The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1864-06-23

such Judgment, but shall not be bar to the in.
aiction of punishment by imprisonment, as provi-
ded by said fourth section. d
Sec. 6. AL acts and parts Of acts inconsistent
With the provisions Of this act are hereby repealed
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From the Boston Commercial Bulletin
western VvOOa. A
A correspondent, who is an operator in
wool, writing from Waukesha Co., Wiscon
sin, complains of the i'll condition Of much of
Inc staple which is offered from first hands
in that region, and undertakes to give the
farmers of the Northwest some wholesome
advice upon this. We have not space for
his communication in our columns though
we perfectly agree with him in regard to
the fact that muchof the prejudice existing
among consumers, against wool from these
newly settled States. and the comparatively
low price which it commands in the Eastern
markets, are due to the imperfect cleansing
Of the article, and the generally bad condi-
ton in which it is found when opened at
the point of consumption
We do not attribute this fault, however,
as he does, wholly to the inordinate and dis
honest cupidity Of the growerin endeayor-
| ing to amass quantity at the expense OF,
quality and to deceive the buyer by selling
him dirt and grease instead Of pure wool
fibre, at the rate of sixty-five or seventy
cents per pound. We think it is rather the
result of those loose and careless habits
which are the natural growth Of that prim-
tive mode oflife which obtains among the
frontier settlements, where cleanliness is
not always considered as one Of the cardin-
| al virtues and those who know little OF the
details of manufacture have no idea what a
special virtue it is as applied to the hand
ling and preparation Of wool,
| 1t is one Of the little peccadilloes of a
crude and rudimeutaI state of society, es-
pecially that of the aricultural type, where
| the time is the most valuable consideration,
and utility the only thing aimed at, that its
members naturally associate the fairness OF
the soil(vulgarly called djr0with their ideas
of health and economy; it is strictly COM
patible with every domestic .arrangemen,
except, perhaps, the preparation Of the act.
| ual food which is to be swallowed by the
lord Of the soil himself; Especially as t.
manure-is it not the pabulum which nour-
ishes the farmers crops? and who among
our Wisconsin rural friends would suspect
that the Eastern wool manufacturer would
object to having little rich manure min
gIed with his staple. which might, perhaps
in some mysterious way analogous to thC
growth of vegetable organisms, facilitate it;
proper Transformation into cloth?
Moreover, the wool-chpping occurs at q
very busy season for farmers, when tht
| growing crops of corn and vegetables need
the unremitting attentions OF the hoe anc
cultivator to keep down the weeds and de-
velop, the rival growth. Hence it is moi
strange, perhaps, that III agricultural com
munities, where wool-growing is merely al
incident to other branches of husbandry
which are the farmers more Immediate de-
pendence, that the former shonld be hur-
ried over and sighted in some Of its most
important details trusting to luck for pro-
fitable sale of its product.
This, we believe has been invariably the
| first experience of every border State; and
the vices of the custom have as invaria'
| bly, been reformed whenever society has be-
come more settled and Industry more
| thoroughly organized aud reduced to a sys
tenn. Michigan has already passed through
this Same unwashed phase of heavy, gross
fleeces and ornamental tag-locks, W hich al
present a1llicts Wisconsin, Iowa and Min
nesota, though the product of Michigan now
! begins to rivalin, ghtness and purity thai
of the older State OF Ohio. The same may
| be said of California whose wool product
though of good staple after this staple could
| be got at was for some years almost unsafe
able in our Eastern markets at any price on
account of its filthy and bury condition. -
| But within the last year it has been i'll de
cidedly better favor with manufacturers, anC
correspondingly advanced in price on &C
count of the greater care taken Ill hand
ling and preparing for market.
There is another thing which our North
western friends must attend to-if they de-
sign to make wool growing profitable-be
sides not forgetting to put their sheep &C
tually into tue water instead Of merely al
lowing them to "look at it'' as substitute
for washing, as our correspondent suggests
is the custom. They must improve their
breed of auimals and shelter their hocks il
winter. The former they are already doing
to a considerable extent, by the migration
of hoclls northward from the valley Of the
Ohio but they do not as yet apparently re-
alize the importance to the health and pro
ductiveness of this class of quadrupeds OF
good keeping ard thorough protection from
the rgors of our northern climate. Ii
should be remembered that the full-blooded
Saxony which yields the most valuable
staple is not a native but tender exotic,
which no amount of usage aud naturaliza-
ton can thoroughly acclimate. The set
tiers of the Upper Lake region,hardy them
selves and accustomed to hardy races OF do
mestic animals, are VIGOROUSLY negligent IL
providing winter. quarters and subsistence
for the accomplishing denizens of the fold
that are left in a great measure to Shift fol-
lthemselvs-whicht they generally do by dy-
ling off i'll large numbers before Spring.
AS regards what our correspondent says
about Improvement i'll the condition Of West
ern wool being checked and discouraged by
the faulty judgment or indiscriminate care
lessness Of buying agentswho readily pay
the same price for i'll as Ger good-condition-
ed staple, we are somewhat surprised. The
most critical discrimination upon this
ground, with a corresponding difference in
prices, is always mace in this market, anC
that is what puts down the character and
value so much of the growth of those
particular States. One thing is certain, i
agents pay as much for hard as for /;
lean lot of wool the there their principals d.
not realize as much for it here. 1t i
very possible that our manufacturing cor
operations have sent out inexperienced
lagents during the past year, which may hav
lgiven rise to this complaint, but we are con
ident no Boston wool-house in the regula
trade has operated in this carel ess manner.
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Jenkins says the drift Of speakers re
marks he heard the other night was higher
and cooler than any snowdrift he ever saw.