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The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1868-11-07

HIS OrlN1oN.-An unfortunate "a
bachelor gives it as his opinior, thai.
the trails of ladies' 1aresscss are infer
nal machines, from the ssact that a
"blow-up" took place directly after
he put his foot on ore.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1868-11-07

A countryman entered New Bedford
restaurant where lot of flaming menaga.
rie bills were posted, and on being asked
what he would have, replied
g | guess I'll take cup of coffee and
three menageries,"
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1868-11-07

TIER GAME.-The dentists have been
holding convention for the purpose of
devising some means whereby they can
oil pull together.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1868-11-07
SCENE IN TUE ALABAMA LEGIsLA

SCENE IN TUE ALABAMA LEGIsLA
TURE-s De federal relashun OBJ which
We am dc committee. am dc relashuns
OBJ dc black man what Ibis By dc buro
which am de federal part OBJ dis govern
ment An ITS your duty to hab all your
relashuus brought to the buro, dat de
white trash in dc noaf may support dere
federal relashuns, which am US. OATS
what's de'matter, aud dat's what VIC am
hca for !n
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1868-11-07
NoTIcE!

H OoK OUT FOR THE CARS JUST RE
Z ceiyed very large stock Of
DRY GOODS AND GROCERIES!
by steamer from San Francisco. viii sell fol
cash or Inerchantable produce, at low prices, ny
entire stock of Goods, to make room for more
Call and see for yourselves.
r. CHBADLE'S
Eapr4v3n3Sd1 cbeh eH1c, AlbSuy
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1868-11-07

STONE FESoE.-Take equal parts of
whisky and cider. This is tie reciprocal
stone fence the more you lay of it, the
more it viii" lay" OF you.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1868-11-07

GEN Grantisn out of woods, and be-
tween tho Rapidan and the James he
came very near never getting out Of " the
Wilderness
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1868-11-07

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The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1868-11-07

OFFICE IN LANNON'S BUILDING, FIRST STREET
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1868-01-23
Artio Outdoor Life.

The Toledo Commercial publishes let
ter written by one of the late telegraphic
expedition to Siberia The writer says
You say that you cannot imagine how we
live in such a climate | couldn't until
tried it. didn't believe it would be posi-
BILE for me to lay out on the snow without
shelter i'll temperature of even 20 below
zero, but have done it once in so below,
and repeatedly in 40. One OF Bushs par
ties, in February Of this year, passed the
night on an open, barren steppe, with the
spirit thermometer standing SO below zero,
or 100 degrees below freezing point. Quick
silver they moulded into solid bullets with
four minutes exposure to the air. It's
true they didn't dare to go to sleep that
night, but believe had they been properly
fitted out with heavy furs and wolf-skin
sleeping bags, to tie up tightly over the
head they might have done it with perfect
safety. Pm afraid that you would thisk
that was availing myself Of a travellers
privileges, and relating very large yarn"
if told you how comfortably have slept
on the snow in temperatures of 35, 40, and
As degrees below. We are obliged to sleep
in fur bags of course, with our faces entire
ly covered, to take the utmost care to have
our fur stockings perfectly dry, but have
slept in that way through tho long Arctic
nights az comfortably as ever did in a bed
at home. From September 1865 until
came aboard the Onward, few weeks ago,
i never slept in bed, or ON anything soft
er than the snow or board. So you can
imagine that the sensation was curious
one. CASA
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1868-01-23
From the N. Y. Tribune.
Pacific Railroad.

Another section of twenty miles has been
finished upon the Union Pacific Railroad
This completes the national thoroughfare
to the fve-hundred and fortieth miepost,
and takes the locomotive to within ten
miles IF the summit of the Black Hills
The cold and the storms of Winter, which
etfectualy stop all ordinary railroad con-
struction, are not allowed to block the
work of the contractors upon this great ell
terprise, but all through the Winter months
the pick and the drill will be busy in the
mountain sections, digging and blasting a
way for the speedy following of the track
layers. Meanwhile, steady influx of set
tiers into the region opened to occupation
and trade by means of this road, Is giving
assurance of future wealthy and vigorous
States. Cheyenne, the frontier city, which,
six months ago, was unknown, has its chuT-
ches, schools, hotels, theatres, and daily
newspapers. and its shrewd business men
are in active correspondence with their
ueighbors at Denver, 100 miles to the
southwark, respecting the construction of
the branch railroad to that mining capital.
Tho miners and capitalists of Idaho are dis
cussing the project of another branch to the
north, and the eaiutx at Salt Lake, alyeady
within five days ride of Omaha, are impa-
tent even of that consumption of time, aud
anxiously await its reduction to forty eight
hours. In oil these local enterprises, which
add to the Importance and traffic OF this
great railway line, our own city is directly
interested Each new ramifcatiou Of trade
or industry in the great West is an indica-
ton of the increased commercial Importance
of the national metropolis and no other
one industrial enterprise promises to do so
much for the ACKNOWLEDGMENT of New York
as the Union Pacific Railroad.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1868-01-23
Luxuries Of the Monastery.

For quiet man the monastery must be
o sort OF paradSe--besldes there being a
large quantity of it. Bayard Taylor de-
scribing the monastery called the 'Grand
Chartreuse, in the South of France, speaks
of single corridor six hundred and sixty
feet long Looking down it, the perspective
dwindes almost to point. Opening from
it, and from the other intersecting corridors,
are the cells ofthe monks each with bib.
Iical sentence in Latin printed on the doors,
The furniture Of these cells is very simple.
but human skull 10 always a part of it.
The only diversion to break the solemn and
silent monotony of life is the cultivation Of
a few flowers in garden attached to each
cell. Silence is imposed on all, and the
priests guides, and visitors can speak only
in hushed whispers. The writer says he
longad to startle the dead repose of the cor
ridor by shout Of freedom and rejoicing.
In this celebrated monastery there are but
forty fathers and twenty brothers. This
monastery dates firm the year 1888.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1868-01-23

THE OLDEST CITY IN THE WoRLD.-Dam-
ascus is the oldest city in the world; Tyre
and Sidon have crumbled on the shore; Baal
bee 10 in ruins; Palmyra lies buried in the
sands of the desert, Nineveh and Babylon
have disappeared fro the shores of the Tigris
and Euphrates. Damascus remains what
tire of trade and travel, and isle of verdure
i'll desert, a pTedestined capital" with
martial and sacred associations extending
beyond thirty centuries.
1t was pear Damascus that Saul of Tarsus
saw the light of heaven; the street which is
called Strait, in which it is said he ''pray
eth, stillruns through the city; the cara
van comes and goes as it did a thousand
years ago; there are still the sheik, the ass,
and the water wheel; the mercosnis of the
Euprates and the Mediterranean still occu
py these with the multitude Of their
wares" The city which Mahomet surveyed
from a neighboring height, aud was afraid
to enter because 1T is given to Lien to have
but one paradise, and for bis part he was
resolved not to have it in this world" is to
this day what Julian called 1.-THE eye of the
East" as if was in the time OF Isaiah
''the head of Syria"
( From Damascus came our damson plums,
and the delicious apricot of Portugal, cal
| led damasko; daniask. our beautiful fabric
of cotton and silk, with vines and flowers
raised upon a smooth, bright ground, the
| damask rose, introduced in England in
the time of Henry VII. the Damascus
blade, so faTous the world over for its
keen edge and remarkable elasticity, the
secret of the manufacture of which was
| lost when Tamerane carried off the artist
1 in Persia; aud that beautiful art Of inlaying
wood aud steel with god-a kind of masaic
engraving and sculpture united, called dam
asking-with which boxes and bureaus,
aud swords and guns are orneneuted
1t is still city of flowers and bright wat
ers, the streams from Lebanon, the river d
| Damascus, the ''river Of gold, still muir
muir aud sparkle amid the wilderness Of
gardens.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1868-01-23

presented give complete and connected
narrative of each years history. The in
dex of the work alone seems the labor of q.
! lifetime. Peter Force spent more than
fifty years in the prosecution of this work.
1t seemed the only ambition of his life.
| tie was unable to continue the pubIica-
ton for want of means, but the cords Of
manuscript which he, transferred to the gov
eminent will some day, it is hoped, zee
the light. MIR. Force has also published
! -four volumes of histori cal tracts, chiefly re-
lating to the origin and settlement of Amer
lean Colonies.
Mr. Force showed US perfect copy Of
Elliot's Indian Bible, the last copy of which,
offered aC auction, brought $500, and which
two years since re-sold at $1,000; forty one
different works of Increase and Cotton Mat
her, printed at Boston and Cambridge
from 1871 to 1885; large number of still
earlier books and pamphlets, by Norton.
Cotton, and other Puritan divines; and a
very complete file of the numerous and much
sought for publications of Franklin and the
Bradfords. We also saw a large volume
printed in 1476, by Peter Shelter. The
first book, or the nucleus of Mr.. Forces col
lection, was bought in Philadelphia, and
was printed in 1875. Many of the books,
by the monks, probably, are valuable only
on account OF their rarity and age, and to
show to what an alarming extent the beauty
of letter press printing has degenerated:
for the letter press of all these books ia alb.
solutely wonderful aud beautiful Printers,
ink makers and psper-makers had better
go back to the fifteenth century and learn
their business.
We saw many copies of FrankIin's papers
-one, the Pennsylvania Gozette, published
at Philadelphia in February, 1874, was es-
pecially interesting. Among its advertise
ments is the following;
VERY good LAMPBLACK made and sold by
the Printer hereof.
A copy of the American Weekly Mercury
of September, 1875, we also examined.
1t was printed and sole by Andrew Brad.
ford, Postmaster, at the sign of the Bible,
Philadelphia" Editorial applicants for
postmaster ships of to-day need have no
lack Of early precedent, and cannot, certain
iy, be accused Of new tangled notions" in
pressing for confirmation.
The files of the newspapers printed from
the above period down to 1900 are unusual
ly complete, and relate to the stamp act
controversy, the revolutionary war, the es-
tablishment of our present constitution, and
as late as 1814-15 describe the capture
and burning of Washington by the British,
in August of 1914. Before tie acquisition
of the Force collection, the Congressional
Library possessed no copy of any revolution
airy newspaper earliest journal in its
collection being the. Boston Sentinel OF IT.
80. Mr.. Force had 245 bound volumes of
newspapers printed prior to 1900, besides
about 700 volumes Of journals printed from
1900 TO the present time. OF pamphlets
printed prior 1900 there were $50, while
those printed between the latter date and
the present reached the number of 10000
more. There were not in the Congressional
Library 6 200 pamphlets, all told.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1868-01-23

SALE OF PEws IN BEEoHER's CHURoH.-A
correspondent of the Rockford Gazette, de-
scrbes the sale of pews in Henry Ward Beech
er's Church, which occurred in the early part
Of the present month, as follows:
plymouth Church, of Brooklyn, presented
Just such a scene at It's grand annual sale OF
pews, on Tuesday evening last. The crowd
present on the occasion was even greater than
usual at Plymouth Church on Sundays. 1t
was nr more demonstrstive, for policem men
had to be called In TO preserve order during
the sale. Rev Henry Ward Beecher, its be-
loved pastor, assumed quite a different role
from what he usually does on the quiet Sab
bath "For this night only" he appeared as
an elaborate auctioueer, and performed the
character to such perfection, lhat the pews
and extra chairs. which were appraised at
&1ZS00, brought prem ums of $50, 1876 So ma
king the total income of the church from pew
rents alone (the premiums included in the
rent) S48, 1860.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1868-01-23

Thou dweilest in warm and cheerful home;
Thy root in rain the Winter tempest lashes:
While houseless wretches round thy mansion roam
Ga whose unsheltered head the torrent splashes.
Thy board is loaded with the richest meats
Der which thine eyes in stated languor wander:
Many might live on what thy M stiff eats
Or feast on fragments which thy servants squan
der
Thy limbs are muffed from the piercing blast
When from thy ire-side corner thou dost sally;
Many have scarce rag about them cast
With which the frosted breezes toy and daily.
Thou hast soft smiles to greet the kiss of love-
Nhen thy light step resounds within the portal
some have no friends save Him who dwells above
NO sweet communion with fellow-mortal
Thou sleepest soundly on thy costly bed.
Lulled by the power of luxu les unnumhered:
Some pillow on a stone some aching head.
Never again to wake when they have slumbered.
Then think of those who, formed of kindred clay,
Depend upon the doles thy bounty scstters,
And God will hear them for thy welfare pray
They are His Children though in rags and tatters.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1868-01-23
$500 PER ANNUM IN ADVANCE
Taxes.
AesSrs. Editors,

| ~heSSTS. EUHOFS,
| As this is the time for the tax gatherer tc
make us a call, whether we will, or not, it
| becomes us to he prepared for that official
| for as the old saying is Taxes and Death, are
two things we cannot avoid, and in Liquida-
ting the former, here lin the town of Somers,
its inhabitants, at the present time, think
they have to go down pretty deep in their
pockets to accomplish it, and naturally in
quire, why is it so? Are not our officials in
fault? Enquiries of this nature, have led me
to the examination of the doings of our coun-
ty board, wherein we as a town, are interested.
find that we pay about the same per cent,
age of the State and County taxes, (namely
one seyenth,) that we did under the old sys-
tenn; the County had been falling in arrear-
ges; the present assessment is about double,
that of last year; in order to remedy that evil,
theBtate taxes likewise, and from the same
cause, our town taxes are q triae higher than
last year and that on account Of extra money,
raised, for bridges unrecommendsd in our
last annual report, majority of which, we
expect to be able to report in the treasury at
our next annual meeting.
II seems hard in adding to ur present ex
penditures, the liabilities of the past, yet a
true economy, doubtless dictates it, and
promtness more than repays the extra effort
needed. Therefore bespeak for my towns
men cheerfulness to come up to pay as
You go policy.
What we have been afraid of, and what is
natural for all towns unrepresented, under
the present order of doing county business, is
that we would get more than our just share.
upon us to pay.
Towns as far as know, all are anxious to
return to the old order of doing business, and
yet without concert of action between the
towns, nothing in that direction viii. be &C
complished.
Another complaint hear much about, that
our Assessor has the valuation o f real estate,
one third higher, than towns adjoining, there
by creating the impression that by it we are
the leosers. The facts are, it matters not,
whether we have high or low assessment,
but all important, to have it even through
out the town, if the assessment is low, then
percentage will be high, for in either case the
amount to be raised is the same.
The county board fix an equalization of their
own, and from that Gas yearly fxed) we get
the amount of State and county tax, as ordered
of us to be raised, and we levy it upon our
own, equalization and if that is forty dollars
per acre. we pay not cent more, than if it
was ten dollars.
Somers Jan. 18th 1868.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1868-01-23

A schoolmaster in a neighboring town
while on his morning walk, passed by the
door of neighbor, who was excavating a
log for pig trough.
'sWhy," said the schooImaster, ''Mr. S."
have you not furniture enough yet?''
Yes" said the man, ''enough for my
family, but expect to board the school
master this winter, and am making pFepa-
rations.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1868-01-23
Agricultural Items.

Work FOR WINTER-What one, of all my
crops for 1867, has paid best? is question
that every farmer should be able to answer.
He should also seriously consider the ques.
ton, 'HOw can I make my farm pay best
next year?" We are all inclined to look for.
ward to the long winter evenings as time
when we will read and lears great deal,
we have accomplished but little. The trouble
is that we did not begin soon nough.- Work
Ing Farmer.
PEAS FOR SToCK.-A good many intelligent
farmers in the States of New York and Yer
mont are beginning to fall into the Canadian
pea practice-feeding stock on peas and vines,
and fattening pork on peas--finding saving
of thirty to fifty per cent in doing so, besides
a quick and easy method of maintaining a
maximum condition of fertility in their land
without expanding half their income for ex-
pensive fertilizers
How MUCH LAND THE FARMER OwNs.-A
popular writer says, No farmer owns any
deeper than he can plow." The rest is un.
handled globe, But it contains the greater
part of what the farmer might use; it is
there for his taking-the most of it, He can
do much of this by simply adjusting his clev-
is-pin by using little longer spade. Bring
up the rich soil it wants to see the light it
wants to do duty for man. In some places this
layers many fathoms in depth. It is there
treasure, as gold is treasure in the mine !;
the skill of man needs only to be applied to
develop it,
AVERAGE QUANTITY OF MILK AT the late
meeting of the milk producers who supply
the Boston market it was stated by one'of the
gentlemen that nine quarts per day for nine
months in the year, which was his usual time
for milking cows, was fair average produc-
ton of milk.
The STRAwBERRY.-The only fruit that
grofss il every climate is the strawberry. It
is the only fruit which somewhere on earth is
picked every day the year round
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1868-01-23
FOR ONE DOLLAR Each

WEBs Cotton Cloth, dress patterns. pant
w patterns, sewing machines. watches.
dry and fancy goods, &c, &c. Send 10 cents
for Patent Pen Fountain, with Slip describing
an article in our dollar sale.
ANY person male or female, can send in a
club of from 80 to 900, at same rate no cts
for each), and get premium for so doin0.
SEND IN REGISTERED LETTERS. Samples mailed
free to any address.
EASTMAN u KENDALL.
3m29 Is Hanover St. Boston Mass,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1868-01-23

PAGE's CLIMAX SsLvE, for Burns, ScaId Scrofua Sab
Rheum Sores Broken Breasts Frost Bites. Chilbains
Sings Cuts Swellings &c, whether upon beast
the wonderful article produced Other good
articles alleviate this 1t aays inflammation, sub
dues PAIN and heals without 1t is worth its
weight gold to any family and should always be on
hand Its warranted to do what it says very time.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1868-01-23

The New York Observer gives list of all
clergymen in this country who have died
during the past year, of different denomina-
tions. The list embraces SO names, and Of
theae tho ages of 80 are given just one
half Of them, 26, are over 70 years Of age,
and two are over 80 years.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1868-01-23
DR.. v: CLARENCE PRICES
NOTICE FOR FEBRUARY, 1867.

'ENH r ONLY only Physician OF mis- Kind IN the
West, has met with the greatest success, gained a
better reputation, effected more complete cures visit
ed places the longest without missing engagement
than any physician that travels has outlived them al
and become noted for his skill in treating all chronic
diseases
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1868-01-23

aHd nerves Kidneys bladder womb and blood affections
1tthe urinary orgrns, gravel scrofula rheumatism
RaTrh Asthma, bronchitis, dyspepsia.
Oar is not of experiment but of twenty
standing founded the laws Nature with years
NJ szperienee and evidence sustain it. Do
huild up, sick to make wsno harsh treatmen t;
sriningi aattering. We know the cause and che
Tsaeay needed; guess work but knowledge gained y
N"ys Of experience in the treatment diseases ex
7nsvey--no encouragement without prospect Candid
- cHr opinions reasonable in charges, claim not to
ssHS everything everybody but do claim to
ser END common sense. We invite the sick matter
shat their alment call investigate before they aban
don hope, axe nterrogatons and decide fos themselves
It wall cost nothing consultation is free This is the
Sixth year that have visited this place shall max
my visits for years regularly the days
Kenosha City Hotel, during Saturday
the 18th of Februar~, 1868.
529 Residence and Laboratory, Waukegap IN.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1868-01-23

SPECTACLES.
OLD EYES MADE NEW
easily. without doctor or
medicines.
Sent post paid on receipt
of 10 cents. Address, DIR. Z.
b. FOOTING 10 Lexington
Ave. Cor. of East 2Sth st.
n. Y. 3m15
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1868-01-23

The Berlin Courant publishes n view of
handsome three-story school house, 70x80 it.,
with tower, now being erected in that city.