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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-10-26

THE BRIDE OF LAMMERMooR-Of al
Scott's beroines the Bride OF Lammermoof
10 nerhaps the most widely known. her
cod story in the main is historically true.
Tha maiden's name was not Lucy as SlF
w,lter has it but .Janet-the honorable
T.not DaGrympIe. She was d daughter OF
I'D Stair. She and young Lord Ruther
f,rd had plighted their troth, and broken
n silver coin between them, ana had In
voked maledicti0n on Whichever or the
two should be false to the compact Inc
m ther Lady Stair, was most cruel IN
forcing her daughter to this match. ia
n t. broken hearted and helpless, had an
Interview with her lover, and soODed out
a text from Numbers 80 3 5, as an excuse
for her obedienc to her mothers COM
mands The lovers parted IN sorrow
Rutherford in anger He had not IN him
the spirit of young LochlnVar' nor Janet
+he wit to run away with him herself The
moor thing was. in fact scared. She was
carried to church to wed liz semi crazed
and more than half dead State At night
\ hurricane OF shrieks came from the bri
dial chamber, where the bridegroom was
fund on the floor, protusely bleeilng
from a stab, and the BRIDE sat near him
in her night gear, bidding them "Take
I'D your bonny bridegroom She died
insane in less than three weeks. Dunbar
of Baldocn recovered but he was never
known to open his lips on the causes
which led to the catastrophe. Dunbar
evidently took things as they came; after
his death, some thirteen years later, 1882,
Andrew Simpson wrote an eulgy upon
HIM, in which the romantic adventurer
upon marriage with another mans love
was described as It spect able country
gentlrman wh1 had introduced many i'm
prnvements in agriculture Lord Rnther.
fore. the lover, died chlldiess in 1885.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-10-26

EXCITEMENT AT GLOUCESTER, MASS
T H3raJd'S dispatch from Gloucester,
Mass, states that there was great excite
meut there few days since. The schoon
er E. A Horton was taken from the har
Dor of Guyabera, Nova Scotia by a party
OF men who are believed to have been
sent for that purpose from Gloucester,
and that the vessel is now due for that
port It is now said that British gun
boat was sent in search Of the schooner,
which arrived off Cape Ann, Thurs lay,
with the intention Of recapturing and
taking her to Bangor, Maine.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-10-26
Circuit Court KenoSha County.

Holm H. NICHOLS against Harriet r. Nichols.
e. Summons-For relief. Com. (erved.)
To Harriet r. Nichols. You are hereby summon
ed and required TO the complaint in this
ton which will be filed in the Office of the Clerk of
this Court at his Office in Kenosha, and TO serve
copy of your answer on me at my office in the city
of Kenosha, in the state of Wisconsin, within TWEEN
ty days after the service hereof, exclusive Of the
complaint aforesaid the plaintiff will apply TO
the Court for the relief demanded in the complaint.
Dated, October Sd, 1871. A. @. COLE,
6w19 ofKenosha Wis, Plaintiffs Attorney.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-10-26

ICELAND. WORTHLEss.-Of Iceland we
hear nut little, and, speaking generally,
know still less. 1t seems, however, to be
losing all value as an inhabitable coun.
try; its winters are growing colder, its
fisheries failing, and from being once o
timbered country, it is said that not a
tree is now found there. The inhabitants
being thus rendered destitute of the
proper means of sustaining life, and
the Danish g"ve rnment having consented,
it is proposed to establish an Icelandic
colony in Northern Wisconsin and Ne
braska. As an experiment, and to test
this region, some fft"en lclanders, mostly
men, have already gone to Detroit and
Washington Islands, where they intend
to support themselves by fishing until
they can learn to farm
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-10-26

How TO GET RID OF STUMPs.--The fol
loving is recommended by one who has
tried 1t, as the speedlest, safest and surest
way to get rid Of stUmps of any and all
kinds:
If you have many acres of clear stumps
get one barrel of black machine oil then
take an inch and-a-quarter auger and bore
four holes in the largest stumps, lettin
the auger stand toward you at an angie
Of forty five degrees. Bore eight inches
deep; then fill he hole three fourths
full Of oil and plump up tight. Pour
also, one-third of pint on top, in the
center of a foot circle, and lie, it spread
well When done preparing, or say in
FIVE days, klndlc your fires on top Of the
sturps.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-10-26

A beautiful blonde went into Troy c.
gar store to make some purchases. When
shaking her head to announce that the
goods did not please her, her aurlterous
tresses touched the patent cigar lighter,
and instantly took fire. She pulled the
wool off and stamped out the fire, TO the
amusement of the bystanders. " nI 81
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-10-26

SECRETS OF MASONRY Old Zachary
Wheeler was quite a character in his time.
being clever, easy going, cnnidlng man,
who managed to lei everybody cheat him
of his inherited estates. just as his farm
was about to slip out Of his hands, he sue
ceeded in raising the money to lift the
mortgage Aaron Reemer, prominent
Mason, accompanied HIM to the town. As
they went ding along on horseback,
lack says to Aaron in a confiding tone:
Now Aaron as we are all alone, want
you to tell me the secrets of Masonry"
Il can't lack, they will kill me-"
"Why they won't know,they will never
find it out"
Yes they will, you'll speak OF it"
"No, swear won't"
Well if you'll rid close along side of
me and put your hand on my thigh, and
take the oath, I'll tell you the secrets of
Masonry"
lack vas not slow to comp y; and most
powerful IRON clad oath was administered
and taken.
Well" said Aaron with mu h solem-
nifty and secrecy, in the first place, we
Masons combine together to cheat every
body as much as we can. This is the first
grand secret.
"The second is like unto it. When we
can't find anybody else to cheat, we cheat
each other, but as little as we CAN"
Well exclaimed lack, with evident
surprise, g. swear I'll join I wish had
done it twenty y ears ago-I might have
been d rich man af IRE no W"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-10-26
Circuit Court, County Of Kenosha

The State of Wisconsin, To Dolly Sisson.
WIOU are hereby summoned and required to an
has been filed in the office Of the clerk of the Cir
cult Court for Kenosha County, at his office, in the
city of Kenosha and TO serve copy of your an
swer on at Office in the city and county Of
Kenosha, and State of Wisconsin, within twenty
days after the service hereof exclusive of the day
of such service and if you fail to answer the
plant as aforesaid, the said Lemuel SissOn will
apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the
complaint.
Dated, September, 25th, 1871.
HEAD & QUARLES
1S Plaintiffs Attorneys
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-10-26

Many people take no care Of their
money till they have come nearly to the
end of it, and thus do the same with their
time Their best days they throw away
let them run like sand through the
fager5 as long as they think they still
have countless number to spend bul
when they find their days fiwing rap
pidly away, SO that at last they have very
few left. then they will at once make =
very wise use of them; but uDluckily
they have by that time no. notion how tt
do it.-G0ttbeLf. ..x.t eaa 4 rsr =
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-10-26
Dissolution Notice.

NOTICE is hereby given that the partnership
~ under the firm of Sabin & Kruckman, at Will
mot, is this day dissolved by mutual consent. j. H.
man will collect all debts due the firm and pay all
debts the above firm owes. Many thanks to all
friends and customers for past favors and patron
age. j. II. SABIN,
A. H. KRUCK1fAN.
Wimot Oct. 3, 1871. 4w19
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-10-26

REvENGEFUL PUNIsHMENTs-We once knew
of little child who had stolen a couple OF
figs off the dessert dish on the day of dinner
party. The theft was discovered, and her
father made her wear the figs on Il string
round her neck the whole evening with tul
explanations why. We heard the story when
the child had grown up TO be woman, and
froE1 her own lips; and she said that to this
hour she suffered from the shame of that
evening it Was burnt into her. and made a
wound inetfaceable fOr.life. It was a tremen.
d0us punishment for the fault; the fault it..
self being in So young child as she waS-fve
years old onIy-one that might have been
punished and reformed by mider measures
II seems to have been a mistake, Judging from
the bitterness with which ner fathers char
acter was spoken ot-she said she had ceased
10 love him from that day-and tom the
stern and lOveless nature of the woman her.
self it seemed TO have cast out all softness
from her. And though. to be sure, she stole
no more figs yet she had learned her lesson
of keeping her fingers from wandering into
the region Of forbidden dainties at too severe
cost. The policy of humiliation is a danger
Gus one at all times and on all occasions, and
far more souls have been crushed by this
than SINS have been confirmed by over lenien
cy. TO destroy all sef.respect is to destroy
all healing power. end to prevent all posi-.
bility of rebound In dealing with the fac
ulfy, however hard we may be on the SIN, we
ought always TO reserve way of restoration
o the sinner.-Rarag Ne10 Yorker.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-10-26

WHITE AND RED Col Downing, Chief of
the Cherokee Ma ion, who recently married
Miss yers, II wealthy and accomplished lady
OF Phil adelphia, met her IN that city some
years AFRO. She became much interested in
HIN and his people, and soon after removed
to Ta,equah, with the intention OF devotng
her fortune and life TO the Cherokees and
has since resided there, giving herself up ~
tAe education of the Nation She adopted
some years ago, Lewis Downing son of the
Chlcf, and hult tor him handsome residence
overlooking the peasant village. A few
months ago Mrs. Downing, a full booded
Cherokee, dled, and Miss Ayers now succeeds
TO her place in he aboriginal heart.
F-s-~ So
Perhaps it is not generally known how
much pieasanter md more agreeable, as We'll
Is etficacious. is poultlce ma lie OF potatoes
Than one made Of bread II keeps longer, can
BE- rtheated several times, and does not wet
the othing Peel boil and mash the pota
toes inclose in muslin bag and apply to
affected part To boil them in hot water has
very soothing effect. and enhances their vIr-
tne pOutlce made oil bolied beans is. by
some thought TO be better than potatoes, but
both are worthy OF trial. essen
In he oil regiou things work differently
In Frank in man is judged By the size of
his sidewalk The larger his 81 one tagging,
the higher up in society he moves. At oil
Civ the question is, how many brick block.
have you ?'and how much do you love Frank
lin AT Cory, how much stock DO you owI
In the tub factory? In Meadvile, are you in
| favor OF Il new county? While at Titusville il
lls how much have you invested at West
Hickory? In this city everything depends
upon tn NUMBER of bay windows in your
|nonse. man who has not got bay WIN
dow somewhere on hi, preml SEES is not corsiG
e1ei as possessing any social status whatever
1H~Sville Herald.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-10-26

The HUMAfING BIRDS NEST. The woods
hold not such another gem the nest of the
humming l. The finding of one is an
event to date from 1t is the next best thing
to finding an eagles nest. have met with
Two, both by chance One was placed on
the horizontal branch of chestnut tree, with "a
solitary green leaf, forming complete cano-
py, about an inch and hAlf above it. The
repeated dartings of the bird past my ears, as
s. God under the tree, caused me to suspect
that was intrudlng upon some ones privacy;
and following 1t with my eye, [ soon saw the
nest, which was in process OF construction.
Adopting nv usual tactics Of secreting N.Y.
self near by, had the satisfaction of seeing
the tiny artist at work. It was the female.
unassisted bv her mare. At intervals of two
or three minutes she would appear with a
small tuf6 of some cottony substance 10 her
beak, dart a tsw times through and around
the tree, and aIighting quickly in the nest
arrange the material she had brought, using
her breast as model.
The other nest discovered in dense for.
est on the side OF a noun ain. The sitting
bird was disturbed as [ passed beneath her.
The whirrlng of her wings arrested my atten
ton When, alter short pause, had the
good luck to zee through an opening in the
leaves, the bird return TO the nest, which ap.
peared like mere wart or eXcresence on a
small branch. The humtning bird unlike all
others, does hot aight upon the nest but flies
into it. Sne enters as quick as flash and
as light as feather. Two eggs are the com
pIement. T1ey are PERFECTLY white, and so
fri that only Woman's finger may
t"uch them. Incubation lasts about tn
days. In a week the young have fown,-
Wake Robin.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-04-15
THE SLANG OF OUR DAY

The slang of our day IS puzzle,
Invented by-ah, who can tell
A drink is a 'smile, or "guzzle,"
a swindle is merelya "sell."
One tells you a tale you can't 'swaller,"
lie tells you "by thunder" tbs true;
You bet him your "last bottom dollar,
BY thunder" that $. all you can do.
They ask you How goes it?" on meeting,
Take care of yourself is adieu;
They substitute beating" for cheating,
And sometimes combine both with the tw o.
If foolish, your head isn't level"
Or, maybe, your head isn't clear
Instead of saying Go to the devil"
They tell you to walk eff on your ear. y
To praise you they say "You are bully"
For honesty they nickname you square,
Although please to understand fully,
There's not many that say 81 swear"
While robbing they say going through you,
And "go for him. means an attack,
When financial troubles come nigh you,
"They say, ooh, he's fiat on his back
"Fusil oil'' is now named for whisky,
''Spondulix' cognomcn for pelf,
You have been there" when charged as too
frisky;
Well, "You know how it is yourself"
And if a reproof you should offer,
They tell you ''that game is quite played,
Say, walk, you dirty big loarer,"
Or "head on you" is sure to be made.
Then sometimes you're "cornered" or ecu
chered,
ThatIs, if you get in "fx,"
They call you "galoot" if untutored
In every 'galoot's" kuavish tricks.
There are that's what the matter with Han
nah,
And dead beats" on every side;
If the ''skunks" will not alter their manners
l don't care "cuss'-''let EN- slide"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-04-15

The new treaty adopted by the late Lon
don Conference on the Eastern question
seems to give general satisfaction. Power
is given the Sublime Porte to open the Oar
danelles and Bosphorus to foreign vessels.
Russia can construct armaments in the
Black Sea, where England eau move as
freely as in the Mediterranean. Should
Russia wish to march into India, the re-
vision has in no wise aided her advance. If
the Gar intends to pursue war of Eastern
conquest, the opening of the Black Sea re-
moves one obstacle, while the exercise by
the Sultan of his prerogative in the admis-
sion of war vessels of friendly Powers will
furnish a pretext-if one is wanted-for
war with Turkey
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-04-15

The engineer officers who have charge of
Western rivers, reTOrt that the Mississippi
is changing its channel, so that Yicksburg
will soon become an inland town, unless
immediate measures are taken. The main
channel is now Immediately under the bluff
upon which the town stands, making it one
Of the best harbors upon the river, but in a
few months the engineers are confident that
a cutoff will be formed across the low, san
dy peninsula opposite Vicksburg through
which a greater portion of the current will
pass, leaving not enough water at the Vicks-
burg levee to float boats. The stonework
suggested as a preservative will cost about
81, ,745, ,535.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-04-15
s Night Among the Regulators.
BY JUDGE CLARK.

In the time when Texas was an independ-
ent Republic, Sam. Houston its President
and Shelby county its most lawless section
| had occasion, for time, to be there.
The population comprised "aIl sorts and
conditions of me-" "-vagabonds, escaped
criminals and reckless adventurers consti-
tuting the greater portion \ man too de-
praved to be let live in any other part of
Texas, invariably sought refuge in Shelby
county.
Between these desperadoes and the hon
est settlers an uncompromising warfare ex-
listed. 1t was no use appealing to the law; +;
it hadn't got there yet. The state of society
was well exemplifed by President Houston's
answer, when asked to interpose his author
ity "Fight it out among yourselves, and
| be-hanged to you =
Both parties were completely Organized
the desperadoes under the name Of "Regu-
lators, and their opponents under that of
Vigilance Committee" The former robbed,
murdered and stole, the latter Iynched
Had been as well acquainted with the
condition of things as experience made me
! afterward, l should certainly have thought
twice before venturing out on a solitary
hunting excursion, as | did one morning
shortly after my arrival. Bat I was impa-
tient to try my luck and new rifle, and so,
without stopping to make sure of being right
boldly went forward.
"a new hunters luck is a proverb among
old ones; and the adage, in my case, babe
fair to be verified. | had gone but little
way before stumbling on a herd of deer
quietly grazing at short distance. For
wonder, they didn't see me first. Crouching
stately buck that lowered above the flock
like Saul above his fellows.
The mark stood fair and inviting. 1t
would have been as easy to miss barn door.
But l was trembling with ezcitement-in
fact had violent attack of what is known
among the hunters as "buck-ague." The
more l strove not to, the more shook, till
at last, in very desperation, taking advantage
of favorable sca6Jle, blazed away.
The herd scampe-ed, all but the buck;
he gave leap and toppled over, kicking his
last, was fain to believe But moment
undeceived me. had got within few yards
of him, and already, Gin the minds eye,'
beheld his tale as a feather in my cap, when
quick as lightning, he sprang to his feet and
bounded away as fast as the rest.
l followed at the top Of my speed By
the laws of the chase, first blood gives title
Consequently the game was mine. 1t wa:
only question of getting possession, and
that was one of wind and perseverance.
The buck was soon out Of sight. Still
was not discouraged. l expected to be dis
tanced at first Drops of blood at interval
on the dry leaves enabled me to keep tn,
trail, and the ultimate exhaustion Of tn
wounded animal 1. counted on as insurin!
success in the end.
Hour after hour l kept on. Over hills
along dales, across glades and througI
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-04-15

at the risk of encounterlng them, plunged
into the forest.
Luckily it was soon daylight,and shortly
fell in with a couple of hunters, who, after
hearing my story accompanied me to the
cabin.
"BIant DurtonT exclaimed one of them,
as his eyes fell on the dead body-'the big
gest scoundrel in all Texas, and down on
our books for an early lynching. You've
saved us some trouble, stranger"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-04-15
How a ShreVyd Man Got an
OmfPn


The following conversation between a
well known official and his friend took place
recently in front of the Custom House:
"Where have you been p
"TO Washington, to see the President, for
the purpoee of securing an appointment to
office"
'Did you get the appointment?'
81 did
"Well, since you are an official, advise
you to 20 and get new stove-pipe hat; if
you and your friends cant afford the ex
pense, l will lend you fifty cents to get the
coruscatioas out of the shabby you now
sport. 1t looks as though Britton, or HOr-
ace Greeley, had fallen on 1t
''No, l will not smoothe away n wrinkle
l will wear it as it is, and bequeath it to
my heirs as a rich legacy. 1t was the cause
of my appointment
1.-THE cause Of your appointment How
so ?'
"WeII, you see, when the President saw
me with this hat on, he mistook me for a
relation, and Immediately gave me the posi-
ton l asked for"
Gle thought you his relative on account
of your hat?"
''Yes; he saw the Dents in it"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-04-15

Under the head ''live issues of 1872, the
Detroit Free Press says:
"The Radical leaders are making a most
determined effort to dodge the real issues
now before the people by taking refuge be-
hind the real or imaginary violations of law
in some of the Southern States. They do
not want to come before the people upon
the official record of their acts. They have
no idea of being arraigned at the bar of pub
lie opinion for their crimes against the
country and the prosperity Of the people. To
avoid this they are gathering up host Of
men in straw in order to arraign them for
outrages committed in the South They
wish to stand before the people as the accus.
ers rather than the accused. The subter-
fuge will not be put off with about local
crimes in the South. They will demand to
know what the Radicals in Congress have
done toward reducing the burdens of taxa
tion-what they have done toward the re-
establishment of thorough system of econs
omy in the expenditures of the government
what they have done with the over four
hundred millions of dollars which the peo-
pie paid in the taxes last year what they
have done in the way of restoring the COM
merce of the country by removing an un-
constitutional and oppressive system Of tar
if laws-what they have done toward re-
storing prosperity to the people and peace
and unity to the country. These are the
questions they will have to meet; and they
will find that shouting Ku Klux will not be
deemed a sufficient answer"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-04-15

An Anti-Income Tax Association has re-
Gently been organized in New York city,
under the Presidency of Judge Henry (.
Davies, and it is stated is daily receiving
large accessions of members. The Associ-
alton has issued an address, containing
forcible argument against the constitution
ality of the income tax, and the members
propose to make their respective income re-
turns, but to do so under a protest, printed
forms of which are supplied to all appi-
cants. The Association has employed coun-
sci to commence proceedings in the proper
courts to enjoin the assessors and collectors.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-04-15

The gratifying intelligence comes from the
Isthmus of Darien that the newly Undiscovered
route for the canal is less than fifty miles
long, and the deepest cut necessary will be
from seEentyf to one hundred and fifty
feet. Some thirty miles will be through a
"dead level" The Cue route, the one re-
ferred to, runs through the Cue Valley,
which is divided by the Cue river, a tributary
to the Tayra, and connects with the Paran-
chito
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-04-15

"Shall help you to alight2" said young
gentleman, addressing a bouncing country
girl, who was preparing to jump from a car
riage in front of bis Office. "Thank you,
sir" sweetly replied the girl, "but don't
smoke"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-04-15

An old sailor passing graveyard, saw on
one of the tomb stones, 81 still live" 1t
was too much jack, and shifting his quid,
he said, "Well, I've heard said that there
are cases in which man may lie, but if L
were dead I'd own it"