Kenosha tribune and telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1855-1855, 1855-06-14
A.uaap3 J. { about Ourselves.

AHc J diS hjb " tiiluh TOO IlttIc OF lnc pow
er behind the throne" as long as they get
&heir paper regularly, and find its columns
moderately interesting, with an occasional
cause for faultfnding. They entirely over
look the labor, the study, the care and anx-
eety expended in furnishing such paper.
and it may be well that it's so-a conscious
ness ofthose things might materially dinin-
ash the enjoyment Of many readers in their
perusa OF their weekly installinent of news
and miscellaneous reading. But we have
concluded for this once to bring ourselves
upon the stand,' and we therefore hope
our readers will give us careful hearing
The present number Of our paper con
cludes its 18th Volume. five mistake not,
thatils the greatest age yet attained by any
paper in our State. And in that time, great
changes have come over the State, the Co.
and our city. Wisconsin has passed from
an uninhabited Territory, lying mostly in
Its pristine solitude and beauty, to a popu-
lous, highly cultivated, and rapidly grow
ing State. The prairie that only walked to
the echo of the hunter S rife, or the whoopI
OF the red man, has become resonant with
the sounds Of industry and civilization
The waving grass and the wild flowers have
given place to the teeming fields of grain
and The bloom ofeultvation. Where roam
ed the fleet bounding deer, and the prairie
wolves held their revels undisturbed, the
focks and herds of the industrious farmer
now Craze IN peaceful fields. SO with our
beautiful city. The few cottages that mark
ed the spot Of the primitive hamlet, have
grown TO a goodly number of elegant and
costly dwellings,, public houses and extern
slve stores, and the hamlet has become a
populous city, busy. usIing mart of trade,
where the sounds of the various branches
ofindustry mingle with the everlasti NO muir
muir Of the waves. These changes have all
come within the fifteen years since our pa
per made its first appearance in the little
village of Southport
But we did not mean to speak of chang
es in particular. A Slight glance at the gen
eral aspect Men and nOaC was all we intend
cd. And there are other changes that come
nearer home to our own experience, have
taken place. Let us look at-Ihcm.
The cost Of publishing paper has near
ly doubled during the past fifteen years, and
yettherehas been no corresponding increase
of remuneration to the printer. The cost
OF material and labor have increased, while
the cost OF living has doubled Our paper
costsmore thanlJdid when wheat was worth
but 50 cents per bushel and other grain in
PioP"F"oh' LABOR roSlS mere, rents are
thing we cat has almost nplcd in cost
Bread, the staff of life, especially costs us
now three times as much as it did three or
-four years since. Sill thcprice of our paper,
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