Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1850-05-17

ly burned off and his body had been manged by
the wolves Fond du Lac journal
THEORY OF MARRIAGE.-There was merry
fellow supped with Plato two thousand years
ago, and the conversation turned upon love and
the choice of wives He said" He had learn
ed that man was created male and female, with
duplicate set OF limbs, and performed has locomo-
tive functions with rotary movement as wheel
that he became in consequence so excessively
insolent, that Jupiter. indignant, split him in two
Since that time each rams through the world IN
quest of the other half. II the original halves
meet they very loving couple; otherwise
hey are subectto a miserable, scoldlng, peevlsh,
and uncongenia matrimony. The search, he
said was rendered diff cult for the reason that If
one man alighted upon hal that did not belong
O him. another did necessarily the same, I'll! the
whole affair was thrown in irretrevable confu-
sion"
WAFER TELESCOPES are used by the Nor
wegian f>hermea with great success. Near-
" every boat is provided with one. Thro'
these telescopes. the fish can he distinctly
seen in from 10 To Is falhoms Of WATER
Tine Scotch fishermen have lately introdu-
C d Them.
ADMIRABLE-A little lawyer appearing as ev-
i, ence at one of our courts, was asked by gi-
gantc counsellor, what profession he was of, and
having rel lied that he was an attorney. "YoHa
lawyer?" said Brief "why can put you in my
pocket. Every likely you may" relolned the 9TH
err, "and you will have more law in your pocket
than in your head"
RETIRED List OF THE ARMY.-Mr. Davis, OF
Mississippi, has renewed in the Senate, the old
bill originally prepared by Gen. Macomb, provi-
ding for a retired list Its chief feature is to pro-
vide that when an officer becomes disabled, ha
shall leaveIservice with his his proper pay, with
out rations, forage, &c. and that the one pro-
NOTED to his place. shall receive the rations OF the
rank vacated; and the pay proper from the
grade from which he was promoted. This IS TO
last for the life of the retired officer
The culture of the grape is becoming quite
prominent item in the agriculture OF the west.
There are TAB acers of vineyards around the city
of Cincinnati, capable of producing when IN full
bearing, 600 gallons of VINE annually
In Clark County, Indiana there are from 40 to
200 acres of vines, producing 200 gallons of VINE
per acre. which is sold at the press at from sixty
TO eighty cents per gallon
Value of Wharf.-The Cochituate has been
in full use in Boston for ten months, and the los
SEES by fire in the city tor that riod have been
SIC, 0OO,1 or half what they W Re for the cor
RESPONDING ten months Of 1889, or 1857.
UMBRELLAs.-It is not a hundred years since
a very eccentric Engiishman, named Jonas Han
wav, having returned from his travels IN the east,
appeared in the streets of London, on rainy
day, with queer "notion" from China, IN the
shope of what is now called an umbrella Be
mo The first ever 80 an in Engad it attracted such
courteous and indignant notice, that It's owner
was soon surrounded by furious English mob,
and peited with mud and other missiles, tor his
audacty in attempting 10 screen himself from
the rain which all true born Engshmen, from
time mmemorial, hab olowed to beat upon them
without resistance as the visitation OF Providence
The incident made a noise; and in spite OF rldl-
cule, the notion began to take wonderfully with
the hitherto be-drizzed people; and as II was
found as useful III protecting against the sun as
apaiiIst the rain, the name of UMBRELLA htte
shade-was given it. Poor Jonas, so unpopu-
lar at first, and afterwards 80 universally adopted
merely shows what disadvantage II Is to be
b.rn few years in advance of the age!-PhI
Ledger.
The CHRISTIANITY AND MORALITY OF WAR!
Sir Charles Napier, in giving an account to some
friends of the attact OF Acre, in the Holy Land,
praised the mariners in particular. VINO acted very
valisnty 81 knew lhem,' said Sir Charles 10
be a very pious corps, which suppose was the
reason why so many OF them were sent over 10
Us; so accordingly | touched them on their reh-
gious feelings and brought them into action IKE
men, "But how did you bring their religious
feelings into play, Sir Charles, said some re, one g
p-eseit "what did you say to them'' Cad
said he, "vhen the enemy were coming on l
cried, No,o at en- you i9'srnaI rascaLs' and tu'-
fiji The Prophecies"
Inausncs Of svtiskey.-The son of man worth
"two hundred thousand" was found lying dead
drunk in the street at Pittsburg A few steps
from him lay the son of man worth nothing, In
the same condition Whiskey is great eveller.
RroroGy.-The Messrs Burr were astonish-
ing the natives at Pi.tsburg recently with their
Biological experiments
The New Mayor of Pttsburg, having had
drunken man before him who had been pickea
up ont of the ditch, before rum tavern, dismls-
sed the nrisoner but fined the taVern-keepeT ave