayette, was laid out
Immediately on the bank Of the River
Grant, about four miles from the Misss-
sippi by the course Of the river. The river
Grant is one Of the most beautiful streams
in Wisconsin. Steamboats, have visited
our wharf all this season, ('4l, and need
not stop short Of our wharves on the ac-
count of low water, if they can pass the
rapids. Lafayette is situated on one Of
the most beautiful plains on the border Of
the Mississippi, furnished with water
from three most beautiful springs that
gush out Of the surrounding bluffs; which
are very stupendous, and look altogether
picturesque to the traveller From the
summit of these bluffs you can have a
view Of twenty miles, or as far as sight
can extend down the river, and across
into Iowa. In this year, Tie mining dis
trict was discovered. The grand snake
cave, from which the name this hollow
took its origin, one Of the most beautiful
sights in Gram co. 1t is situate opposite
the catholic church. This place COM
menced rapidly TO improve this year. In
the year 1887 the small town of Van Bu-
rem commenced improving. The first as
sortment Of goods brought to this place
was imported by Mr. Harper In 1888
Mr.. Geo. Madeira came to this place with
an assortment of goods. The society in
these two places was like the society in all
other cities in the upper country. In
1888 this place was laid out as a town by
Mr.. ]. Wooley, and Mr.. Ham, the propri-
etors Of Van Buren,, rs it was called. 1t
is situated in Snake Hollow, Immediately
above Lafayette, which is at the mouth. 1t
has at present some very beautiful build
ings in il. Here you may see the water
gushing out of the bluffs, in one place 40
feet up, stream sufficiently large to turn
a grst mill. 1t is one Of the fines. natu-
raj watered places | have experienced in
passing through or visiting six States and
three Territories. Near the close of 80,
there was a revival here Of the NJ. E.
Church. From that time the society Of
these places has improved very rapidly.
1t was in this year the head of the Hollow
(or Jackson as it was called commenced
improving. The year 1910 ushered in
while the society was under grand revo-
luton. At this time the mining interest
was very hattering. 1t was in this year
the head of the hollow was laid out as a
town. For several months previous TO
this Lafayette appeared TO be on the de-
cline. We can say during IL as being
one Of the grandest eras of our time for
in this year unity was brought about be-
these three places-Lafayette, Van Buren,,
and Jackson was united in an incorpora-
ton as one town, viz (: Potosi, represent,
ing one great mining wealth.
Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1841-12-14
CALISTHENICS.

Rearing of Girs-EXercise necessary to beauty of
folm and health-New and better mode than former
ly practlsed.
We have one assurance that the world is some
what improving in rational practices, in the fact
that the mode of rearing young girls differs consid-
erablv from what II some years ago For
merlv the ideas of female dehcacy were so ridicu-
lousy erroneous, that numbers of children were
debarrcd from the exercise which is necessary not
only for health but to preserve those fine proper
lions of personal shape on which some parents set
a higher valuation than on health itself With few
exceptions, all creatures are well formed by nature;
detormty is commonly artificial, or the effect OF
some nismanagement in childhood 1t must strike
every Observer that handsome figures are more rare
among the female sex than among males we shall
see twenty women who possess pretty features tor
one who has really well proportioned FORM
With men il is otherwIse-n fact the very reverse;
then exhibit far greater proportion of good figures
than good faces. In infancy and IN early childhood
the corporal formation of females is good as that
of males: but as the former advance to maturity,
certain defects begin to appear, and the Intellectual
aid Of art is called in to compensate for the lief
fects of parental negligence Male children have
been accustomed TO take more exercise than females,
and tins fully explains why the former have better
health and fewer determines than the latter
Health and beauty are, in fact almost nseparable;
or at least there scarcely be beauty without
health.
The inactivity and secusion in which il was for
merry thought requisite thata girl should be brought
up (under the mistaken notion that beauty is akin
to certain meagre and unhealthy condition of
BODY, falsely called dehcateness) have an evident
Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1841-12-14

PERKS BY RAnRoAD.-Among the many chan
ces of disaster upon this modern avenue of commu-
nication, we have to record a novel mishap upon
the Auburn and Rochester road, which caused the
detention OF the cars for several hours on Friday
last. In crossing the new railroad bridge across
the CaYuga, the train was brought to dead halt,
in consequence of a vessel having got aground
while passing under the drawbrdge on that link of
railroad bridget All hands on board the train had
to turn out, dark and cold as it was; and after ma
ny hours spent in helping to unload the heavy
fret lighted vessel, she was got afoat and moved off,
to allow the drawbridge to fall into It's usual
track-and the train, with its grumbng passen-
gers, to go on, after detention of light hours
der very vexatious circumstances.-BufaLO. Conn.,
Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1841-12-14

POLITICAL Prescription IN New ENG
LAND.-HIll's New Hampshire Patriot Of
the Goth, gives list. so far as it has been
a bic to ascertain the facts, of the Post Of
flee removals in New England since fcde-
ralism obtained power in Washington
The list is necessarily imperfect, partcu-
larry as regards the changes in Massachu-
sets, Connecticut and Rhode Island. but
such as it is, it presents a state of things
in strange contrast with wing professions
while seeking power.
In Name alone The removals from Of
fee, for opinions sake. are found 10 num-
Der 81, as far as known-in New Hamp-
shire, Ain Vermont, Coin Massachu-
sets, Ain Connecticut, 23-and in
Rhode Island, I'm all hco hundrcd and
Sirty-eight Post Office rcmorals in these SIX
states, in seven months, by the party
which came into power. under the fercest
denunciations OF prescription, as a punish
ment for political heresy, or as reward
for political services
The Patriot we'll says, in commenting
on these in connection with whig profess
sons, - before electon:"
liz" nave tHcy ICucCillcu tilcll pleuSe:
They have violated il as they have nine
teen-twentieth Of their promises, and made
more removals on political grounds, than
any other administration that has existed
in the country has made in the same time.
This the democrats xpected.-They do
not even complain of it. They 90 COM
plain, however, of the vile dishonesty of
those party leaders, who for mere political
effect, have made pledges so freely, and
broken them so shamclully. We COM
plain that they have made promises TO gain
votes, rhich they meant to break ~hen they
made them. We complain that they are
perpetrating without stint, the same acts
that eleven months ago they charged npon
their opponents, as political crimes Of the
most odious character"
Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1841-12-14

New York Egg Market--It has been
ascertained that over halfa million ofeggs
are consumed every month in New York.
They are brought down the Erie canal in
barrels, and New Jersey and even Penn
sylvania. supplies the Gothamites with this
essential article Of domestic utility. One
woman in Fulton market recently sold
1890 eggs in ten weeks-supplying the
Astor House 1000 every day but $500 on
Saturday!-NorM American.
Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1841-12-14
VOL. III, NO. XVI.

l never could approve Of Duncan's con-
duct towards the deer in moral point of
view, (although, as the man said, he was
my friend. but the temptation Of hart of
grease, offering. as it were, his throat to
the knife, would subdue the virtue Of al
most any dear-staker.
Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1841-12-14
IT'S NO FANCY SKETCH.

The epidemic increases. Death deals
out his lite-destroying blows with a quickly
progressive frequency. His enmity is in
discriminate-his rath is not confined to
classes or conditions. Now the man, sur
rounded with friends, and basking in the
sunshine of affluence, fall his victim; and
and now the poor penniless stranger
shares like fate. There goes the corpse
Of the millionaire, followed by troops of
mourning friends and long train of car
riages. Immediately after it is the I" Un-
attended hearse" Of the poor unknown. In
this house the sober, Industrious mechanic
lies stretched on the bed of death, and IN
Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1841-12-14

MASSACHUSETTS School STATIsTIcS.-The amt
raised by town taxes the last year, throug hout the
State, for school purposes, was S49l 0l5 49, which
added to the income of the surplus revenue appro-
prated to the same object, of 50, 500 As make an
annual appropriation of HaLf0 Million Of Dollars
The number of children returned between the a ges
of four and sixteen, 1873, 1913. The average sum
appropriated the instruction of each child, 1852 10.
Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1841-12-14

LUMBER Wisconsin appears
to be coming into the market with her
lumber as we'll as her lead. She has al
ready sent to market a considerable
amount Of produce. Heretofore large
proportion Of the lumber used at St. Louis
has been carried from Ohio, whence it had
come from the head waters Of the AIegha-
ny. We see by the last st. Louis papers
100000 feet Of pIanei lumber has reached
here from the ST. Croix, in Wisconsin. 1t
is said to be Of first rate quality.
Cincinnati Gazette.
The amount Of pine lumber made at the
mills on the streams emptying into Gree n
Bay, the present year Notwithstanding the
hard times will not be less than 100000
feet. And one third as much has been
made on the shore of Lake Michigan
This trade is sufficien: to give constant
employment to five schooners Of 70 tons
each, in Transporting the lumber, and re-
turning flour and pork TO the mills. The
pine forests to the north Of US are almost
exhaustless, and must for long time to
come continue to furnish large article of
commerce 70 the ports on the south of
Lake Michigan. We are informed by the
owner of a mill on the Wisconsin, that
lumber from upper Mississippi and its
branches has already driven The Allegheny
pine out Of the St. Louis market. We will
tell the Gazette that in few years we
shall ship as much wheat from Wisconsin
as Ohio, for the foreign market What
say you, Farmers ?-Green Bag Ph0enic.
Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1841-12-14

During the time they were on the
wreck, several vessels passed them. On
the third day large ship passed within a
ship, that they could see the people on her
deck, but they appeared to take no notice
Of them. They had at the time a flag
rugged to pole, land dashed TO the bulwarks,
which they all persist in saying the people
on board the ship could not avoid seeing.
By the course she was steering they sup
pose she was bound for New Orleans.
Mr.. Clarke requests US to express, in
his name, the gratitude he feels to the con-
ductor of the Boston and Providence rail
road, and 10 Capt Comstock, Of the steam
er Massachusetts, for giving him free
passage to the CITY.
Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1841-12-14

ATRIP TO EURoPE.-We yesterday had
who had just returned from a visit to Eu-
rope. lie was absent, accompanied by his
son, about four months and half. They
went out and returned in the Great Wes-
tern and were on the ocean only % days
in all. They travelled about TO- 900 miles,
visited all Eng land, saw the principal GU
rloslties. passed through Scotland, tarried
for short time in the principal towns in
France, made trip through Switzerland
and down the Rhine, stopped at a number
Of the principal towns in Germany, hur-
rled through Holland, and rambled over
Ireland. They were six weeks in London,
and three weeks in Paris-put up at the
. best hotels and travelled in the best con-
veyances-and expended about 1000 dol
lars each, including nearly $500 their pas
sage money in the steamers. So much
for travelling IN these modern days. They
saw all the hons Of the Great Metropolis
from the bottom of the Thames to the
ball Of St. Paul's, and from Brentlord to
Mile End. Indeed, ne informs US that
one may travel ten miles through the
streets Of London and suberbs, in an om-
nlbus, for sixpencc, and during the route
at one point gaze with establishment and
admiration at all the magnifcence of no.
blllty and wealth, decked out in the rich
est trappings, such as splendid equipages.
out-rlders, &c, and at another look with
feelings of pity and commsseration at hui
man nature in its most wretched and de-
plorable condition. Phla. Inquirer.
Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1841-12-14

STATISTICS OF MUSCULAR POWER
Man has the power Of initiating every mo-
ton but that Of flight. To effect these, he
has in maturity and health, sixty bones in
his head, sixty IN his thighs and legs, six
ty-two in his arms and hands, sixty-sevcn
in his trunk. He has, also, 434 muscles.
His heart makes sixty-four puIsations in
minute and therefore, 3,S40 in an hour.
3d. 100 in a day. There are also three
complete calculations Of his blood in the
comparative speed Of animated beings and
of impelcd bodies, it may be remarked
that size and construction seem to havo
little iEhuence--nor has comparative
strength, tho one body giving any quant-
~ Of motion to another is said to lose so
much Of its own. The slolh is by no
means a small animal, and vet itcan travel
only fifty PAGES in day; worm crawIs
only five inches in fifty seconds, but a Ia
dy-bird can fly twenty million times its
own length in less than an hour. An ell,
can run a mile and half in seven minutes;
an antelope u mile in minute the wild
mule OF Tartary has a speed even greater
than that; an eagle can fly eighteen leagues
an hour; and a Canary falcon can even
reach $50 leagues in the short space Ollie
hours. A violent wind travels sixty
miles in an hour; sound LAP English
feet in a second.-B Burke.
Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1841-12-14

Rearing of Girls-EXerciSe necessary TO beauty of
fom and health-New and better mode than former
" practised.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1841-10-02

tober term 1910 O. Cecil county c0Url
confess Jdd ~ment, in favor OF Michael
Reed, Nl!!oUghhy II. Red, th0rcs J.
Thomas and Henry II, Reed, trading un-
der the name AID firm Of VI. Reed and
son, OF the city Of Philadelphia. for the
principal sum OF 9J26,>o, with Interest
.'tom the iAD!l day Of May lelO and costs
Of suit with stay of execution for IL
months, which Judgment still remains IN
paid &nd as lien on the SAID Interest OF
die aiI Basil SewaIl in the sad several
tracts Of land. The Bill further states.
that there iSa large and valuable Forge on
the said Tracts OF Land, and that it will
be for the Interest and advantage of the
compIanants and Of The several other per-
SONS interested therein, as aforesaid, to sell
the aforesaid parcels Of Land except
what has been already conveyed to John
son Shippers and Ann Russell as aforesaid
and TO distribute the proceeds thereof a.
mong the several parties entitled, accord
ing to the respective Interest and claims;
and that the complainants have applied TO
the several parties interested, and reques-
ted them to unite with the complainants.
III making a sale thereof upon terms which
would be beneficial to all parties, but that
these requests have bee bv some utterly
rejected The said Bill then prays that
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CIRCULAR

WALTER +. HARDING, reminds his
friends and the public generally, that he
is regularly Established, at No 3 Bowly's
wharf baltimore, for the transaction Of a
General Commission Business, where he
will receive and sell on Commission, all
descriptions Of Country Produce.
He thankfully acknowledges the pa
tronage Extended to him, aud respectfully
asks an increase from those who have not
yet given him trial.
All business entrusted to his care meets
with his prompt and personal attention.
Baltimore October I'd lSll-tG
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FOR WHOM III MAY CONCERN.

FOX " HON III MAY CONCERN.
VHVllE subscriber would respectfully
state, that in conScq ucncC of cnlcc-
blcd health, he considers it incumbent on
him to bring to Il close, at as early day
rs practicable, all business transactions
connected with the store at PORT DE-
POSlT. In view Of this, he now offers
for sale the entire stock of Goods in his
store, at that place, embracing a large and
well selected assortment, the greater part
of which have been purchased within the
last six months.
To a suitable purchaser the terms of
sale will be liberal. The stand is one of
the best in Port Dcposit--possc5sing ma
ny advantages.
The Store room, and Warehouse, will
be let al very low rate for term OF
years.
The subscriber iiattcrs himself that
those having unsettled accounts will, see
the p'opricty of al once closing them.
James Hog and ny Son, &. W. Kidd,
viii proceed to settle and adjust all ac-
counts belonging to this concern. The
Subscriber would also respectfully remind
those, Tho may have accounts unsettled
at the store, at his residence prior to the
lrh March ISL, TO call and close them.
GOODS are now selling at both stores
at prices much lower than usual for the
purpose of reducing the stocks. We have
recently received Il supply Of remarkably
cheap cloths, Cassincrcs and Satincts.
GEO, KIDD,
Sept 18th 19l1-3w
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PROSPECTUS or
The VOT.ssg Peoples Book!
OR MAGAXINE OF
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! SCIENCE, .AND TIE CO.NNICT OFEIfE,
written, not in the rgiloqnal lanruaro which is
addressed 70 very going children, but with such
attention to the style as shull ran,'2I 1t worthy
the notice Of those who are acquiring The arr Of
Composition or l1rming their Literary tase; ana
filled with srah various, original, and valuable
multcr as shall render The volumes when bound
up, worlAra place iu thc Tuuvur SCHOOL library
| 1t the purpose of The proprietor Of THE YorNC
rEoPLE's BOOK e. :i!a..l such q Nuga2ilc. lie
as provided nm,le ln,l,s for the ac,ouplish
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NOTICE.

The Commissioners of Cecil county.
will meet at their Room in the court house
at Elkton, on monday the 18th OF October
Inst. for the purpose Of transacting any
business tina, may come before them.
At this meeting the return of the Asses
sors under the Direct Tax Bill, will be re-
coiycd, ready for the inspection of all per-
sons Interested therein; as the provisions
of the said Act requires.
BY Order F. A. ELLI9,C
Oct2
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A CARD.

g. DIR. COWAN, Denial Surgeon,
would advise those who have decay ed
teeth, that they wish to have attended to,
to call during the month Of October, as
after that month, he expects to leave
Elkton for some time.
p, s. The notes Of the Bait. and Ohio
Railroad company, taken al par for Dental
operations.