Kenosha tribune and telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1855-1855, 1855-04-12
T4aE BITERs BIT.

l. Among the winter sports Of the Yaukees and Ca
nadians. on the frontier, at Ogdensburg, is horse
racing on the ice. This racing, however. is no
only trial Of speed between the horses bu, also
STRIFE Of wits between the hipeds interested. Tn
manneT Of carrying on strife has been BY on
4 paE,y procuring the, fastest horse in the country
and d'guisies hun ard giving him some fctition
name. INTRODUCE him as, new aud untred nag
which having the effect tQ stimulate the other sid,
TO bet their pile resulted generally in then being
cleaned out. A couple Of years ago.the Yankees
By trick Of this kiad fairly took in and done fol
thsif Canadian adyersaries, 9Thsayear, however
the Canaoians have fairly paid up the old, score
and got sonnet hingj taudsoms standing on The ere
/ dit side. They gged in.,ae F LOLA Tempe she
fastest troitrrin The Unians with aresult which Tbs
article we copy below, tells ;-res. ~. .ss- -,4
81 -ss.s -, :. The Races. ,.ssx 81 assas
= The greateyents Of the past week was
the races, which, came off on the ice at this
place on the annual meeting. of the 0swe-
gatchie Trotting Club. The different. pur-
ses were spiritedly competed for. and the
contest exhibited thorough training of the
different horses entered for the prizes,
The time made BY the winning horses, a
record of which we give below entitled them
to be counted as Ta$t nays, which we accor-
dinghy pronounce them. y &"e "'a'
pas The great object Of interest was the race
5ofthe last day, for a purse of $500. Per-
sons were attracted hither from all parts Of
4 Sta Lawrence, Franklimand Jefferson Com-
sites, and from Canada. ranging from Kiife-
stonato Bytown and Montreal; and from
! Rochester, A ubumaanth New York; The
mass present on,tlie ieeand the Railroad
dock was yarlousl ysestimated Sfronai ten ato-
thirteen thousand. The linegmasleion,this
race, excels. that,of any treltingss known. in.
i. the word There Were Ave competitors
for the purse, aad all Were distanced, fair
play, in the rstheai. by the Brown Mare
entered asTnp0Hinsaa,n stEime egg, I'M,
paralleled in therecords Of the turf. The
secotsd horse was aabsorelrmare. entered as
the eBetleaof Ogdeas6ufgh, whichagained.the
distance possibly being put toaa keen run,
which was decided o.. Kaby those who had
heavy bets on thessforsaid Belle. ',a,u9-u
ts The nextto heats Were easily taken by
I TIP Human, in thetime 2.26 and 2,24 and
) in a beautiful style, she not having broken
i up once in thelhree heats, aaaao d, Is s,ae
ls.s On this race heavy amounts changed
hanGs; the Burghers were the principalsuf-
terers, we understand, Two years ago
"SoaYel Billy" under the assumed name of
!. -Arehy Campbell, was successfully used by
our boy 10 fleece the Canadians, and their
favorite Bytosesa lure. 1t would mo-. do to
play the game two years in succession, SO
everything was done according to the
square at the races last year. This season
the card Of two years ago was attempted
to be played again. The s'Burghers''s sent
to Boston, and Lady ZitcIfe1d was bought
here and entered as the Belle Of Ogdens-
burgh,i and our fellows staked their .'piles''
on her. But things don't always 60 as
they areaset. fLoRA TEMPLE, aftelhavfne
been properly ."dyed in the wool" and
thoroughly colored, left New York city
aboutthe middle ofFebruary, on he New
York and Erie Railroad, passed through
the western partoof sthe State to- Ogdens-
burgis, was entered asalnip Hinman, and the
reader knows the rest. The whole transac-
ton affords anothernstance Of The truth
fulness of the old law Diamond cut Da-
mould. We desnot rejoice in the losses sus-
tanned by our sporting gentry, but to US u to
those who lost nothinQon the race it is quite
q laughable affair and we presume all will
laugh when they get over feeling sore
WASH it pretty good jokes- Ogdens-
JurgA Sentinel. .....-.5.'.,..'
.s-rs GRATED Chestnut T'rces.l
The Cincinnati G1se9e publishes letter
from Mr.. SheldonI. Kellogg. to The Wine
Growers Association, dated Bordeaux,
France. on the cultivation OF the chestnut
He savs:ea n H~&& vte~ c
81 have been muchsurprisea in seeing the
great dependence the poorer classes make
upon the large chestnut for their daily food.
It's cultivated in this neighborhood in great
abundance for this purpose. All classes use /
them more or less; therch having Them Dali
ly bro't upon their tables as desert, either
boiled orreasted. 1tisoften madeintoa soup,
which is highly esteemed They are cooked
in multitude of ways, and know of moth
ing Of a fariuaceous nature which is so very
delicate and nourishing. e..s, ...,,,ses
The MARION, orlarge ehcstnut, is the pro I
duce ofthe wild chestnut after being engraft- I
ed. The wild tree, at three or four years OF
age, is cut square off, say four or five feet
from the ground. The stump is then split
twice. These splits intersect at right angles
at the centre the stump. There is then in
serted one good sized branch of the same
tree in every section of the splits, making
four branches in each stump. Care is al |
ways taken to makethe bark ofthebrahches
and the bark ofthe stump join each other as
closely as possible. Tie graft is then sur 4
rounded with clay and moss, 10 prevent the ;
outflow Of the sap, and it scarcely ever fails I
Of success. The period selected in this eli /.
mate for this operation is the month of Feb /
ruary. The produce of this graft is usually 4
a fine, large, beautifully coIored maroon, 4
about the size of our buckeyes. They are
much more delicate in texture and favor
than our own wild chestnut. They are new ]
er eaten without being cooked. The treei is
a very beautiful one, being. though not as