Tribune and telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1855-1856, 1855-12-27
Food for Thought.

We publish below short article handed in by
one of our citizens, upon subject that We nave
frequently thought of,and spoken of through our
columns, until it seemed a waste oftime and
space Every Fall we have called the matte
up and tried to incite citizens to some action
on the subject ola Young Mems Association; Ly-
ceum, or some of those means that adopted
IN every other city and town in the State, to fur
nish rational amusement and profitable occupa-
ton for an occasional evening, for both young
and old in our city. Nothing has yet been done.
Although our correspondent strong Ian
guage, he tells only the truth, and we ask our
citizens to think of the matter seriously. Let
US have a meeting and see what can be done.
MEssRs EDTroRs:-Allow me to abuse our
Citizens, the poor, selfish, soulless spiritess,
citizens that spend their long evenings loung-
ing from store to store, and allow generation
of yipers to spring up in our midst. Why have
we not Debating society; Lyceum, or reading
room. as other cities hayel Are our yonng men
to have no other amusements afforded them,s save
the demoralizing ones undergone in our fashion,
able saloons and gambling tables or the low gro
ceries or grog holes of our city, where nothing
can be learned but the lc,od immoral song, "that
mortifies the soul and petri:;es the feeling or
the coarse brawling blasphemies of every thing
sacred, or the mean ribad jest OF the village
buffoon to provoke laughter Men of Kenosha
are YOU determined to look on supinely and not
try to alter this state of things! You say we
have talent amongst us, why not stir it up for
the public good Let us have general meeting
of our citizens and adopt such means as their
united wisdom may devise to counteract this
vicious tendency of youth, and learn the rising
generation that they can do something moro nse-
full for themselves and society, than drinking,
swearing, chewing and smoking. H.
-se>
THE MAILs.-lf expresses, private pockets, ana
other devices did not interpose to mitigate the pubic
suffering in respect to the transmission of letters and
packages, we verify believe there would be rebel
lion in the land for the overthrow of the general p
o. d. We cannot get New York daily by mail in
less than three days after it reaches here by express
and while our dailys generally come at intervals of
two or three days and then two or three at time,
we not unfrequently get two numbers of the same
paper at the same time with weeks difference in
their dates gentleman living in Illinois, $50 miles
perhaps from Chicago, informed us that he mailed
letter there on the l4h December for this place star
ted himself on the night of the 2ls, reached here
the morning of the 22nd and had the pleasure of re
cevng in person his letter from the post Office here
some two days after his arrival. lie takes pa
per- which he says is never less than week in get
ting over the ground which he goes over i'll ~ hours
This is only sample. complete remedy can be
found only in giving the carrying of letters and pa
pers to private enterprise when ii will be done rs
cheaply as now, and fast messenger can ira
vel.