Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1857-11-19
From the Chicago Journal
Home Made Chips.

HIS is avery plCiSaht " - ".A'A '~ts
leasantly made; curiosity eonirived IL
eed, to keep life wide awake, upili e
round it with sleep
There is an arrangement effect ii III
ne last way in the world we should have
bought of-just by rolling the globe
,ver and over. OF course We meaa "a,
nd night-the lights and sLad,,s OF
.fe's fair perspective. Asid m The
,ecessity we feel, Of that ala 3,aE
ow and then, we christen 's.e,,, Nbsf
puld possibly afford a. grand, sf.s, ~
lprizes than the alternat,oug OF daN
nd night.
Day: nothing but n little lighted ve> i
ule to something, we know not wha.
Night: short, dim hall tina leads o al
ther. And on We go, through this
rand suite of briilian chambers vi J.
hadowy passage-wa, between, until
We have explored this wondeous castle
f our mortal being.
What if it were one great, unbrohcn
"; how dull 'twould grow in lift's long
ternoCn. How like Monday would
xistcnco be. Nothing made over n,w;
10 twilight to muse in; 80 dawling
wait: no tomorrow 10 dream o.. ur To
ope for: no surprise To quicacu thought
nd heart, but jus, a steady blaze OF day
an Arabia the Rocky, without any
Araby the Bless
For our part, we are glad we are ig-
lorant; glad we are not ubiquitous; we
would not have the wings OF the mo.n-
ug,' if we could This opening and
>hutting of doors all through he world,
Jleases us. 1t is poem without pre-
tatory argument play without pro
rammc. Were life and action laid
Jut, then life and action would be
corpse, and all we mourners should &c
about the street
For us, We seldom leave the Chips,
md when we do. it is dash into Indian:
or a plungg into Wisconsin. The otho
lay. ay i hursday-wc INDUCED i'll the
,tter, and iclt a little like The Genoese,
yhen we discovered kENosuA. 1t was
ne Of those pleasant surprises that have
'ecn waiting twenty years for us.
True, we had darted through its leaty
rincc by Railroad, en- route for Madison
We had coasted along by steamer, but
was in moonless highland we asleep.
Dur geographical education had been
neglected, md Woodbridge said moth
ng of Pike Creek for kenosha is Pike
Creek, Just as Racine is Root River, and
not as some people are pleased to sup
pose, named in honor of Monsieur John
Racine, dramatist upon whom the cur
tain fell, about two hundred years ago.
We knew that Kenosha is seven thou
sand strong; that it is a busy, prosperous
CITY, with a rare blending Of New Eng
land thrift and western energy; but we
did not know that it is one OF the most
beautiful places upon the shore OF our
western Mediterranean. a town set
Town in the midst of grove of Natures
own planting, where everybody seems
! u rcmelnber that Adam Mont ant nf
Garden, one melancholy May. day, aud
so. everybody is trying his best 10 get
in again, can hardly escape being beau
tiful.
Aside from the cheerful air o. bust
ness that lent animation to the streets the
elegant residences form the chict and
distinguished feature OF attraction.
A Park,n in its full autumn glories,
is set like a sweet country picture in the
midst of the town, and We have rarely
seen any thing more beautiful. As We
went lcisurely along, i'll Il morning that
seemed stray page torn from the lille
volume of Indian Summcr, the richly col
ored leaves rustlcd beneath the feet, as
if we had been in grand, old wood, in
stead of the heart of brisk and busy
town.
To the courtesy Of Mr.. SCHoFF, senior
ditor and proprietor of he tribune d:
| IelegroDh, we are indebted for many
! Kind tt,ntions, as well Is facts of inter
est of Kcnosha.
The FREE ScHooL is the crowning
Onor OF tAe city. Two spacious and
substantial buildings, ADM ably located
and erected at an expense Of many thou
sands Of dollars, are thronged with pupils
numbering nearly five hundred.
Its Principals have been men of the
highest order, AS two ticts W i'll abundant
ty attest: one of THIN, Mr.. McMYSN,
has been deemed worthy Of he superin-
tendency of the school interests of the
State, and another, J. G.. MCKINLEY
Esq. has recently been appointed Super
ntondcnt OF the schools of Milwaukee.
The result Of the thorough and eff
cicnt system of Instructions manifest in
| the fact ~ at not Select School exists
| IN Keno IA contamination devoutly
to be wished since nine times in ten,
the only claim that certain schools pos
>ess. to tho appellation High is foun-
Icd upon the fact that they are located
! in some sec0pd starry
The Young Mems Association is pre-
cisely what 1t purports to be; an cnerget-
ic association Of young men; not old
hoys' with frosty locks, and bearded
il" the pard.'
The officers are as enterpri,ing corps
Of youthful dignitaries rs can anywhere
be found Even the Hard Tines have
not impeded their arrangements for
fall course Of Lectures, and their efforts
have been literally seconded and literal
" co17,tesanced by the citizens.
The society represented by Messrs.
Z. W. CLARKE as president, y. II.
PHLIrs, Corresponding Secretary, and
f. &. DuRAST, Treasurer, we wish the
fullest measure Of success.
The Peoples College and the Literary
Association, well sustained, are the clear
est opponents of the prosperity and in
telligencc of community.
Altogether, quondam Southport pre-
sents delightful retreat from the great
laundering city; and it seems 20 u hat
if content is a real condition o. our be.
ing, the jewel must surely be found in
the homes of KENosHA.
As the train was on its way to Keno