The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1870-08-18

There is one science the value OF which
il IS very difficult to make Highlands
comprehend, and that is mineralogy. II,
CONNECTS botany with the art of healing
astronomy with guidance from the stars
or NAVIGATION chemistry with dyeing
brewing, etc.; but chopping bits of
fhe rock /" as he calls it,-this has Away
cen . mystery. E5G
A shepherd while smoking hiA pipe a
small highland inn, was communicating
to another in Gaelic his experience O
"mad Englishmen," as he called them.
"There was ONE said the narrator
who once gave me his bag to carry to the
inn by short cut across the hills, while
he walked by another road. I was won
dering myself why it was so dreadfully
heavy, and when got out of his sight !
was determined to see what was in it. !
opened it, and what do you think it was
But need not ask you to guess, for you
you'd never find out. It was stones '4i
."Stones!" exclaimed his companion,
opening his eyes; "stones! well, well,
that beats all ever knew or heard OF
them And did you carry il? 81 lo-
e" Garry it! Do you think / was as mad
as himself9 No! / emptied them all
out, but / filled the bag from the cairll
near the house, and gave good measure
tor MS money. g5l oH s4o9sQg9iEg
GRAZING 3MEADow.--It is o great folly
to suppose that meadows composed 81
natural grasses are injured by grazing
Moving annually will soon weaken any
grassland, but grazing with cattle and
sheep will quickly improve it if the
coarse and sour portions Of the field are
kept down, so as not to have " ton per
acre left on it to protect the roots next
winter, as some people recommend. To
prevent the animals from eating very
bare in places and leaving other parts
untouched, some application will be de-
sirsble. according to the composition of
the soil, which will induce them to eat
up the rough parts, lift is sown on ear
ly in the season salt in moderate quanti-
ty will answer the purpose, and plaster
vii help, or ashes of any kind will sweet
en- the flavor. Alternate grazing and
moving is an excellent plan on old grass
Ianl, and do not be afraid of eating the
roofs or be fooled into the belief that it
Is wisdom to stock light but when well
or evenly grazed over the surface, it is
good policy to take the stock off it very
ear y in the autumn, particularly when it
is to'be nowed the next year.
How TO BE NoBoDY-It is easy to be
nobody, and we will tell you how to do
it. Go to the drinking saloon and spend
your leisure time. You need not drink
much now just little beer, or some
other drink, In the meantime, play
dorainoes, checkers or something else to
xii time, so that you will be sure not to
read some useful book. II you read, LET
it BE- the dime novels of the day. Thus
60 on, keeping your stomach full and
your head empty, and yourself playing
time killing games, and in few years
vou'll be nobody, unless Gas is quite like
ly) you should turn out drunkard or a
pro essional gambler, either of which is
worse than a nobody. There are any
number of young men hanging about sa-
looms, billiard rooms and other rumshops
just as ready to graduate and be nobodies.
THE MINISTER'S LIKENEss.-At one of
our neighbours houses was very bright
little girl. It CHANGED once that they
had minister and an esteemed friend.
. Little Annie watched him closely, and
fina .ly sat down beside him and began to
draw on her slate. "What are you draw
ing Annie ?" asked the clergyman.
" Use maxim your picture" answered
the child tas ifF9l aa
So the gentleman sat very still, and
che worked away very earnestly for
a while, then stopped, compared her
work with the original, and shook her
little head 49, s@ b0
81 don't like it mucb,' she said.
"Taint a great deal like you. I dess I'll
put tail to it and call it dog"
Frank was in the habit of falling out
of bed in the night, and his father, to
break him of the habit, would remind
him of it the next morning Yesterday,
as usual, his father said to him, Here,
Frank, you fell out of bed again" ''Oh,
70, father" said Frank, 81 didn't; it was
the pillow, for went up to see and the
pillow was on the floor beside the bed.".
hat made you cry. then (? Y said his
father. well, you see," said Frank, in
the most sober manner, :" it was dark,
and could not tell whether it was me
or the pillow"
A young lady who has beautiful lit
tie loot, but large ankle, recently went
into boot and shoe store in certain
Iowa town, to purchase pair of CATERS.
The polite clerk was of foreign birth
and had not yet acquired the best uee of
words He measured the foot, and SO
far forgot himself as to remark: Mad
an you have one beautiful foot but your
leg commence too immediately" The
young lady blushed, but was compelled
to admit that the salesman spoke to the
point. s,.rgs ssf. aass35