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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1869-07-08

THF following obituary notice re-
Gently appeared in a newspaper in
Spain: s'This morning our Savior
summoned away the Jeweler Siebald
Illmaga from his shop to another and
better world. E The undersigned, his
widow, will weep upon his tomb, as
also will his two daughters, Hilda
and Emma, the former Of whom is
married, and the latter is open to an
offer. The funeral will take place
tomorrow. His disconsolate widow,
Veronique iIllmaga. P. S.-This
bereavement will not interrupt our
business, which will be carried on as
usual, only our place Of business will
be removed from No. 3 Lessi de
Teisuturies, to No. 4 Rue de Mission
Marie, as our grasping landlord has
raised our rents sal tBs ,a>ohaid a4 q
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y OkE into the premises OF the subscriber,
last week, Bay Mare, which the owner can
nave Dy proving property and paying charges
II p GATCHEEJ, Jr.
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I cDryQ.FW. CREEL, an Ohio editor,
is the only survivor Of the jury who
sat In the famous trial of Aaron Burr,
Chief Justice Marshall presiding.
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II ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

IL. Physician and Surgeon. Located
opposite Liberty School House, Woodworth. Will
be in office Saturday, P. M s4 &51E, 36T1 -
July sth, 1869. . 1y6
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2 Ones age should be tranquil, as
ones childhood should be playful;
hard work at either extremity. of hui
man existance is out of place.
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Gen. Rcsecians is spoken of as the
Democratic candidate for Governor: of
Ohio. 'S'''e 9iHiia4.fa s.4 10
The prairies of Northern Texas have
been literally covered with strawberries.
Prof. Charles u. Sheppard has dis
covered valuable bed of bookstores in
Missouri. F -aa g a.Aaz 9
p The Boston papers are very angry
with. the New York papers because the
latter burlesqued the Peace Festival. 81
Even the singing of Jennie Lind is nm
able to save her husbands oratorio of
Ruth from universal condemnation. -
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Deep or Shallow TilIage.

During recent discussion on tillage, ct
the American Institute Farmers Club, Mr..
George Geddes, very successful farmer in
New York, said:
"Mr. Chairman,-I came here simply as
o listener, and l have been very much gra-
titled by what have heard. If the report
or statement of the chairman of this COM
mittee had gone out without qualification,
Ishcald have regretted its publication but
with these soils set before us by Mr.. Ly-
man we have q demonstration of the i'm
portance of regarding the mechanical and
the chemical makeup Of subsoils when we
discuss deep blowing. | have been for al
most three score years tiller of the soil.
pillow the lands my father cleared, and the
more | observe crops the more see that
the roots of plants will, if they can, reach
a great depth in the soil. Corn and wheat,
even, will send rootlets two and three feet
down when the character of the subsoil ia
vors such invasion. had the meanest-
looking, most unpromising soil to begin
with that man ever tried to shove spade
into. 1t was q naked, barren shale the
growth, white scrubsoak. My father was
blamed for making selection apparently
60 bad. But can report crops that will
compare very well with the showing Of Dr..
Trimble. We cannot up there raise that
kind Of corn 1.-THE Ohio Dent)-but We can
raise corn that will give sixty shelled bush
els to the aere. How have produced this
fertility? Three things have done it
clover, deep blowing, and the foot OF the
sheep. There is an old Spanish saying that
there is gold under the foot of q sheep, and
| have found it true. Those lands have not
been MANFRED with barnyard composts. In
my opinion, Mr.. Chairman, we haveplants--
some, perhaps, that we regard as our worst
pests-rhat are working for our advantage
as subscribers. The effect of clover roots in
drawing towards the surface virtues that
lie below is well known. Now, let any
man take 8 field infested with Canada this
Ties, and after blowing them under few
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reason. However, we have reason TO con-
gratnlate ourselves or the good understand
Ing existing between the two races, attribn-
table doubtless TO the absence OF carpet
barpers and the like. The annual effort
Was made to effect an increase Of wages,
but they remain substantially the Same
ten to twelve dollars for men and hve ana
six dollars for women.
The mild, open winter has been favora,
BILE to grass and wheat, but those who failed
TO secure ice in December are fearing the
loss of the accustomed laxury, or necessary
as it he's come to be.
The a new movement" is obtaining more
favor as it is being better understood put
we have almost ceased to hope or rear po-
The last quarterly meeting for this year
Of the Episcopal Methodist Church South
vas beld in Middleburg on Saturday and
sunday last, Elder Martin presiding.
M. Thomas Francis, 8 most essimable
citizen, died very suddenly Of heart dis
ease, las. week, near Mountsville. P.
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SuperDh0SDhates

There appears to have been lively dis
cussion OF one Of the late meetings Of the
New York Farmers Clubs on the subject of
special fertilizers. According to the report
of the Tribune, Mr.. Whitney said bone is q
permanent manure and will impart some
thing every year. superphosphate is the
same material, but SO prepared as to give
immediate results.
A. S. Fuller: I value bone highly. l
have used tons of it, and tons of super
phosphate, but on the last I would not pay
carriage twenty miles to my place, for have
never seen the least benefit from it. l bu-
ried load of superphosphate to get it out
of the way. may mistake in this, but |
have tried it on four different kinds Of soil,
and this is my experience. The sulphuric
acid seems to burn and Vitrify the bone.
Now, if superphosphate is so valuable why
have not gardeners and nurserymen found
it out? Why not Peter Henderson, the great
gardener? Why not Elwanger & Barry, the
noted nurserymen of Rochester And why
do they send out their teams from four to
ten miles for barn yard manure William
Parry, of Cinnaminson, told me his manure
cost about seven dollars load, and he used
it before any other. Have they not heard
of superphosphate? Here, now, is our
friend Quinn, might say he was brought
up in superphosphate factory, and yet he
carefully secures all his manure. My
opinion is that one might as well throw his
money into the Hudson river as to expend
it for any superphospha have seen.
This called out MIR. Quinn, who claimed
that he had made money By farming and
by buying superphosphate, and declared
that he had bought more of it than any
man in the room. He offered to expert
ment with Mr.. Fuller, and leave the result
to committee.
Mr.. Stone said that when manufacturer
of superphosphate first starts we get an ar
ticle that gives satisfaction, but soon it gets
worthless; and now most Of us 60 on Mr..
Fuller's plan, buying manure and compost
ing with muck.
Mr.. Williams had used bone with much
greater benefit than supsrphosphate, which
he would use no more. He was In favor Of
com posting muck with manure.
N. C. Meeker bought twelve dollars worth
of bone and less quantity of superphos-
phate. The first did most good but halt
the money spent in stable manure would
have given better results.-Nelo England
Farmer.
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times let him pat wheat on that field. The
harvast will no doubt surprise him. Some
hive advanced the seemingly wild idea that
the Canals thistle Is not en- enemy, out
friend. This much is to my mind certain :
its long, tough roots, piercing three or four
feet into the subsoil, bring plant-food up to
the surface, and give the roots of the wheat
q chance to run deeper than they would in
a field free of thistles. We talk of the drift.
Now, what drift The drift Of what rocks
or what formation For instance, some
years ago dug cellar in q hill Of drift.
The earth and boulders were scattered all
around the excavation, and had barren,
repulsive look But plowed it and sowed
oats, with very fine crop as the result.
Now, that drift is a mixture of the varions
rocks oil the way northeast to Labrador, or,
for aaght know, to Greenland. There are
granite, hornblende, mica gneiss, limestone.
Such suhsoil is worth turning up; and,
as Mr.. Lyman urges, this is ali 3 question
of the character and composition Oh the
earth which lies Immediately below the
humus or mould soil"
Mr.. Horace Greeley said: Mr. Chair
man, if am under delusion on this mat
ter Of deep tillage, have been drawn into
it by a very ancient and venerable authori-
~. Here it is. I read from St. Matthew's
gospel, chapter IL, verse 3. They are the
words Of Christ himself: ga sower went
forth TO SOW; and when he sowed, some fell
by the wayside and the fowls came and de-
youred them up Some fell on stony places,
where they had not much earth and forth
with thew sprung up because they had no
deepness of earth; and aohen the sun a0as
up theyaoere Scorched; and because they had
no root they nithered aoDay.' Now, all |
contend for is the agricultural truth stated
in this scripture-that as general rule,
applicable probably to nine out of ten of
the cultivated acres Of this continent,
soil go titled that roots Of crops can reach
down into the subsoil for their food, IS far
superior in dry season to soil where the
roots must remain within few inches of
the top. | am not unacquainted with that
Jersey soil. was there in 1854; the sea-
son was very dry, and the corn was 30 of
fected by drought that doubt whether 1t
gave ten bushels to the acre. There are
soils where nature has done up the subsoll-
inc for all time for the fortunate tillers. l
know few such regions. This stri p in
Salem county which tho committee visited
may be one of them. From the specimen
of subsoil brought away by one of the com
mittee, should say it is remarkably good
both in its mechanical condition and its
composition. There are places in Califor-
MIA where if you water vines little for
two or three years, till the roots get down,
they will grow and bear without rain. So
of some Of the corn lands of Illinois;
blowing Of two inches, just enough to cover
the seed, will insure fine crop. But
such lands are the exception-the rare
xception-and not the rule:"-Western
Rtrdl
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Mushrooms.

Possibly one of the most useful scientific
discoveries of modern times is that nearly
all the tribe of mushrooms, funguses, toad
stools, puff balls, and SO forth, are as whole
some as the one kind which commonly goes
under the name of mushroom. 1t is now
we'll ascertained that there are no more
poisonous species among them than amongst
the towering tribe of plants, and we now
.z5e a ~ Ir.-.r,,s, ; rrr,,s ~.
know how very few these are.
In this respect fungus knowledg &c has had
TO take the same course as towering plants.
Years ago many of these, now known to be
wholesome, were considered highly danger.
GUS. Even the tomato, egg-plants, and pc.
tato, half century ago, were considered
in some degree poisonous. That the whole
mushroom family is mostly wholesome has
been known to few for many years but
it takes long to eradicate prejudices. 1t is
only when some public-spirited Individuals
resolve together to fight error that progress
seems to be made. Thus in France they
have horse-meat conventions, and in Eng
land they recently had fungus show.
To bring this about, two English ladies,
Mrs. Wynne and Lady Dorothy Neville, Of
lectioDs of eatable fungi; and the exhlol-
ton is considered to have been one Of the
most interesting held in London. 1t ap-
pears, from report of the meeting
which we have read, that the Injurious
effects sometimes noticed after eating some
kinds of mushrooms are to be attributed to
their being stale. They rapidly grow, and
as speedily decay. Vixen decomposipg they
are as unwholesome as any other rotting
vegetable substance would be.
The whole of the puff-ball family is pro-
nounced delicious; but they must particu-
larly be taken young. They are cut IN
slices like eggplant, and fried in butter,
pepper, and salt. A great many OF the
kinds we notice as on exhibition in London
are also natives to this country-some OF
them common: and probably all of our
common forms are wholesome in the fresh
state recommended.
Few persons in our country have made q
study of our fungi and it is therefore not
certain that all ours are free from injurious
properties; but, as these are said to be sc
very few, it is we'll worth further inVestl-
CATION how far we can 60 in this line. A
very little caution is all that is necessary
eating but very few at q time of any that
may be suspicious, until proved by obser-
walton on the results to be innocuous.
To the great majority of persons there is
no greater luxury than dish of mush-
rooms and if these can be SO extended in
kind that they may become almost daily
articles of food, in the language of the po-
liticians, it will become "big thing
Weekly Press.
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pies. as By shis means they win not only
Obtain abundance of fruit in summer and
autumn but also beautiful floral ornaments
in spring. A dwarf apple tree covered with
a profusion Of pink or :sosy blossoms is ss
handsone sight as can be, and in autumn,
when the frui. is ripe, the tree is highly or
namental along with being useful. Dwarf
apples may be placed six or seven feet
apart each way, go that considerable num-
Der of them will stand on a small piece Of
ground.
If suitable varieties are selected, q sue
ee,sion Of fruit may be kept up throughout
the apple season. The Early Harvest and
Sweet Bough do well as dwsrfs, and nothing
can be more beautiful than Red Astrachan
apple on Paradise stock when it is laden
with its scarlet and greenish- yellow fruit,
which seem very large in proportion to the
size of the tree.-Erchdnqe.
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Primitive Drainage.

Many years ago Yankee from the VAL
ley of the Connecticut bought an improved
| farm, SO called, in q western State. Most
of the cleared land had gentle inclination
to the east, and along its base meandered
brook, or, as it was called there, "run."
This land had subsoil of pretty stiff clay.
The new owner, being DESTROYS Of produ-
cling his own breadsttf, sowed several acres
to winter wheat, which iourished in au-
tumn finely, and promised an exuberant
yield at harvest time. In March the snow
went off, the ground was vet. but desn't"-nt
nater did not flow off and sink
through the clay subsoil-it could not. The
consequence was that between freezing and
thawing, and the lifting of anchor ice, the
wheat was detached from the SOL and July
nine tenths Of it killed.
On making this discovery, the owner said
it was of 10 use to farm land where water
will not run down hill, and proposed to
pull up stakes and stick them in 3 section
of country where water would obey the
laws of gravitation. A neighbor advised
him not to be too precipitate in making
change, but to try wheat once more on
few acres prepared with under drainage.
This was done in very primitive way.
Deep burrows were run up and down the
face of tie hill once in about four rods,
saplings about six inches in diameter
placed in the trench on each side, and
third placed on top to keep them asunder.
Hemlook toughs were thrown over these
and the soil thrown back, making the sur
face as even as before. Three acres were
| prepared with this rude drainage, which
cost but little, but its effect on the succeed
| ing crop of wheat was most marked. There
was no more throwing out by the frost; the
surface water worked its way out through
the wooden drains, leaving the soil warm,
dry, and fructifying. The result was a
crop of wheat SO heavy as TO make the grain
| cradle culver as it was swung through it.
In the changed condition of things water
did run down hill, though declining to do
so while the land remained in its original
condition. There is vast amount Of land
in the country condemned to lasting sterili-
ty simply because its owners neglect to
change its condition by removing from it
the surplus moisture which the character
of the soil prevents from finding an I'M
derground avenue of escape.-RTdl Ne1o
YORKER
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PETERSBURG, January %, 1869.

PETERSBURG, January rs, 1869.
We have the satisfaction of reporting
that business has been very active during
the week. Taken altogether, it is the best
week that merchants have had for many
months. The receipts of cotton have been
unusually large, amounting to 1870 bales,
and large transactions have taken place.
To day, however, the market is weak, under
unfavorable advices, and the operations
limited. Holders are unwilling to make
the concession demanded by buyers, under
the belief that the depression is only tenn
porary, and that the market will recover
it's tone in few days.
Tobacco is the only article of produce that
seems to be completely under the weather.
The time has not yet come for it's revival,
though it is hoped and believed better
feeling will soon begin to be manifested.
MIR. L. G. Heath, who has been lying in
Jail for several days on the charge of shoot
ing young Jackson, was this morning
bailed by the Mayor in the sum OF Sl,oOo
to make his appearance at the March term
of the Hastings Court, to which he was sent
on for further trial. DR.. Withers testified
that there were no alarming symptoms IN
Jackson's case, and the Mayor was satisfied
that the act was done without any malicious
intent.
A bold attempt was made last night to
fire one of the wooden buildings at the cor
ner of Second and River streets. Happily,
the fire WAS discovered before it had time
to make much Roadway, and speedily ex
tinguished; otherwise it would probably
have proved very destructive, on account
of the large number Of frame buildings
contiguous.
A license was issued this morning by the
clerk of the Hastings Court authorizing
the marriage Of negro couple, the groom
being represented to be hundred and
seven years old, and the bride ninety three
There is probably some exaggeration in the
matter of age, but the parties are undoubt-
!. edly quite antiquated- are not apt
4 to be accurate in regard to figures. AS an
= ccSiiaaence, the writer is acquainted with an
aged woman who called herself 3 haaEdred
and three during the war, and now says
she is hundred and fifteen. 8.
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Your House.

BIT MRS. ". A. KIppgR.
BE true to yourself at the start, young man;
Be true to yourself and God;
Ere yon build your house mark we'll the spot
Test all the ground. and build you not
On the sand or the shaking sod
Dig. dig the foundations deep, young man
Plant firmly the outer wall;
Let the props be strong and the roof DE- nlSn,
with an opening turret toward the sky,
Through which Heavens dews may fail.
Let this be the room Of the soul, young man,
When shadows shall herald care,
A chamber with never roof or thatch
To hinder the Lighter door, or latch,
To shut in the spirits prayer!
Rufld slow and sure-'tis for life, young man,
A life that outlives the breath;
For who shall gainsay the Holy Word
a. Their works do follow them satin the
Lord,
Therein there is no DEATH"
BuiId deep, and high, and broad. young man,
As the needful case demands;
Let your title. deeds be clear and bright,
Tiu Won enter your claim to the Lord OF
Light,
For the house not made with hands.
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oPECIAL NOTICE.-By an order Of The

cPECIAL NOTlCE.-By an order Of The
~ S.nss NJ Meltxaine rs. Saunders & rardy,
OF the Bank OF Virginia II Is referred 70
III unders,gaed TO slate aD account 81 the W.
fund In the hands OF the trustees sno sHi Si
ed 10 iepo!t- IN
the hands OF ths Trustees. ,
All as To the amount of claims hich have teeH
nrnved agsina the Bank OF yirginis under nus Or
der which said claims are 10 be proved oeiots N"N
allowed mt. m.
II persons, therefore, having claims against VIC
Bank Of yiggiuia sre hereby notified TO nt' .ne
same with tie proofs 70 sustain them, " In tIe W.
DER ignad on or bef,Ie tie 18TH DAY oE FGnnn
KUaRY. 1869. On ratihe alton or nay report ~ t's
eonrf win direc, all the assets the said oak 20 pI
divided pYo rata among all the ditYrs 81 nc ssG
haeK whose claims shall have been aloMed by ga"
rrnort JOHN JOHNS, JK;.
feil-wlw Master ~ Equiiy.
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An Important Virginia Enterprise,
Correspondence Of the Richmond Dispatch.

BALTIMORE, January ~, 1869.
The Sibert Iron and Steel Company, Of
Augusta county, Va, with a capital Of half
million dollars, has been formed. Stock
all taken. Contracts for large amount of
wood -land have been signed, and the whole
thing is bona fde transaction. Mr.. Sibert
deserves great deal Of credit for the en-
ergy and perseverance in securing 80 large
an amount Of capital 10 be used and in,
vested in his own county, where he strikes
his first blow for revolutionizing the rail-
road interest of America. While he has
had great many offers in Maryland and
Pennsylvania to put up very extensive
works, together with all the capital he
wanted, he refused sll for the good old
State Of Virginia. / say three cheers for
him and the Sibert Steel and Iron Company
Of the Valley
By-the-by, see the amount Of tonnage
that this new enterprise will add to the
Chesapeake and Ohio and York River rail
roads. N. II. H.
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NV Lady.

Morocco soft that doth inclose
The white wherein my lady goes,
High heels that lift her lips 10 mine,
And eyelets with a silver shine
Fall not, malignant evening dews,
Lest you should wet my lady's shoes.
Oh, purple grape-lea on her head,
In silken benediction spread,
With wreaths and ribbons, knotted, curled
The colors Of magic world
Oh weep not, summer rain, upon it,
Lest you should soil my lady's bonnet.
Oh, nameless art that makes her slim,
J.aces in which her shoulders swim,
The daring graces that combine
The " Grecian bends" delirious line
Leaves, shun her us you nestle down,
Lest you derange my lady's gown.
Complexest wonder Of the time,
Inspirer of my fervid rhyme,
What odds and ends make up the show,
The gracious lady that know
Confusion bright of sex and dress
To woo is sweet-but to possess?
Harvard ddroctte.
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REAL ESTATE FOR SALE.
BYE. d. Eacho,
Resi- Estate Agent and Auctioneer.

EOR SALE PRIVATELY UNTIL THE
= 2srH JANUARY: If not sold on that day
will be sold at public auction, on the premises,
tnat very desirable ZEAL ESTATE known as
acres about two-thirds OF which is heavily tim
bered OF original growth. and bounded by both
Sides Of the railroad the balance OF the tract Is
In cultivation. On the property there Is build
ing used heretofore hotel. containing thirteen
rooms commodipus and large, and well arranged
and all necessary out-houses, and shaded by 8
grove of beautiful oaks. The plantation is well
enclosed 1t is convenient point from Richmond
for stopping-place and eating-house. The garden
contains several acres 1t Is Of the best In the
state, and IS enclosed by high brick wall. 1t is
an excellent location for country store the eli
male is so and salubrious; indeed II Is one OF the
heslthiest places In Virginia. The society Is e1-
cellent.
TERMS. Very liberal. e. D. EACHO,
taIs Real Estate AGENT and AucticIeer.