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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1864-03-10
16 Court Street, Brooklyn, and
III Broadway, N. Y,

WALTER S. GRIFFITH, Prest.
ISAAC H. FRoTHINGAAM, Treasurer.
GEO. @. RIPLEY, Secretary.
WIN. j. COFFIN. Actuary.
Those wishing an agency of the Home
Life Insurance Company will please address
E. II. KELLOGG, Kenosha, General Agent
for Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa.
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GsreeIey,s History of the Great

GreeIey's HistOry Of abe Great
EeebeIIiOm.-Mr A. w Pease, Agent for Ke
nosha county and city, for this great work, has
partially canvassed the city, but should there be
some he has not called upon who would like to
subscribe for the Work, be has made arrange
ments to have them leave their names at this
office. For terms, &c see advertisement.
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The Amcrfcnn Exchange a Revie,v.

The American Exchange 81 Review, =
We are indebted to the publishers Messrs. Fow-
Ter & Moon, Philadelphia, for the February No.
of this able publication. The work is devoted to
Finance, Insurance, Manufactures Patents,
joint Stock Corporation Interests, Physics, So~
cial and Economic Science. The following are
the contents OF this number;
The Calender; Order and Progress, American
History-the 4th Era, Continued; Mining and
Metallic Production in the United States Can
Cereals be practicable Security for Bank
Issues? Our Gold and Silver Yields Lake
Victoria N'Yanza, &c. Terms s3a year.
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PARIS, March 3d. 1864.
Eds. Telegraph Please insert in your paper
the following list of articles sent by the Soldiers
Aid Society Of District No. 6, to the Northwes,
tern Sanitary Commission, at Chicago, March
ID,
The garments were of new cloth procured anc
made up by the society during the inter. The
money with which tie goods Were purchased
was part of the proceeds Of the Dinner giver
at the Fair. This is the fourth box sent by the
Society to the Sanitary Commission with in the
past eighteen months. Our zeal is unabateC
and we shah continue our efforts as long as they
is the least demand for our labors
The following named articles were in the box
Is pairs Socks
81 Handkerchief
Is Towels.
2 Dressing Gowns.
10 Arm Sings.
Shirts.
pairs Drawers.
Pillows.
Pillow Gases.
Sheets.
2QuiIts
- Bandages.
2Pncushions
Needle Book,
papers Pins.
6. Fine Combs.
IA lbs. Dried Apples.
lbs Currants & Gooseberries.
lbs. Sweet Corn
6 lbs. Dried Beef
Mrs. Il. Z. GIDDINGS,
Secretary.
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we are indebted to Hon, J. II. DooLITTLF
for copy of the Presidents Message and az
companying documents &C. the reports of the sew
eral heads Of Departments; for which be will
please accept our thanks.
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Thursday MOrn'g Mar, 10 1864
Yocal- ID He"za--
Chiearo & MILWAUKEE, Railway

Auction! Auction !!-There will b'
an Auction of Books and other articles, in Mar
ket Square, or near there, on
Saturday next, March f@, 1864,
Come al anG buy czeapi!
LSTONE.
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A Thunder SfOrIn.-We had quite a
thunder storm yesterday, and at intervals there
were quite heavy mutterings Of thunder and viz
id flashes Of tightening.
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Sowing xVheat.-We hear of several
OF our farmers taking advantage of the hne wealth
er last week, to sow their spring wheat.
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a Snow Sform.-We bad quite snow
storm on Friday afternoon last. After several
DAYS Of delightful weather, it clouded up for q
shower, as we supposed, and commenced snow
ing. About two inches of snow fell.
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E6cnosha and the Draft.-We are happy
% be able to announce that our city is Sin GU I
IF tho draft, under the 500 600 call and % to
pare under the next call. On the LIST of Febru-
.ry there was deficiency, of o., since which
ine 80 recruits have been credited to the city
There has been no official announcements from
he Provosts Office Of the credits to the several
owns since Feb LIST, but we understand the
luotas are all filled, and that there still some
spare over and above the quotas in every
own
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Advertisement
Life EmSuramce-Am Impressive
ExHnaDHe


The friends of the late John NJ. Taylor, OF
this county, will be grati6ed to learn that a
few mon lis before his death he applied E.
Il. Kellogg agent of the Home Life Insurance
Company Of New York, for Policy of two
thousand dollars. He being in perfect health
the Policy was issued on the twentieth day of
last March And now after being sick with
Typhoid Fever for about two weeks, he died
leaving to his bereaved family this Policy of
two thousand dollars as an evidence of his af-
f5ction.
The Home Life Insurance Company of New
! DIRK, IS one Of the most Reliable Sound and
Equitable Companies in America Reliable
because it has 235 cents for every 100 of La
bll1ty Liberal because it will loan to the as
sured one half Of all assured payments for life
if desired
Equitable because it returns to the assured
the value of all forfeited Policies.
Commissioner Wright of Massachusetts, in
his last Report Page 122, makes the following
showing of some of the Life Companies doing
business in this State:
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AFTER TREATMENT.

Keep the weeds subGued Use hoe or rake,
raking upward towards the plants. Where the
plants run down the ridges lift and lay them on
the top. Do this several times during the seas
on, in order to permit the sun to act upon the
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1864-03-10

Important 10 School Teac hers.
We neglected last week to call attention to the
totice of the County Superintendent, Mr.
GRAHAM, of the examination of Teachers in the
.evera Towns ThoseintendiNg to teach should
attend to this matter, and be brushing up their
memories upon the elementary branches These
are the principal branches taught in our District
schools, and those who know anything of Mr.
Grahams method Of Teaching are probably
aware that he is one who can never overlook
glaring outrages in Orthography, EtymoIogy
primary Geography end kindred studies, because
the candidate can construe Virgil translate ex-
tract the cube root or solve problems in Trigo-
nometry or comic sections We have visited a
great many schools, and have known many
teachers but we nave never visited school in
which a complete and thorough mastery ana I'M
derstanding Of all the elementary branches was
made SO prominent feature as in Mr. Graham's
School Nor was this the result of any pedago-
gical within popularity, but because he was
convinced that all real education must have a
solid and reliable foundation, We presume Mr.
Graham will make this feature more general ii
,ur common schools, than it has been.
See advertisement.
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BLASTING ox SOD
GETTING TIE PLANTS.

a marker should be used to prick off the spa
ces for the plants, sixteen inches apart boy
is then able to drop the plants in the right places
and the hole is made for setting them. The plant
should then be put in the ground down to the
first leaf aud the earth pressed gently around it,
Care should be taken to Sc, the plants when the,
ground is moist and, if possible. on cloudy
daV
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PLINY FREEMAN.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. I
OFFICE OF INSURANCE COMMISSIONERS,
Boston, April Sd, 1868.

I)OSLON, ApIli GA, 1COo' J
The President and Acturay of the New
York Life Insurance Company having filed
Statement, duly attested under oath, sup
Elemental to that giving the standing Of the
Company on the first day of November, 1862
it now appears to us that the amount of its
Indebtedness at that date for dividends, de-
terminateIy declared and payable without
further action of the Board of Trustees was
S1z7, 40696, leaving, after providing for its
payment and the payment of all annuities
and the losses then <uown;net assets to the
amount of 81, 238, 5000, against $1,731,-
$50 90, the net value of the Policies as cal
culated by us, showing ro5jo Of actuaJ to
computed premium reaerU8 of129.27 per cent.
1t appears that the further sum of $685.
913.49 Of dividends, for which scrip has been
issued to Policy-Holders, is not only still La
BILE for any losses by the Company, but can
not, be paid so as to impair the fund reserv-
ed against losses or without further action
of the Board of Trustees.
ELIzUR WRIGHT,
GEO. w. SARGENT
IaSura7lc Commissioner.
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''GaseeE6. 90. X. PHILANDER DoEsTICKs,
z. b, the great origina! of the newspaper humor-
lists who have since multiplied till their number
now is legion-the man whose productions some
years since convulsed the Whole country with
universal laughter, long before rare Artemus
had emerged from obscurity TO eminenee. or the
dry humor Of Josh Billings had been heralded
to The ''phunuy -Doesticks lectures here
on Friday evening next, and his subject is
."CHEEK." All who desire to hear the rarest hui
morst Of the age will be at Simmons Hall early,
for everybody goes We are sure our citizens
will not miss the opportunity afforded them to
hear the friend of ''Dampbool and the prince
of American mirth -provok ers- and this is your
only chance
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Fort Atkinson, Feb. q, 1851.
L. S. KELLOGG,
General Aqent.
0FFICE oE THE n. \. LIFE INSURANCE Co.
New YORK, April 8, 1863.

In the Synopsis of the Standing of Life
Insurance Companies doing business in
Massachusetts,; which appears in the last
Report of the insurance Commissioners of
that State, the NEW York LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANY is represented as having only
SO and 41-100 per cent. of assets to liabili-
ties Though modification of this is fonud
on subsequent page of the Reports and
we learn that interested parties are making
use of this statement to the prejudice of this
Company, by imputing to it a much small
er surplus than is possessed by other Com
panies.
The computation of the Commissioners,
however, was based upon an erroneous item
in our Annual Statement to them, which has
since been rectifed; and we have received
from them an official certificate, which is
appended hereto, showing that our ratio Of
assets to Liabilities is 129 and 27-1OO per
cent. instead Of the amount mentioned in
their Report:
This certificate, will, we doubt not, cor
rect any wrong impressions which may have
been received by those who have observed
the Synopsis alluded to.
pr INV EpruOY.,-
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MEssRs. EDIToRs:-I have noticed IN your
advertising columns, for several weeks past
a communication from the General Agent OF
the Home Life Insurance Company. Know
ing the proclivities of said agent. am not
so much surprised at seeing the figures he
gives to show the ratio Of assets to liabilities
of the different Companies, as | should be
under other circumstances. presume the
friends of (not only 'the late Mr.. John
Taylor, y Life Insurance, generally would be
gratifed to have the matter stated in far
and truthful aspect, and for the benefit OF
such, will you please insert in your paper the
following official certificate of Commissioner
Wright; a copy Of which was, or had been IN
the possession of said Agent when he made
out the statement alluded to. Therefore his
attempt to misIead the public, with the fig
ures he gives, into an erroneous conclusion,
is a9jLyf@tiy wrong. There is plenty of oppor-
tunity to do business without resorting to
Misrepresentation ''Honesty is the best
policy" in all things.
THE NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANY is too generally and favorably
known to need putting. It is purely mutual,
dividing all its profits with policy holders, in
stead of Semi-aDRUaI diUidead to be deduct
ed first for the benefit Of Stockholders. 1t has,
during the psst year, issued 1915 policies,
insuring to the amount of 81, $50, 234 40.
In 1862, it issued 1902 policies, insuring to
the amount of $7,734, 645, and this was the
largest in any one year, ever transacted, with
the exception Of a single company The
New Y ork Life Insurance Company has spe-
cial reserve and undivided surplus of upward
of $3.50, 900, and has declared a dividend Of
thirty-fve per cent.
Fort Atkinson, Feb. 81, 1864.
@ UNIT nFtT,
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Advertisement
wisconsin Mutual Life Insurance
GOMsDsaHnY.

We take great pleasure in calling the at
tention Of the citizens Of Kenosha and Keno
sha County to The Mutual Life Insurance Co
Of the State of Wisconsin. In looking over a
report of its business we find that it has is
isued since It's organization nearly 5000 poll
cies, 1900 Of which were issued during the
year just closed. There are many reasons
why this is one of the best Co.. S to insure in
1t is made up and managed by Western mer
doing its business in the Northwest.
It's directors are among the most reliable
business men in the State and are determine
ed to build up an institution which shall be
an honor to the State and to the Northwest
We give the names Of some of its directors
and officers:
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1864-03-10

gentleman. seYenty>ive years of age, recent
y lost his wife. i venerable lady, neighbor
Of nearly four>sooro years, was asked if che had
called on her old friend since he had lost his wife
"Why, no, indeed = she replied in almost in
dignant surprise 1t would not look well for
widow like me to call on him, now, as he is a
widower
An affecting incident occurred at the New Has
ven barracks the other day. A woman desired
TO see her husband--emb raced him, began TO
sob and cry violently. Husband gave her his
handkerchief TO wipe her eyes, after which she
curioUsly manipulated it under her shawl and
returned it TO MIN. Husband took it as if it was
a brIckOat. Officer of the guard iuves tigated,
and found bottle of old rye whiskey in hand,
kerchjei,
Foote was 10 The manner Of initiating the ne,
culiar manner o. General smith. whom he in,
troduced into has comedy Of The Nabob. under
the name of Sir Mathew Mite. One day the
General sent for Foote Sir, said he, 81 hear
you have an excellent turn for mimicry. and
find that I, among others, have been the subject
Of your ridicule" oh" said Fogte. gafI-. u
take all my acquaiE' auces of at times and
what Is more wonderful 1 often tale myself off
Pray, lei US have a specimen said The
| General. Foote put ca his hat and gloves took
his cane made a short bow, ana retreated from
| the house without altering another word.
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SYNOPSIS OF THE
URTH ANNUAL REPORT
OFTHE
HOME LIFE INSURANCE co.

CAPITAL p ACCUMULATION Jan, l, 1868, S277 BOA .79
CAPITAL AND ACCUMULATION Jan l, 1864 $4O4, 94I.Ol
Capital stock 1925, O0O 90
Amount Of accumulation received upon life
! insurance and for interest after oeducting
losses, expenses and dividends ..... 27S, 981 90
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Deducting the Indebtedness for capital, the

The laCOnsIn MuLudI uIFIuts IIa UIUITo
profits among its policy holders, thus giving
to them insurance at the lowest possible COST
while the other companies above enumerated
divide twenty per cent Or one fifth of their
entire profits among a few stockholders.
There is no more reliable Company than
the Wisconsin Mutual, and the best Judges
of such matters in kenosha and vicinity bear
testimony to it by securing life policies in
this conpanv. Below We Give a partial list ::
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BY ). c. THOMPSON, roMpKrssyILLz, N. z.

Attempts to raise sweet potatoes have often
been defeated by excessive care in preparing
the ground or IN not knowing how to preserve
them after they are dug, When they are plant
ed in too deep coil the tuber runs down too
deep and becomes watery and inslpld.
PLANTS OR SLIPS.
About the first Of ApriI-or later, perhaps, in
locations north Of New Yerk-put the potatoes
in hot,bed Ifthey are large, split them length
ways, laying the fiat SIDE down. They may be
placed 50 near as almost to touch each other
Then cover sbout two inches deep with light,
rich compost made of fine sand, manure, and
good soil or leaf mould from the woods. When
the sprouts push ABOVE the ground add an inch
or so of the compost. ater occasi onally with
warm water keep the bed warm at night, and
on warm da vs. give them air and sunshine to rem
der them hardy. When ready to set the sprouts
may be pulled flor the potato may be lifted out
and the best plants selected and the potato re-
turned to the hot. bed. bushei ofsced will pro-
duce from three to five thousand plants, and ev-
cry thousand plants which are set should pro-
duce forty bushels Of potatoes.
PLANTING THE GROUND.
A warm sandy loan is best adapted tothe Gull
ture. Mark spaces three feet apart, merely
scratching the ground for the rows which Ghould
run north and south. On the mark spread BARN
yard manure with fork then turn up the earth
with pillow from each side towards the manure,
and form ridge a bout ten inches nlgh, ana nm
ish the ridge with lake The base of the ridge,
which should be a foot in width, should not be
disturbed with the pillow. The top Of the ridge
when finished should be fiat and three or four
inches in width
Plants should be set as all danger from
frost is past. / have obtained fair sized pota~
toes when planted the LIST day otJuly, but do
not advise late planting.
planting on SOD.
Sweet potatoes will grow more chubby when
planted Oh sod than when planted in any other
way Strips OF sod eight ten inches wide
may be laid in line on the surface of the ground
with the grass side up, manure strewed on them,
and the earth turned up on each side SO as to
form a ridge, as directed above piece of
pasture or meadow may be selected, and the turf
used as the base OF the ridge to be formed by the
pillow. In either case manure rich compost
should be used for unlike Irish potatoes, these
are not injured, but are greatly benefited by ma
nUre.
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From the U. S. Agricultural Report.
The Culture OF sweet Potatoes.

for future reference
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OFFICERS.
S. S. DAGGETT,

- AS~
and officers
OFFICERS
S. S. DAGGETT, PRESIDENT
JAS. BONNELL, -. VICE PRESIDENT
c. d. NASH, ..... .TREAsURER.
A. w. KELLOGG, SECRETARY.
DR. E. B. WOLCOTT, CONSULTING PHYSICIAN.
S. S. DAGGETT,
JAMES BoNNELI,
JOHN III. VAN DYKE, Executive Committee.
II. L. PALMER,
CHARLES +. ILsLEY,
H. G. WILSON, Gen'l Agent
J. G. MoKINDLEI, Asst Genl Agt
OFFIoE-No. Il Wis st. milwaukee,
This Company has $137 of assets for eve
ry 500 of its liabilities, and is thus safe be-
yond all contingencies. 1t is moreover a
purely mutual company, having not the in
cumbrance of a guarantee capital to absorb
large portion of the profits which should be
divided among the policy holders in the form
OF dividends Many persons are not aware OF
the distinction between purely mutual COM
pany and one having a guarantee capital
1t may be illustrated in this wise two mer-
chants embark iii business-the one with
So, 900, capital of his own-the othe with the
same amount and also with So, 900 more Of
borrowed money. The second merchant could
make prima tacie show to ~his creditors Of
large basis for credit which would Of
course, be fallacious. This difference is seen
by the report Of Commissioner Wright in re-
spect to certain companies doing business in
this State-with the guarantee capital, which
is, so far as the policy holders are concerned
borrowed money included as portion Of the
assets, several companies stand as follows;
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1864-04-19
40 80 rNlnN MAnnN

& 81 kue5e aan aet ,a .teea sitty-aee
{ he jas lefsesa sss.sa ana Ea.oa va
es9ant
( 80 sst seare8 ley haes 8s nt6as
eleE EHca sam asnies.
+ Qg s ihe teee waRsa heya ali TAX &rae.
ll1wah q fls aeoa, ite 90 Ragtg
& Wen @.ek @ oef agoa ans itake j. tae
Z 4he mskeri q our uaspu were nea q ,oha
sit.
! They naas Il oe' Charter OAK. ulai soala
not rat af sp1tt
lis beea arr = fgisr.ai thp sisos ges, agd bet
Z And Two arf nansad tie North ana sonth and
ivo the East aEd West.
Our wseon 1ei strong enough ~ any "fea.
elas.ou,
+ q iaei, istbe stslf oftbe aoa Constitution. q
hsf sosFiirg strong atraxe's I9ng, ebd any
aleke ypp sel her,
70 moaaFeas lgoHu can nbsck hcf doWu DO
tfaieF aaf elsa aer.
ha sood e.d ta.on aason Tia natlon all Ad-
mifed;
ller wheels bad run fr fourscoFe ) ears and nav-
e. aBce brcn -Artd
Her pas enger wesc happy, as along her waY
tac whiria q,
fof .4e old Jni9a aegoR eas the g'3ry oi the
woal.
Bu' when oid Ahram to1k command. tbs South
wheel 80 dhp.eesed,
Beoause the public gat wss goue that kept her
aAle gre8eg;
And wiiee ae sathefd up TIE relns aps started
ca bis uuic,
She plunged uto secession sud kuocsa one
fci.oes oot
Now, whie % this secession iuire tie wheel
vas Sticking tghtly,
aoine tory passengers gol mad and cursed the
driver slighir
Bp, Abram couldn't see It." 10 he didn' heed
iheif clatteri
There's TOO much 5laek mud On the wheel.
says he.- mars Nhat he matter
80 Abmm gave them notice that in eighteen
sixiy-three,
unless tlic rebels dried II up he'd set their
nigeers trve;
Aud then tue man lhai lsd The van 10 Gght
against his nation,
Would lrop his gun. aud loms he'd run. 10
dsht against staiTatioa,
When Abran said he'd free the slaves that
iuruisli'd their supplies,
u open'd Northern traitors m0uds and South /
ern traitors eyes.
: lie slaves said they, willrunaway, If you /
thus rashly free them !"
but Abrm ''guess'd perhaps ilev'd besl 90 /
Meme md ortfSec htm.r
Around our Union wagon, with shoulder tothe 4
whctl,
million soldiers rally, with hearts as true a.
steel;
And oi aii the geuerals, high OF low, that help
10 save tie nation,
there's none that strikes harder blow than
General Emancipation
ilunah for the wagon, the Old Union wagon
Ae'il STICK % our wagon and an takaa ridel
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1864-04-19

TnF RniNocgRos FRIEND.-The
rbInocefos' friend. and the rhinocrros
hunters most iiresome enemy. Is a
lilile bird, lhe Buphaga Airieana. sul-
earls Known a. the rhinocero, BIRD.
Ii eouslanlly attends on he huge
beast, feeding on the ticks lAai utpst
1t. hide tl,e birds long claws aud
elastic tail enables It to bold fasi in
whsiever portion 81 tie animal i lan-
eies. Ifit rendered the ri4uoceros NJ
further service than riddng him Of
There biting pests, il would deserve las
gFaiiiude; ba'. il addition. does
him The favor Il watnlng him II tie
approach II Tie hunter. With It's
ears ~ bus as is beak. the little sen-
tinel de,eets danger afar of. ash al
oace shoots up into the air, niit ring a
sharp and peculiar noise. which The
FhiBoceros Is NOT slow Il understand
aad take adeantaee 81; BE- doesn't
SAT- 10 make inquiry bat moses of al
once. Cumming asserts thai when
lAe yhinoceros IS a.leep, ard tie Ba.
phaga faiis 10 wake him with his voice.
i wlll psck tie inside 81 hSs ears. and
oiheFsse e1eHs itsc.l 10 rouse as
stisk Lsadel stie16.