The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-01-26


long run Of Rip Van Wrinkle" at Booths
Theatre is drawing to close, and
Richelieu" has been put in rehearsal for
production next week. Edwin Booth
returned from his winter tour about two
weeks ago, and is making himselfas COM
Portable as possible in his parlors at the
| theatre. I heard recently the story of
his first appearance in a Shakespearian
character in this city. 1t was during the
life time of his father, who was playing
Richard III, and had several days re-
naming on his engagement The elder
Booth was taken suddenly i'll one day,
and sent his son to inform the manager
that he could not appear. Edwin deliV-
cred the message, and, of course, the
manager was iii state of alarm. 4t
"This is an awful predicament here it
is within three hours of the performance,
and no time to change the piece. | have
lit!' he said, his face frightening,
. Have you ever played Richard III ?"
Yes" replied Edwin, " but not re-
Gently, and never In New York"
+. " Gould you make yourself familiar
with the text between now and eight
O'clock ...t..sltfa.. ~. t....-..,E
III IulHh COulu. to9.s
Well then said the manager, "play it
and think it will be all right. 1t is the
only way to get out of the predicament,
and the audience ought to be satisfied"
He did play the part, and it was all
right, and gave him popularity in New
York which he has steadily increased.
WARNING TO INEBRIATEs--Dr. Nc
Culloch givesith following test which,
perhaps, may be innocently tried by all
who are at all skeptical as to the preju-
dicial effect of alcoholic drinks on the
constitution
Hold mouthful of spirits-whiskey
for instance-in your mouth for five MIN.
utes, and you will find it to burn severely;
inspect the mouth, you will observe that
it Is infamed Hold it ten or fifteen
minutes, you will fud that various parts
of the mouth have become blistered !;
then tie handkerchief over. the eyes,
and taste, for instance, water, vinegar,
milk, or SIENNA; you will find that you
are incapable of distinguishing the ore
from tue other. 81
This simple and easy experiment
proves to certainty that alcohol is not
only violent irritant, but also a narcot-
iic; for in this experiment you have OBJ
jective evidence that it has infamed and
bhstered the mouth, and for the time
being paralyZed the nerve OF taste and to
a certain extent, those also of common.
sensation. Now this is not an expert
ment or fact upon which any doubt has
ever been or can ever be thrown; and |
ask you, can you believe that the still
more important internal organs of the
bodyscan be less injuriously affected than
the mouth? eL4
Even the moderate use,i says DR..
Williamson, ''ofsuch liquors if long con
tinued, and grown habitual, cannot fail
to have ultimately a prejudicial effect
upon the health while it may be con-
fidentlally asserted that there are no cir
cumstances of ordinary character under
which it can be justified as beneficial or
necessary"
BE SOCIAL AT HoME.-There is much
good sense IN the remark of an able
minister and close observer that parents
should talk much and talk we'll at home.
A father who is habitually silent in his
own house, may be in many respects a
wise man; but he is not wise in his
silence. We sometimes see parents, who
are the life of every company which they
enter, dull, silent, uninteresting at home
among the children. If they have not
mental activity and mental stores suffici.
ent for both, let them first provide for
their own household. Ireland exports
beef and wheat, and lives on potatoes !;
and they fare as poorly who reserve
their social charms for companions
4 L r..
consumption. 1t is better to instruct
children and make them happy at home
thar it is to charm strangers or amuse
friends. A silent house is dull place
for young people-a place from which
they will escape if they can. They will
talk or think of berg /" shut up" there ;
and the youth who does not love home is
in danger,
A Doc WORTH HAvING.-On Satur-
day afternoon two lads whose names we
did not learn, were skating on Conjocke
ty Creek, near Delaware street. One of
them fell through the ice; the other, who
was IN advance, turned to his assistance,
when he also went through The shouts
of the boys brought to their assistance q
young man named Michael Casper,
VINO was III Inc yaru aICacneQ TO MS
premises, some two hundred feet distant.
He succeeded in rescuing the boy who
had last fallen in, and was turning to
the help of the other boy, when to his
surprise, he observed his dog, which had
accompanied him to the spot, dragging
the other boy out by the coat, of which
the animal had firm hole with his teeth
The dog, which is cross of the spaniel
with some other breed, is certainly one
worth keeping. The boys soon recovered
from the effects of their ducking, and
were all right again.-BufaLo IN. y