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Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1859-03-03
Death Of DR.. franklin.

AS | raped at the door, who should
come to open it but old Sarah Hum
phries. | was right glad to see her,
for | had known her long time. She
was Of the people called Friends and
mighty good sort of body she was,
too. The great people set heap Of
store by her, for she was famous through.
out the town for nursing and tending on
the sick Indeed, many Of them, l be-
lieTe, thong hit they could not sicken and
die right, if they had not old Sarah
HUMPHREYS with them. Soon as she
saw me, she said
" Well, David, how dost %
ooh, much after the old sort, Sarah, :"
said |; "but that's neither here nor
there came to see Dr.. Franklin"
Well, them" said she, Chou art too
late, for he is Just dead"
"Alacka-day!" said I; Chen a great
man is gone.'
" Yes, indeed" said she, "and q good
one, too; for it seemed as though he
never thought the day went away as it
ought, if he had not done somebody
service. However, David, he is none
the worse off for that now, where he is
gone to; but come, as thee come to see
Benjamin Franklin, thee shall see him
yet
And she took me into his room. As
we entered, she pointed to him as he
lay on his bed, and said
"There-did you ever see anything
look so natural %
And he did look natural, indeed
His eyes were closed-but that you saw
he did not breathe, you would have
thought he was in a sweet sleep, he
looked so calm and happy. Observing
that his face was fixed right towards
the chimney, cast my eyes that way,
and behold just above the mantle-piece
was a noble picture. Oh, it was the
picture of our Saviour on the cross. l
could not help calling out
" Bless US all, Sarah what is this %
"W hat dost thou mean, David % said
she, quite crusty.
"Why, how came this picture here,
Sarah 2" said l. "You know that many
people think he was not after this sort. !"
eyes," said she, Il know that, toe
But thee knows many who make great
fuss about religion have very little, while
some who say very little about it have
a great deal'
That's sometimes the case, fear,
Sarah" said l.
"Well, and that was the case," said
she, "with Benjamin Franklin; but, be
that as it may, David, since thee asks
me about this picture, I'll tell thee how
it came here. Many weeks ago, as he
lay, he beckoned me to him, and told
Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1859-03-03
NO. 80.
Cutting it Close

One of the easy Talkersn of tbo
American Magazine records tho foIlow.
ing neat business transaction :"
"One-horse money brokers do shave
country-men awfully, that IS a fact
Changing quarter per cent. bill for
current money, and charging ten Der
cent. exchange on the operation,is moth
ing to what has been done in that line
= but the greatest feats of the kind used
to be performed by Buffalo broker
tie used to rake down the whole bill
and make one hundred per cent clear
profit on the transaction. The way he
did it was this: He kept an exchange
office near the canal basin, and had .
lot of eounterfeits stuck up on the wall
behind the counter, with, Counterfeit
Bills in great black letters over them.
while on the counter stood box DIVA.
fers.
GA canaller would rush into the ofics
and ask for change for bill. Old Spe-
Gle would take the bill very blandly,put
on his spectacles, and give look at it.
The moment he did so his whole coun.
tsnance would change. With an indig-
nant look he would petrify his astonis6-
ed customer: and in grim silence, still
keeping his eye on the canaller, he wo'd
feel for the wafer-box, stick couple of
waters On the back Of the bill, turn
around and tasten it among the coun-
terteits with an indignant iam-then,
turning, he would open his mouth, and
assaii the wretched culprit in the follow
ing manner, to wit :-'You miserable
scoundrel, what do you mean by offer
ing me bad bill? # there's an officer
in sight Pll have you arrested ? with
which address he would make as if he
would sally from behind the counter,
the caualler would ineonti-
nently flee for his life, and the old gen
tleman would sweep the bill into his
money-drawer, and rest from his la
bors. ,"
Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1859-03-03

How HENS CAN BE KEPT so AS TO
PROCURE EGGs IN WINrER.-Build n
conmodious hen house upon some plan
only that there be roosting apartment
aplace for feeding, with boxes for nests
y good plan is to build in tbs shape of
u parallelogram, with the roostino place
across enc end. The central portion
can be used for feeding, the boxes for
nests being placed around the sides of
the building, with small place between
them and the wall, that tho hens NAV
enter the nest on the back side. Build
the house either Of stone, wood or 9TH
er material, as may be thought best, but
let it be warm and comfortable in the
coolest weather, and so made that it cam
be well ventilated. Procure some Of the
large Asiatic breeds, as have foundbv
my experience, that they will lay in win
ter when the common varieties will not
with the same treatment. But the per-
son who expects his hens to lay much
IN summer, after laying all winter, will
be disappointed. Give them as great a
variety Of food as possible, such as corn,
buckwheat, oats, barley, Be, with wa
ter daily. Give them fresh meat once
or twice week, or oftoner, if convent
ent, with an occasional feed of boiled
potatoes or apples. In short, make their
iced as near as possible what it is in
summer, and do not forget to give them
q free supply Of oyster shells pounded
fine.
Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1859-03-03
The River Of Life,

Blood Is the mighty river of life. the
mysterious centre Of chemical and vital
actions, as wonderful as they are indis.
pensable, soliciting our attention no less
by the many problems it presents to
speculative ingenuity, than by the practi-
cal conclusion to which those specula-
tons lead. 1t is torrent impetuousIy
. rushing through every part of the BODY,
carried by an elaborate net work of yes.
sells, which, in the course of the twelve
months, convey to the various tissues
not less than three thousand pound
weight ofnurltlYo material, and from the
various tissues three thousand pounds
weight OF waste. At every moment OF
our lives there is nearly ten pounds of
this fluid rushing i'll one continuous
throbblng stream, from the heart
through the great arteries, which branch
out like tree, the vessels becomino
smaller and smaller as they subdivide,
till they are invisible to the naked eve.
and then they are called capillaries.
(hair-like vessel, } although they are no
more to be compared to hairs, than hairs
are with cables. These vessels form a
net work finer than the finest lace-so
hne, indeed that If we pierce the surface
NJ almost any part with the point Of a
needle, we open one of them, and let
out Its blood. In these vessels the.
blood yields some Of its nutrient mater
lals and receives III exchange some of
the wasted products of tissue; thus modi-
fed, tine stream continues itsrapid course
backwards to the heart, through Il sys-
tenn OF veins, which commence in the
myriad of capilaries that form the ter
mlnation Of the arteries. The veins,
instead Of subdiyiding like the arreries,
become gradually less numerous, their
twlgs entering branches, and the bran
ches trunks, until they reach the heart.
No sooner has the blood poured into the
heart from the veins than it rushes
through the lungs, and from them back
again to the heart and arteries, thus com
plotting the circle, or circulation.
This wonderful stream, ceaselessly
circulating, occ upies the very centre of
the vital organ SIN, midway between the
function of nutrition and excretions.
feeding and stimulating the organs into
activity, and removing from them all
their useless material In its torrent,
upwards of forty different substances are
hurried along; it carries gases, it car
ries metals and soaps! Millions Of or
gained cells float in its liquid and OF
these cells, which by some are consider
ed organized entities, twentymillions are
said to die at every pulse of the heart
to be replaced by other millions. The
iron which it washes onward can be
separated. Professor Berard used to
exhibit lump Of it in his lecture-room
may one ingenious Frenchman has
suggested that coins should be struck
from the metal extracted from the blood
OF great men. Let no one suggest that
we should wash our hands with the
soap extracted from similar sources
Bt0cEacO00'S -Iilsgaziale.
Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1859-03-03

HE ADVENTURE OF SLEIGH RrDE
"A gay and merry party of gentlamon
ana LADIES met with an unsavory adyen.
ture, While returning from Clinton 70
their home IN W oroester, during one Of
the recent moonlight evenings The
w orcester Spy says one of their nm
Der espied, on the road, what he sunno.
sed to be rabbit, trotting uncencaru-
eddy along to the music of the " merry
merry bells" Suddenly one of the
slelghs was brought to stand, and a
brisk young gentleman who had con.
celTed the idea Of rabbit supper. ium-
ped out, gave chase, put his hand 1pon
the game, when lO-horror of h0rrors
the rabbit proved to be skunk. and
what was worse, skunk who scanned
to have not the slightest regard for the
statutes made and provided apainat
" haWkers and pedlers" of perf1merv
as well as all ether sorts Of merchandise.
Here was a dilemma, not only for the
rabbit hunter, but his friends 1t seem
ed to be too cruel to lsave him on the
road, and certainly his unfragrant pre-
sence in the sleigh was not to be toIe.
rated by the best broad cloth and silks
and crinoline fresh from the ball How.
ever, q sort of compromise was made,
by which the luckless wight was seen.
red passage behind the sleigh, and he
reached Worcester wiser if not a hap
pier man, his unpleasant adventure i'm
pressing him, in more senses than one.
with the danger of trusting too much to
appearances, especially by moonlight
Springfield Republican,.
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Making Molasses Candy.

81 don't see, girls" said I, at last,
tired of stirring, Gas the molasses will
ever be any thing but molasses.'
Il have conundrum," said Jenny.
"Why are some Of us very ao,liko this
molasses ?" Because" said tSarah,
some of US will,'' some time cease to be
lasses, but this never will" ''No," said
Jenny, "it is because we are candied, but
this will never be-" "Now," said Su-
san, scan you tell me why some of us
are very much like this molasses?"
Because We are sweet"
"No."
because we are lasses"
"No."
because we need stirring up
"No. Give it up?"
eyes"
because I very much fear that some
Of US, like this molasses, will never
chage our name or state"
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History of the plouph

Inc hFsC plough Is supposed to have
been the rude branch of tree, cut so
as to have cleft end, the top Of which
dragged along thesurface of the ground,
scraped furrow into which seeds were
thrown. 1t soon occurred to the hus-
0andman that he might relieve his own
labor by yoking an animal to the long
arm OF his primative instrument; then
arose the necessity for handle, affixed
to the back, SO that it might be guided.
The strength Of the animal soon wore
away or broke the cleft of the branch,
and this necessity gave rise to the in
ventlon OF means of attaching movable
shares, first Of wood, and next of stone,
copper and iron, worked to shape adj
apted TO the cutting Of burrows, SO as to
avoid the excessive labor arising from
the plowman's having to lean npon it
with all his weight, to press it into the
earth. Just such an implement as these
conjectures indicate, was used by the
Saxons.
Some Of the facts connected with the
history Of the plough are almost incred-
Idle. In Ireland there once prevailed
a custom of ''ploughing by the horses
tail The dratt-pole was dashed to the
tail OF the horse, and, as no harness was
employed, two men were necessary, one
to guide and press upon the plough,
the other to direct the horse, which he
did by walking backwards before the
miserable animal, and beating him on
the head on either side, according to
the direction required. This custom
prevailed for a considerable time, in
spite of q law that was passed in the
early part of the seventeenth century,
Imposing severe penalties upon persons
found guilty of "ploughing by the her-
SEES tail, as III the act mentioned and
described. From the Rev Caesar OF
ways "Sketches in Erris and Tyraw-
ley" 1t appears that the barbarous prac-
tlce fingered in the remote west of Ire
land as late as the year 1910. And
from paper con the breed Of horses
IN Scotland in the Ancient Times" prin-
ted in the first volume of the ''Trans-
actions of the Society of Antiquarians
of Scotland" we find that the same GUS
tom was practiced in that country as
late as the year 1792.-Pr0ga'esS Of Ag-
ricultaWe.
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Chinese Amusement at English Fashions.

Europeans who go to China are apt
to consider the inhabitants of the Celes-
tial Empire very odd and suprcmely ri
dlculous, and the provisional Chinese at
Canton and Macao pay back this senti-
ment with interest. 1t is very amusing
TO hear their sarcastic remarks on their
appearance-theiru utter astonishment at
The sight OF their tight-ftting garments,
their wonderful trOwsers, and prodig-
Ious round hats, like chimney pots, the
shlrt-collars adapted to cut off the ears.
and making frame around such grotes-
que faces, with long noses and blue eyes
no beard or moustache, but handful of
curly hair on each check. The shape Of
Of the dress-coat puzzles them above ey-
9rything. They try in vain to account
for it, calling it a half garment, because
it is impossible to make il meet over the
breast, and because there is nothing in
'front.' to correspond with the tail behind.
They admire the judgment and exquisite
taste Of putting buttons behind the back
where they never have anything to but
ton. How much handsomer do they
think themselves, with their narrow, OBJ
lique, black eyes, high cheek bones, and
little round noses, their shayen crowns
and magnificent pig-tails hanging al
most to their heels. Added to all THESE
natural graces, conical hat covered
with red fringe, an ample tunic with
LARGE sleeves. and black satin boots WIN
white soles Of immense thickness, and IL
must be evident to all that a European
cannet compare in appearance VIII
Chinese,
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'Agitation.

AglCaLl0n.
Probably everybody remembers the
assurances given byDemocratic Presses
and Orators last fall, that the ''Iansas
strife" was over, and that hereafter
there would be no more Slavery agita-
ton" How have those assurances been
kept?
There is now an "agitation" for the
revival Of the Slave Trade, al "aoita-
ton" for the purchase of Slave Terri
tory, an agitation for the ayowed sci
zure OF Territory adapted to Slavery,
and an agitation" growing out of an
other invasion Of Kansas by Missouri
Shareholders. Who are the ''agitators"
responsible for all this /?
Not finger has been lifted, not a
measure has been proposed, on the part
of the North, looking to the revival of
agitation. The promised peace has
failed to arrive, solely because the Slave
holders and their allies are determined
to have no peace.
But this Is nothing new. The North
does not seek agitation, and never par
tieipates in it, except when forced to by
the Democratic Party-the Party
lives only for the propagation of Sa-
very, and which by its zeal for Slavery
maintains control Of the Southern States
without whom it would be the mere
remnant of faction.
There never has been an 'fagitation"
that " as not produced by some new
demand made in behalf of Slavery by
the Democratic party. The Missouri
Compromise the Compromise of 1850,
the Fugitive Slave Law, the Nebraska
Bill, the Kansas Policy of Buchanan,
and the English Lecompton Swindle,
were every one attempts by the Demo
cratic party to extend Slavery over
Free Soil. Yet in the whole history OF
Congress, where is there an instance Of
agitation caused by demand for
new privileges put forward by the Free
States? 1t is part Of the policy Of
the Democracy to rave against ''sec-
tional contests" when all the sectional
contests are Of their own making.
The trick has been played long and
successfully. But it is going thread
bare at last, and the time is approach |
ing when it will no longer deceive
the more thoughtful and con-
sentative men, both Of the Free and of
the border Slave States, begin to real
Use the truth, and will shape their po-
litical action in accordance with it,
Journal
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KENOSHA WIS.,, THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 1859.

me Of this picture up stairs, and begged
would bring it to him. His face bright
ened as he looked upon it; and he said
-'Ay, Sarah, there's a picture worth
looking at There is picture Of Him
who came into the world to teach us to
love one another. Then, looking visit,
fully at it for some time, he added, sSa-
rah, set this picture up over the mantel-
piece, right before me; for like to look
at It. When had fixed itup, he look
ed at 1t very much, and, in the end, as
thee sees, he died with his eye fixed up
on If -
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4Ottrp.
For the Tribune L Telegraph.
PASSING AWAY.


They are passing-they are passing
Those we left in youth and bloom;
Every breeze from home is waiting
Some new triumph or tho tomb.
Oh, the dear, the sunny faces,
That in happiness we met
They have passed away forever
Now their outhful sun is set
They are dying--they are dying
Those We loved 50 fond and well;
With their memory left to cheer MS,
They have giv'n last tareweH
Oh, the dear, fond recOlectons
OF that once unbroken band
But alas they now are scattered,
Never here to meet again.
They are fading-they are fading,
Ever like the autumn flowers;
For they, too, wither one by one,
Like leaves in fairies bowers.
Those whose names 30 dear in childhood,
We must Danish ono by one;
Of those loved ones some are distant
Some are in the silent tomb.
They are falling-they are falling,
And their days pass quickly by,
Like the leafietss of the forest,
Fan which now are rustlng nigh
But we shall meet thcm-wo shall meet them,
When, Ike them this life is done;
There in yon bright heaven to greet them,
Where no sorrows ever come.
Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1859-03-03
To Wheat Growers.

Having travelled very extensively the
past summer, and seen and conversed
with hundreds of farmers, as to the
wheat crops, | have seen but ONE who
said he raised decent crop Of wheat
/. g. about 90 bushels to the acre. He
showed me his wheat, some winter and
some spring; it was quite fair and full,
though not quite SO much SO as in good
seasons. He attributed his success TO
soaking his seed in tolerably strong lime
water till it began to sprout. His land
is quite low, and fully as wet as his
neighbours, just across the road, whose
wheat was so drowned out and rusty as
not to be worth harvesting.
S. n. MANNING.
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KEEP OUT OF DEBT. = Young
man, avoid pecupiary obligations, as
you would pestilence. cove no man
any thing but love-" Pay as you GO
What if your coat is seedy, your shoes
out at the toes, your hat shocking
bad one. If they are yours and paid
for, it is nobody's business; and you
are more independent, more respectable
in them, than you would be in new
suit purchased on credit. Buy nothing
without paying for it, unless it be to
protect you from nakedncss. Observe
these rules and you will sometime be
worth fortune.
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ly,,o, laicines OTIS, Paints Pertunsry, Fancy Ar
tcies All kinds OF Patent Medicines, and an excellent
assortment of every article kept in establishments Of
this character Corner Of Main and Wisconsin Streets
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sTARKWEATHER q co.,

Asos,,s p,,bltc ana Translator Land and Insurance
Agent Business transacted in French German, Sweeu
ish Danish and Norwegian. Office at the Gravel Fouh'
dry, corner Of South and Exchange Streets ly4l
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DIR. p. $. ARNDT,

Having located In the city of Kenosha, prepared TO prse
tice his profession in all its branches
OFFICE and residence on Wisconsin street
RstsrencssA 4. rYHEsES, A CAMPBELL, Z. d. MCoD' ~
EHIK. j. MnlpPIE. AON
Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1859-03-03

PAUL JONES IN THE FIRTH. - Last
week Mrs. Beekie, a widow, died at
Pathhead, near Kirkcaldy. She was
known to have been the last Of those
young lasses who lighted the fires in
Rayenscraig Castle when the men of
Pathhead kept armed watch and ward
nightly for the return of Paul Jones'
She often referred to this period in her
life, and described infinitely the appear
ance of 2fr. Shirra, when engaged in
praying on the beach for that wind
which drove the dreaded Paul down
the Firth. She was twenty-seyen years
single, forty-four years married, and
twenty eight years a widow, and was in
the habit of saying that she had lived
three life-times. Her offspring were as
follows: nine children, ninety five grand
children, and eighty-nine great grand
children-in all one hundred and ninety
three.
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JOB PRINTING

BOOK, Blank Job and Card Printing Of every description
executed with neatnes cheapness and prompness at this
Office Plain, Fancy, and Ornamental Printing in Colored
Inks and Bronze.
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N. Il. JOHNSON,

E1shiondJEe Barber and Hair Dresser. From tong
experience in the business he aatters himself that he can
lender entire satisfaction TO all who favor INN with hsr
rrorncr Of Main street and Market square
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DIR. A. FARR,

Iasssrance-Hs is Agent for Udrs0us Companies Of ~
doubtsd credit and prepared to issue Policies on Life
and Property, on favorable terms See advertisements
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Phvsicja. ant Surgeon WIZ be found at his Office Il
Starkweathers Drug Store at his residence, corne
OF Chicago and Park Streets at all times ready to a.
tend the calls of the Public. DO
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l.. G. MERRILL,

Atorney and Counsellor at Lar, Solicitor in Gancery
and County Judge win attend to all legal business OIL
apencIes entrusted to bis care. OHice-Maln Street,
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LYMAN & BONE,

5.ot, Shoes, Leather, Findings, &C. Erery gdr{e'y o
every article pertaining to their business may be 9sd Oh
Ieatber for sale Hides bought &c. Corner OF har
Let square and Main street See advertisements:
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RATES OF ADvERTIsING
THE TRIBUNE q; TFIEGRApH

Is he Ohted fdper IN tie State G/ Wisconsin Prints
1Hd Ctrcutdtes FIFTEEN HUNDRED CODies Der aoeek
JC"TcHJths oftrbtch are in heftosha Cou1ty achich
nsdHes1 destrdJEe zaedjuna TOR Adeeytisjag
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The principal Of the Seminary at
South Hadley, Mass. latter due delibera-
ton as to the propriety of his departure
from an 'old time custom, has decided to
give the young ladies under his tutelage
one half hour more ofsleep in the morn
ing.