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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1868-10-01
About Potatoes.

1 In looking over recent issue of THE
FARMER, my attention was attracted by
an article on Importance of the Potato
Crop" And, while reading it, / was in
common with my brother farmers asked
an important question, to wit ''WAo ever
heard of western farmer putting off his
seed-sowing to put in his potato crop 2"
Now Messrs., can inform you that did
! that very thing this season-yet, not put
off exactly, either, but assoOn as my ground
was in order, and the weather suitable, |
planted my potatoes
| BY reference to my books find Isowed
my wheat March goth, gath and 30th. My
potatoes next went in April list, com
menced, and finished by the 10th with my
early varieties fEarly Goodrich, Early
York and Early Dikeman); ON the 4th l
had my oats sown, SO you see that one far
mer put off sowing his oats until his pota-
toes or, at least two acres or more, We're
planted and early enough too, to get
pretty badly chilled and some OF them
frozen Yet ! am satisfied with the re
suit
My late varieties, Harrisons Peach Blows
Cuzcos andGarnet Chilis, were not plant
ed until in May+-consequently will not
yield so much, owing to the drouth yet
they will be renumerative. Another
thing | did not plant my potatoes on
"badly turned sod OF worn out stubble
land" but selected my best land land
that had been highly MANFRED the pre-
yious year; and now, while many of my
neighbers and brother farmers viii have
to buy their potatoes, or do without /
have plenty and to spare. Yet farmers
must look to their staple crop These must
not be neglected those farmers who have
time and help, OF money to procure it,
can raise potatoes for others. You must
recollect that is is something ola "chore"
Ito "dig" two orthree acres ofpotatoes. 1t
actually costs double in dollars and cents
to raise potatoes now, to what it did
few years ago In conclusion, your arti-
Gle was timely and r, to the point, Try it
again and give us the best varieties, early
and late A FARMER.
X NKAKEE IN stl ed
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1868-10-01
The Suez Canal

Another great enterprise is near its
completion. 1t is expected that the slez
canal will be open for vessels of the
largest size in the coarse Of October It's
depth is 26 feet, its width $50 and 800
feet its costs about $30,Q00,40O, and it
will shorten the navigation between Eu-
rope and India by one half. II belongs
to French joint stock company, and its
construction is due TO genIus, energy, and
persistence of NJ. Ferdinand de Lesseps, a
grandson Of Lafayette. Much of the ex-
cavation has been done by.machinery, and
where heavy masonry has been needed to
guard the canal against the influx of sand
and hydraulic lime. About 10000 Eu-
ropeanE have been employed on the work,
and are settled in new towns along the
line. A vast number of Arabs have also
worked at it irregularly, 1t has lately been
visited by General Darling, of New York
who speaks of the enterprise with admira-
ton, and regards it as certain to be sue
cessfuL In connection with our Pacific
Railroad it will raYoLutionize the
world
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$500 PER ANNUM lin ADVANCE
80 KENosHA, WISCONSIN, THURSDAY OCTOBER l. 1868
starting ,dntino seven of which he had II

starting, during seven of which he had ny
food of any description. ara
When finally rescued this man presented
a pitable object, emaciated and haggard
from abstinence, his bare feet Utterly fay
ed from constant exposure to drenching
water, aggravated by occasional screenings
of a vertical sun; his mental faculties,
though still sonnd, liable to wander, and
verging close on the brink ofinsanity. Be
ing, however, of naturally strong consti-
tuition, he soon recovered his usual health,
and is now stout, hearty, thick set man.
His narrative throughout bears all the evil
dences of entire reliability, and is sustain
ed by collateral evidence, so that there IS
not the least reason to doubt that he actu-
ally accomplished the journey in the
manner and in the time mentioned by
him.
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NUMBER IS.
From the New Orleans Bulletin.
A Man Shoots Himself at the Grave O.
His Wife

IL mAu OuVUuS 1LIl1G61l buO N40NO "
His Wife.
DIR. L. A. Bianchini, gray haired Ital
ian gentleman, siXty-fVe years old, com
mitted suicide yesterday at Greenwood
Cemetery, at the grave Of his deceased
wife. 1t appears that on Wednesday last
he asked the sexton Of the cemetery
whether he thought there would be room
for him next to the grave Of his wife. The
sexton gave an affirmative answer, but
thought nothing strange Of the question
as the man would in all probability have
had but few years to live anyhow Yes
terday morning his corpse was found at
the grave of his deceased wife, pistol
ball wound through his heart. Near the
corpse was the hat of the deceased, with
his coat rolled up inside, and two letters
one addressed to the sexton and one &c
AIr. and Mrs. Baumy, No. $40 Baronne
street The letter to the sexton request
ed him to bury him deep, and to take as a
compensation the silver watch left in his
hat, and to be sure to place the coat aud
hat in.the grave.
The note addressed to Mr. and Mrs.
Baumy read as follows "You know too
well my sorrow. 1 apprise you of my
DEATH"
1t appears that the deceased had lived
happily with his wife for twenty-eight
years. About two years ago she died,
and since then he has frequently expressed
himself tired of life, and sometimes
threatened to end his miserable exist
ence Hsa
The corpse was buried in accordance
with the request of the deceased, next to
that Of his wife, and his coat and hat
were placed in the grave.
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! 4 Sol ~ 4, ,+7o1As FOR GA n. Tho

Ii S,5< IN n ~rTGrAs FOX GRANT. -Thos
Democrats who ido... ,oa5f i' af "A a
/ DOUGLAS While he was the Ie.. - - H. =
/ Democracy OF the west, would do WEE,
foli2Y the example of his son RoREBr
who is Private Secretary to Governor
HOLDEN, Of North Carolina. At recent
Republican rally in that State, he was
called on to address the Assembled ma sses
| and he did so in the Interests of peacaG
in behalf OF GRANT and CoLFAx. The
Raleigh Staa1dara has the following. brief
reference to hi$ remarks
TCol, Robert NJ. Dourglas Private Sec.
rotary to Gov. Holden, was next called for
and responded in short but able and
telling speech. He said che Republican
party was not governed by sectional pre-
JUDGES, but was tie haH4Q4iag1 N eqaak rtqIt8
ind e4udt la1cs for all. There was no path
open for him in divided and distracted
country. He was, therefore, for peace and
Union, He alluded in feeling terms to
his father, repeated his dying message to
his sons "1eA them to oJey tie Consultation
md 7dJos Of a5 couatrA' and expressed
his determination to heed his advice He
talluded in scathing terms to the bitter
proscriptive spirit of the Conservative
Democratic party, compared the two can
.didates for the Presidency and looked
forward with pleasure to the dry when
Grant and Golfax shall be inaugurated,
when the. star spangled banner shall
wave over reunited country, and peace
and happiness prevail At the conclusion
of bis speech, three cheers were given for
Col Douglas; three for Gov. Holden, and
three for Gen. Abbott
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How New York Gets Her Vegetables.

New York Tor many years depended on
the produce of New Jersey and Long Is
land gardens, which still do a very large
business, but railway and steam naViga,
ton now give us the advantage Of distant
parts. The earlier tomatoes which glad
den the market come from Norfolk, and
are two weeks ahead of our own neighbor1I
hood. The same may be said Of corn, peas,
and several other important vegetables
Delaware sends us the best watermelons,
and also furnishes enormous quantities Of
fine squashes, while herpeaches hayeitong
been famous Florida is now coming IN.
to note in the same line, and by means on
steam navigation we shah do part OF our
mar keting there We get enormous
Quantities of potatoes from Maine, while
Rhode Island furnishes whole cargoes Of
carrots. No city has better advantages Of
supply than New York, and yet vegetables
keep at a high figure. This is owing to
the fact that in addition to the nine hum
dred thousand resident population there
is continued fitting out OF ships, each OF
| which takes as many vegetables as can be
used. There are now a large humber OF
store, near the shipping localities devot-
ed TO potatoes, cabbages' salashes, onions
ETC., and which depend Pn the shipping
trade. One feature III Che vegetable busi-
ness is The high price of onions, which now
bring from eight to ten dollars pur'barrel,
and thisis owing totho failure 0tthe crops
in some parts, and the increased demand
for sbipping--N T. Times
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1868-10-01

A CONTINENT COVERED WITH Ice
Professor Agassiz comes to the conclusion
that the continent of North America was
lonce covered with ice a mile in thickness,
thereby agreeing with Professor Hitchcock
land other eminent geological writers con
corning the glacial period. In proof OF
| this conclusion, he says that the Allegha
ny range of mountains are glacier worn to
the very top, except. . few points which
are above the levelo of theIicy mass Mount
! Washington, for instance, Is oye1 six thou
sand feet hiai4, and the rough, gnpoiiaRed
surface Of is sunllit, covered with loose
| fragments, Just below the level Of which
glacier marks come to an end, tell lis that
] IL lifted its head alone above the desol1te
waste Of les and snow. In this region,
then, due thicknessmof the ice cannot
have b8e9 much less than six thousand
feet and this is in leeepingawith the same
kinds Of EVIDENCE ,iH other parts Of tne
country, for when the mountains are
much below Six thousand feet, the ice
seems to have passed directly eyer them.
The glacier he argtedi was Gnds great
l.plow, and wiien the ice vanished from the
| face Of the land, it lef6 it prepared fof the
hand of the husbapdmap. The hard sur
| face vi the rocks was ground TO powder,
Itbe elements Of the soil were mingled
with the more Grid and unptoductive
granite districts, ard tlm soil was prepared
| fit for the agricultural use Of pan, 79f
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1868-10-01

Horatlo Seymour, in his speech to
Democratic meeting at Utica Oct 20, 1861,
said
Ii it is true that Slavery must be abol-
ished to save this Union, then the People
Of the South should be allowed to With
draw themselves from that Government
which cannot give them the protection
guaranteed by its terms .(Ste the entire
speech in "Public Record of Horatio
Seymour" page 32-43)
There were large shareholders who
said, "If we must rose either Slavery or
the Union, take our negros and leave us
our country Horatio Seymour felt differ
emily " Y Tribune.
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EARLY TIMES IN SANpUsKY.-A pion.
eer, who has resided in Huron and Erie
counties for the past forty five years
vouches for the truth of the following
On the arrival of a steamboat at the San
dusky wharf in the early OF steam boat
ting on Lake Erie, there was a general
rush to the landing, On one of these oc'
casions, Victor, who kept a hotel on the
ground where the Townsend House in
Sanduskyw was afterwarU erected, was APP
preached by a young with a bundleAnde1
his arm, who inquired if there was ia
verh here. The genial host informed
him 5here was and started with him for
the public house Before reaching the
house the young man inquired if they had
milk, and on entering called for quart,
which was produced. He then opened
| hisobundls and began crunlbling bread
into it, when he suddenly turned to Mr..
| Victor with GLOW much do you charge
for this milk? He was told sixpenee.
HE replied, my mother has give away
fpnns and pms .fpU Of min, and never
charged d cent. Dad said you were a
of sharpers up here, and to look out
se1 won't have the milk, and, tax
i in[, YOU bi. an,as, he scoopped ont the satu,
ny iii - - IN the bowl of milk and
rasGu Dteaf "a the bundle, walked of
With al ar Of Fl t, um h' which seemed ed nc nc
on 4 this % child do ms St 7usky Psgister
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A Rare Chance !
kMc2 TO BUY a -
~ zs54sz FAR WI. y

The subscriber being obliged to quit the
farming business on account of Gle Ill health
of his family, offers his farm for sale IA "a
Bargain. The farm is situated in the town
of Newport, State of Ill. Nine miles south of
Kenosha, and 10 miles north of Waukegan.
The farm consists of 80 acres, is within eighty
rods OF a School House, and same distance
from church; is well supplied with Wood
and Water has a convenient and weHappoint-
ed Residence, an excellent well, cistern &c,
&c. also two frame barns and all the necessary
Sheds out buildings &c. There is a fine, bear
ing Apple Orchard on the farm, currant bush
ves, Grape Vines and all kinds OF Shrubbery.
The farm is well enclosed with post and board
fences and conveniently divided with cross
fences This farm will he sold very cheap.
and possession gwen immediately, any person
wishing to purchase a honest stead, complete IN
all particulars will not fail to examine this
For further particulars enquire at this Office
or of the Subscriber on the premises.
T. s. WILCOX.
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"A Hen TRIsIiTE TO t+RANT.-trot. l.
II Malian, of West Point;N \, IN a c'lh'
munication to the Duty Tines pays tfltt
following deserved tribute to our next
President V3.2 a
.'The military renown Of AleXand er rests
upon his conquests of the unmil ltary
hordes of the East, by the largest and IN
est army, in every respect, that Greece,
up to that time, had produced. That of
Hannibal rests upon his successful pass
age of the Alps into Italy, opposed only
bv the barbarodis tribes on his line OF
march, and subsequently, by rash and in
competent Roman Consuls Caesars, on
his conquest of the semi barbarous and re
bellious tribes of Gaul5 and his subsequent
defeat of the demoralized forces of Pom
pey Frederick the, Great and Napoleon
[. Of our period, on their victories over an
mics greatly inferior to theirs in disci-
pline, and led by Generals incompetent
from age and military talent, while Grant
has crushed one of the most formidable
rebellions, whether we regard the mum
Il ers, the intelligence, and the means en-
gagged in it, that the world has ever Wit
Messed and, as 0lte9ed Jy his detractorS,
| both at home and abroad, against leaders
superior to himself in generalship, against
troops superior to his own in chivalry,
dash and other fighting qualities; opera
ting in country, every inch of which was
thoroughly known to them, and rendered
defensive by all the resources of nature
and art skillful1y combined. And this he
did by measures of which he was the orig
inator, taking for his own position the
most important and most difficult one Of
the work to be done"
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! MPuDENcE, The Chicago Past foroiblyi
says; %Ijle Democracy compton, ofcxtrav-.
agant appropriations by Congress. Why
should theyY There was not7a plundeting
project before Congress during the last
season, not one, that the Demouatiofmem.l
bers were not for. And yet these very
men ask for full control of the finances oF
the country in the interest ofecoh6ny @
Impotence thy name is Democracy"
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Doctor kin you Cell what's the matter
withsoy chid's nqse2 She k0ep31a Hiqkin' Z
of it !" ayes, marin. It's prot4a-S an Hr4
ton OF the gastic mucus Inembrane, CONF
municating q sympathetic citation of the
opthalium of the 3&iidoijH."" There. now
that's just what It'toHGa becky; ala She
would T. believe me ,,vm1a na 5t soi
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THE SPIRIT OF THE DEMoCRACY.-The
Raleigh, North Carolina .Standard, Of the
10th inst, contains an account of Demo
cratic Congressional Convention, held in
Fayetteville the previous Wednesday, to
nominate Democratic candidate to Con
gress, and Seymour and Blair elector
After. the Convention, speeches were
made. In the evening there was a torch
light procession. Among the notices on
the banners, carried by this Democratic
procession, was picture OLA heart, paint
ed black, pierced with knife, with the
words, Death to Scalawags" Another
banner bore the legend, "Scalawags and
Carpet baggers to be Driven from the
state 4 third read. "Our noble States
man, Jefferson Davis" There were 9th
ers of a similar threatening and treason
able tenor Threats were frequent, and
attacks upon Republicans were several
times made A. rebel flag was raised in
the yard of a Seymour and Blair Demo
crat One of the delegations, on its way
to the Convention, stopped to tar and
| feather staunch old Union man and re-
spectacle planter named James Bullock
| This is Seymour and Blair Democracy, as
described by the leading newspaper OF
; the State.
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d
A DOUBLE WINpFALLe--The Rochester
On. " ,EEpress says Mr. Cunningham
has received the cashgavails Of another
great estate which feli1 10 him in the old
country This latest Windfan is said to
be the large sum Of six million, three hun
dred and sixty thousand and fifty-three
dollars in gold. He had previously re-.
|eeiYed from a similar source seven mil
lions nine hundred and twenty-four dol
lars, which, with interest, and premium
on gold, aggregates him nearly nineteen
million dollars.
The writer states that the inheritor of
this immense wealth has not friend in
the world, neither does he say anything of
business to any one,but figures very sharp.
H e is soon to start on years voyage for
his health He is single, not engaged and
is one of the finest young menin our land
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1868-10-01

The approaching General Convention
Of the Protestant Episcopal Church, in Oe-
tober, promises to be an interesting meet
ing tits expected that every diocese,
without a single exception, will be repre-
sehted By its Bishops and clerical and lay
Ldelepates -..
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$500 - - n .eqi7

N-JOHN B GOUGH starts
~ -DEMANA -''r on the fst of Octo-
out on iecturing to-. d It'll Tie fst 6P
Der, which will not end u, I'D over
May, 1869. He has already declIi,
500 invitations, and made a score or two
engagements for the years 1869-70 ''
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1868-10-01

Next season short dresses are to be
worn on all occasions with the exception
Of balls.
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1H3 From the New York Sun. Sept 49,
Reconstruction Observation-Disclosures
of the Supreme Court,

A we'll known gentleman in this city
was conversing with Gen. F. P. Blair, Jr.,
not long since, upon the power Of Con-
gress reconstruct the South. Gen. Blair
warmly maintained that the reconstruc-
ton laws were unconstitutional, and that
there was no authority in the National Gov
eminent to endow negroes with the cleo
tive franchise in the conquered states.
..You are mistaken" said his friend "the
Supreme Court has fully decided the ques-
ton in favor of the power OF Congress
GLOW SOP" asked the General, II never
heard of any such decision"
81 will giveyou the points" was thean-
swer.
81. The Supreme Court has decided
that the National Government has the
rights and prowers as regard the states
lately in rebellion, as it would have to-
wards states or territories conquered IN
war with a foreign power.
II. The Supreme Court decided years
ago that in New Mexico, which we had
Just then conquered in the war with Mex
ico the orders of General Kcarney, the
Military Governor of that territory, had
all the force of law and must be obeyed
as such. II
III Among these orders of General
Kearney in New Mexico, was code of
laws which he promulgated some time
about 1S47, by which the right ofsuffrage
was conferred upon all males of lawfui
age, without Distinctions color, negroes
included.
" The code, which was thus imposed
il New Mexico by the military power, the
Supreme Courtfdicided to be the rightful
law of the territory, until it should be set
aside by the express act of Congress
. Y. The apparent author of this negro
suffrage code was Francis P. Blair, Jr.,
whose name was attached to it as Attorney
General of the territory.
Chats true, responded General Blair
"but didn't suppose any ID black
Republican knew it.
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Private letters received at Washington
say that a large number of new magazine
rife, carrying eighteen shots, have arrived
in Charleston and other points in South
Carolina within few weeks There seems
to be a concerted plan for the purchase of
arms by wealthy rebels and the distribu
ton among the rank and file. Still other
communications from Georgia and Arkan-
sas show the same state Of affairs
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1868-10-01

The Executive Association held a meet
ing in Lawrence, Kansas, % few days
since, and issued call for a mass conYen-
ton, to be held at Topeka on the 9th Of
october. IL is believed they intend to
bring out a new candidate for Lieutenant
Governor, not having faith in the present
Republican candidates views in regard
to female enfranchisement. They viii
also bring out an opponent to Mr. Clarke,
the candidate for Congress on the Kepub-
lican ticket, on the same grounds.
EARLY FATTENING OF HoGs-Farmers
who have not already commenced to pre-
pare their hogs for the market should
lose no time in doing SO. One week OF
This favorable weather is worth woweeks
in December. Many farmers who use
corn, nothing but corn for fattening be-
pin to feed it as soon assit is tasseled.
Though it has not the substance OF ripe
corn, still swine thrive very well on II,
eating not only the soft ears ana husks
but also the leaves and quite a-portlon Oh
the stalks. Care, however, should DC
taken not to let cattle go into the yard or
field where hogs are fed on corn cut up
in this manner, as they are liable to eat
the chewed stalks that are left, and IN
consequence are troubled with mad itch
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POSTERS AND HANDBILLs.
KENOSHA BUSINESS CARDS.

DR. MCKINLEY, Thankful for
IL past fayors, hopes still to receivethe
patronage OF his friends and OF all who may desire
10 avail themselves OF his professional services.
once at ~ Main Street, over Washbish's Store,
froRt Room.
Boarding house c. E. schof7s, East side of the
PAX, late resdence of Fri Stevens.
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