Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1858-03-25


time, however he continued steadily
at work, trusting, like Mr.. Micawber,
that something would turn up
At length letter was received from
Mr. Dodge, stating that he had succeed
ed in securing Major Williams situa-
| ton as brakeman, on the New York
and Erie Railroad.
That evening, when the Major came
into Mr. Campbells Office, he took up
the letter and informed him that Mr.. ID.
had succeeded in procuring him stu
alton as 6rdke-mdn!
WHAT exclaimed the Major, in
Just establishment brakeman on the
carsr
Yes replied Mr.. c.
'Oh, my God! Mr.. Campbell -
brakeman on the cars-just think ofiti'
1T is rather an inferior post, replied
Mr.. c., 'but then believe, Major, that
you agreed to take anything that might
be offered you
SO / did; but brakeman on the cars!
Great jewhicketty! just think oft! Sup
pose some of my friends should be tray.
cling on the road, and on looking out of
the cars, they would be led to exclaim,
Is that Major Williams out there screw,
ing that thing up? o, my gracious!
Just think of itn
well, what will you do?' asked Mr..
Campbell.
Il viii take it, said the Major, 4 can't
forfeit my word
In few days he reported himself to
the superintendent of the road and was
placed upon freight train as brake
man. After making one trip to Dun
kirk and back, he was promoted to
conductorship on the same train, where
he was kept just long enough to learn
the business Thoroughly, when he was or
dered to take charge of the lightning
train. Here he got good salary, and
occupied very important position
He was very attentive to business, and
fully realized the confidence Mr.. Dodge
had reposed in him. His object was In
getting him to agree to take any post
that might be assigned him, merely to
illustrate the principle that good man
will agree to rise gradually.
Major Williams is now one Of the
best, most gentlemanly and responsible
ON the New York and Erie
Railroad, and don't taste drop Of IL
quor.--Ptiladeiphia Press.
sSy~ Thirty-two seats in the Cana
dian Parliament are contested.
So One of the toasts drank at re-
cent celebration was: woman! she
requires no eulogy-she speaks for her.
self.
EE A military company is about be-
ing formed in Potosi, Wis, with the view
of volunteering to fight the Mormons in
Utah.
EE "Do try to talk little common
sense said young lady to her visitor.
ooh +! but wouldn't that be taking an
unfair advantage of you?"
Ey A new novelty in costume, more
startling and revolutionary than the red
petticoat, made its appearance in Broad
way, New Y ork on Wednesday The
novelty was scarlet trowsers, cut, as far
as casual observer could Judge, Alto
gether a Ia 1Hque, buttoned closely
around the ankle, and producing very
brilliant and impressive effect.
Once year it is proper to publish
the following joke: A New Haven pa
per, describing the localities of three
prominent institutions of that city, says:
"The Medical College is on the road to
the cemetery; the Divinity College on
the road to the poor house, and the Law
School on the road to the jail"
sR4y- A man in Pawtucket lately made
application for insurance on a building,
situated i'll village where there was
no fire engine. In answer to the ques-
ton, 'What are the facilities for extin-
gushing tiros?' he wrote, 1T rains some
times
Eg- Artificial ear drums are now
made of fine silver wire, with disk of
India rubber or gutta perch between
They are placed in the ear and worn
without Inconvenience, and it is said the
effect is magical.
CHILDREN SAY QUEER THINGs.-'There,
now! cried little girl while rumaging
a drawer in a bureau, there; now Gran
pa has gone to heaven without his spec
tacles What will he do
- Hon. Joshua A. Giddings, of Ohio,
has in press a historical work entitled
The Exiles of Florida 1t will be pub
lished i'll a few weeks, and the Ohio
State journal predicts that it will create
a sensation
A chap out West who had been Sc
verely afflicted with palpitation of the
heart, says he found instant relief by the
application of another palpitating heart
to the part effected. Quite another tri-
umph ofhomeopathy. like cures like
SCENE IN SroRE.-"Hallo Boy
what do you want?
Nothing"
Haven't got any. Just sent. the last
we had to Beaver Dam to make corner
lots of--Horicon Argl1s.
1t is stated on the goth ult., one year
had elapsed since a life or limb had
been sacrificed on the Michigan South
ern Il. r. or any of its branches. This
is remarkable exemption and speaks
well for the careful and safe manage
ment of the road.
THE YANKEE ABRoAD.-Mr. Rarey
the American horse tanner, who made
such sensation in England, is repeat
ing his experiments in France in the
Emperor's stables, to the astonishment
of everybody.
DR.. Ray, Superintendent of the But
Ter Hospital for the Insane, in his report
saws: "a hearty laugh is more desir-
able for mental health than any exer-