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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-12-21
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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-12-21
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ATRUTHFUL RECORD.
ACCOUNTS OF THE FIRE


great fire, ever published.
ACCOUNTS OF THE FIRE.
1T will contain only such accounts as are
voUChed for by reliable witnesses, and will correct
the erroneous and fabricated statements of SEN
sational writer's.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-09-29
Feeding Potatoes to Horses.

In Germany, where potatoes are so
much cheaper than gain, the expert
ment has been repeatedly tried of feed
ing horses upon them, at least in part,
and this, we understand, has been sue
cessful. In one instance, five four
horse teams were kept hard at work
and in good condition on daily ration,
for the twenty horses, of one hundred
and fifty pounds of hay, eight bushels of
potatoes, fifty pounds of meal, and a lib
eral allowance OF chopped straw. The
potatoes were steamed, mashed, and
mixed with the meal while hot, and
then covered up and allowed 20 remain
for time, during which they undergo
slight fermentation, and evolve a
quantity Of carbonic acid. The chop
ped straw was worked in Just before
feeding. This trial was continued for
more than four months, and found TO
agree with the horses, while at the same
time it pro we'd satisfactory in point of
economy. AS this food must be sweet
and clean, great care is necessary to pre-
vent the vessels in which it is kept from
becoming sour.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-09-29
How TO Know the Age Of a Horse.

The colt is born with twelve grinders;
when four front teeth have made their
appearance the colt is twelve days old,
and when the next four come forth it
is four weeks old. When the corner
teeth appear the colt is eight months
old: when the latter have attained to
the height of the front teeth ii is one
year old The two-year-old colt has the
kernel (the substance in the middle of
the tooth's crows ground out of all the
front teeth. I'm the third year the mid
die front teeth are being shifted and
when three years old these are substi-
tuted by the horse teeth. The next
four teeth are shifted in the fourth year
and the corner teeth in the fifth. At
six years the kernel is worn out Of the
lower middle front teeth, and the bride
teeth have now attained to their full
been formed in the corner teeth Of the
upper jaw, the kernel Of the teeth next
at the middle is worn out, and the bri-
die teeth begin To wear off. AT eight
years the kernel is worn out Of all the
lower front teeth, and begins to de-
crease in the middle upper front. In
the ninth year the kernel has wholly
disappeared from TIE upper middle
front teeth, the hook on the corner has
increased in size, and the bride teeth
lose their points. In the tenth year
the kernel is worn out of the teeth next
to the middle front Of the upper jaw
and in the eleventh year the kernel has
entirely vanished from the corner teeth
of the same jaw. AT twelve years old
the crown of all the front teeth in the
lower jaw has become triangular, and
the bride teeth are much worn down.
AS the horse advances in age the gums
shrink away from the teeth, which, con.
sequently, receive a long, narrow APP
pearance, and their kernels have be-
come metamorphosed into a darkish
point, gray hairs increase in the fore
head and over the eyes, and the chin as
sumes the form Of an angle.-JournaI Of
the Farm.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-09-29

jects treated, and the subjects are sim
ply all those upon which an intelligent
student, lay or clerical, needs aid in
reading the Bible.
The work has been done with spirit
OF catholicity remarkable in these days
when sectarian lines are SO strictly
drawn, but this is no more than would
have been expected by those acquainted
with the publishers or with the breadth
of Christian charity so characteristic of
DIR. Hackett. Among the contributors
we find the most prominent scholars of
the Presbyterians, Baptists, Congrega-
tionalists, Unitarians, Methodists, and
numerous members of the Church OF
England as a matter of course.
As we look through the four volumes
we are not only surprised by the won
derful completeness of the work, bu
are astonished when we note the equally
marked deficiencies of the English edi-
ton upon which they are based, and can
only add that the many engravings
contained in them, and the elegant typo
graphy that marks everything coming
from the Riverside Press, at Cambridge,
Mass, where the Dictionary of the
Bible is printed, add to the charms as
well as to the intrinsic value Of the
work,
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-09-29
Onions.

The seed should be sown in drills .wo
feet apart, and quite thick in the drill
on rich ground, top dressed with fine
manure after ploughing. The onions
should be ripe in August, when they
are pulled and thoroughly cured on the
ground. They are set out in rows
three and half feet apart, and nearly
touching each other in the row, from
the 18th of October to the 18th Of No.
vember. After setting, a furrow is
turned from each side on the rows with
small pillow, leaving the onions in the
ridge. 1t takes about 100 bushels to set
an acre. The White Globe and Danvers
being more tender varieties, are not set
till spring They are kept under cover
until frozen hard, when they are put in
barrels and kept frozen during the win
ter. If allowed to thaw out before
spring it damages them very much. If
the freezing and thawing is repeated, it
spoils them entirely. The yield is from
400 to 600 bushels, and the price from 70
cents to 81 80 bushel.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-09-29
How to Raise Large Crops of Hay.

from the dlHefent parts OF New Eng
land we hear great deal about the
short hay crop this year, and, indeed,
we hear 1t every year among "A certain
class OF slack farmers, who wear their
fathers old shoes, walk in the same old
footsteps and cling 10 tie same old
ideas. There nave been thousands Of
acres Of grass cut this year in New Eng
land that will not average one half ton
per acre. The falmer VINO pays two
dollars per day for help in haying can.
not afford to 90 on in this way.
| do not wish TO find fault with farm
ers, but would like to tell them some
thing 1t is no secret; they can in turn
tell others-that is how easy ii is to
have bountiful hay crop; to have their
barns well filled; their cattle fat and
sleek-always ready for sale their debts
paid, and consequently their sleep sweet
and undisturbed.
Farmers, as a class, work too much
and think too little. They try to NOW
over too much land without having it
in a suitable condition. They start
wrong at the beginning. They manure
very lightly, SOW on small amount of
seed and leave the surface rough, the
stones lying broadcast all over the sur
face, and feed the grass close in the
spring because they did not have hay
enough the previous year and no money
to buy it with. Hence, the cattle were
so poor that they had to recruit on the
grass Or they would die.
Now, the farmer who has long prac-
ticed this way can turn over a new leaf
if he will try. In the first place, don't
be too fast. Nothing Is ever gained by
hurrylng, Don't expect to do every
thing at once, but be patient and per
severlng and all will come right in due
time. In the first place begin with a
small piece-perhaps an acre, more or
less; as much as can be attended to
properly-spare no pains to get it just
right; seed it well-don't be stingy in
this part; make it smooth pick up the
stones, and get it ready for moving
And when you have done this, don't
ever let it run out, but compel it to cut
a little more each year than the pre-
vious one, if possible.
This is very easily accomplished by
top dressing. do not mean, wait until
it is all run out this is a hard way it
is like letting horse get so poor that
he can hardly stand before giving him
any grain-it Is almost a hopeless task
The true and proper way is to top.dress
while the land is yet in good condition.
This is the way to keep the wheel roll
ing. A little grass seed can be sprinkled
on once in two or three years, Just be-
fore top.dressing, which will cause the
grass to spring up fresh, like a new
stocked piece. Land treated in this
way need never be plowed after the
first start; but if it is plowed, nice
thick turf Is turned over, which de.
composes and is as good for all crops as
a heavy coat of manure.
am making some experiments on
different materials for top-dressing my
fields. | am satisfied that it need not
be more than one fourth barn-yard ma.
nure composited with three-fourths Of
something else.-N. +. Farmer
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-09-29
Manure the Garden.

Ground that is to be used for vegeta.
bles next spring should be MANFRED in
the fall. Haul out from the barn-yard
all the manure that can be spared for
this purpose, and spread it over the sur
face, and then plough under, and leave
the soil in slight ridges until spring. If
the manure is fresh and warm, it will
become sufficiently cool and decom'
posed by spring, and its juices thorough
ly incorporated with the soil. Where
the surface of the land is nearly level,
and there is no danger of the manure
washing away, it may be spread upon
the surface even after the ground is
frozen. For vegetables the enriching
materials should be thoroughly decom-
posed and incorporated with the soil !;
and we do not know of better way of
doing this than in autumn, ploughing
once at this time, and then again in the
spring. The heavy rains will do more
towards mixing the materials than any
manipulation with pillow or spade.-Rv-
rdlia.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-09-29
Confession Of Defaulting Paymaster.

We give below the complete confes.
sion Of Maj. Hodge, a United States
Paymaster at Washington, who, it has
recently been discovered, has defrauded
the Government out of a large amount
of money:
WASHINGTON, Sunday, Sept, 10, ISL
Gen. b. +. BRIcE-,Sir: | have to inform you
that am unable TO close my accounts, and
that ! owe the frightful amount of about
$3.50, 600, which sum have lost during the
last few years in stock speculation, going
deeper and deeper in hope of retrieving my
self. have no excuse or mitigation of my
course to offer, and propose TO take the con-
sequences of my sin. | had thought, a
week ago, of escaping from New York, but
believing | have done better in returning
here to deliver myself up, as | felt was
bound to do.
" can, of course, make no pretense of ex-
cuse for the systematic deceit have prac-
ticed upon you, and the advantage | have
taken of the special position | have held,
and feel that you, especially, have cause to
be justly memorable against me. | have
been led on by the infatuation that always
attends the course | entered on, hoping al
ways to recover my losses and conceal my
crime. | believe it is really a relief to be
forced to a discovery, for | have been in a
hell on earth for years, and the alterations
of hope and tear | have gone through, an /
the constant care to avoid detection, were
becoming too strong. | desire to turn over
all the property have as a small set-off
against my deficienc and after giving any
information that will assist in settling my
accounts, or, if poss bic, in recovering a
portion of what | have lost, | expect to
take the full punishment awarded for my Of
tense.
In Justice to two parties in this city,
through whom | have made some specula-
tons, wish to say that they are perfectly
innocent of any knowledge that | was using
the public funds. There are small balances
with each of these parties to my credit,
whenever the accounts are closed. The
losses | made were almost entirely in New
York, with one house there, whose accounts
hold subject to your order. | endeavored
to induce them to make good the amount
lost with them, which they knew was public
money, but they have refused.
4" / have been trying to make up my mind
to this confession FIR some days, and was on
the point of doing so this morning in your
office, but could not bring myself to say it,
and wanted time to write to my wife the
whole of this frightful information. 1t will
kill her. God forgive me for what | have
done to her and my children. All | ask
lTtll you VI Vic Is bHdty III DoSsl-
BILE, sone small sum may be left her. | in.
close the keys of my safe and box, contain
ing all my old accounts, etc. My present
vouchers, receipts, etc, are in the hands o.
my clerks, who are all of them perfectly in
nocent of any knowledge of my deficiency
| shall remain at my house, No. l ,423 X
street, till informed what action you hav,
taken concerning me. There is no feal
| will away now.
al. LEDYARD HODGE"
The actual amount of Hodges deficit
as determined by careful examination
is Sab, 900.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-09-29
Mortality Among Cattle.

The Galena (Ill.) Gazette of the 18th
inst. says:
Hon. Joseph Harris, of Hazel Green
township, was in this city to-day, and
reports that out Of his herd of twenty
horned cattle, eleven have died within
the last week. What is the cause of
this fatality, NJ one seems to under
stand. The cattle are taken with
an itching about the head, after
which they sicken and die, without
bloating or any unusual external APP
pearance. When Mr.. Harris left this
morning another one was sick, and APP
peared to be going in the same manner.
He has fears that the whole herd will
die. He came in for Mr.. Vasey, the far
rier, who went out this evening, with
the hope of doing something to check
the disease.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-09-29
Boys on the Farm.

Say what you will about the general
uselessness of boys, it is my impression
that a farm without boy would very
soon come to grief. What the boy does
is the life of the farm. He is the facto-
tum, always in demand, always expected
to do the thousand indispensable things
that nobody else will do. Upon him fall
all the odds and ends, the most difficult
thin"s. After everybody else is through
he has to finish up. His work is like a
woman's-perpetually waiting on 9th
ers. Everybody knows how much ca
sier it is to eat good dinner than to
wash the dishes afterward. Consider
what boy on farm is required N do !;
things that must be done, or life would
actually stop.-C ID. Warner, an Work
and Plan
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-09-29
Collie i'm Horses.

Prevention is better than cure. Collie
may be prevented by care in feeding.
When succulent green fodder is used,
such as the blades and tops Of the green
corn, collie is common. 1t is caused by
the production of gas in the stomach
and intestines from the fermentation of
the food, or by permitting the horse to
drink too freely of cold water when
tired and exhausted by work. Feed
sparingly Of succulent food until the
animal has become accustomed to its
use. Water often, and give little at a
time, and never either Immediately be.
fore or after feed. If the horse has
been permitted to become very thirsty,
give no more than half a pailful at a
time, letting fifteen minutes elapse be-
tween the drinks, Until he is satisfied.
If, notwithstanding all care, he is trou.
bled with collie, give him two ounces of
sweet spirits of nitre and one ounce OF
tincture of opium in half pint of wa
ter. If necessary repeat III half an hour,
adding one ounce of tincture of aloes.
Any spirituous medicine should be
carefully administered. If no intlamma.
ton be present, pint of rum with half
an ounce of pure ginger might afford
relief.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-09-29
Love and COnstancy.

a Eureka Cal paper relates re-
markable tale Of love and constancy. A
young man in the East wished to marry
the daughter of prosperous merchant,
but had no money with which to back
his suit. He was therefore declined as
a son.inlaw, and so he went to the Pa.
citic coast to seek his fortune. He
sought gold everywhere, but found lit
tie; and at last, after years of labor and
hardship, determined to return to his
old home. He engaged his passage from
San Francisco, when he encountered
his early love, now near middle age,
who, with her brother, had gone in
quest of her old lover. Her parents
and all her relatives had died, save her
companion. She was wealthy, and only
too happy to give her fortune, with her
hand and heart, to the man who had
struggled valiantly and failed to earn
the mead Of toll. The twain were wed
ded, and returned to the East with the
dream of love as bright and fresh to
them as it had been years before
Even this practical age cannot extin
guish the poetry of affection, devotion
and romance.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-09-29
The WOOd.Wain.
BY TON TAYLOR.


Qnoth stout oak of a hundred,
=. 10 slim beech of three-score,
Uur boles are marked TO be felled and barked,
Ihine, mine. and many more.
saw the wood-bailif of late go by,
anu ne eyed US both with a cruel eye.
In hedge-row and copse the AXIS stroke
nj hear and the shuddering crash
mat tells of the death of brother-oak,
. or sister beech and ash
90 pid goob-by to earth and sky,
from roots low down 10 limbs on high;
Our time is come, and we must die !"
See, barred of bark, pale trunks and stark,
M ne tallest and fairest grown,
Inc broad limbs Topped their proud head top
- ped.
Upon the dead cart thrown.
AS IL rolls along the grassy ride
with oaks and beeches on either side,
Inc naked trunks they quake and culver.
~, WI here on the vain they lie;
Inc living trees they shake and shiver,
AS the dead trees are borne by;
ANA the wheels and axles grOan and gride,
For they were trees felled in their pride
And they grieve for the trunks above them
tied.
But Natures beauty and use and care
Are all unlike to Mans;
Out OF her trees, so free and fair,
His planks and beams he plans,
Ill what with AK and saw and plane,
. Naught left of tree except the grain.
so we, trees in the Woodlands hand,
Wb6 planted and may fell,
Must yield to him both trunk and limb
:, To mold likes him well.
But spite of AK and saw and plane
Smooth planks or rough, we still retain
The central lines of the native grain.
--He1rth and Home.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-09-29

but think it will, after some years, en-
rich the soil to such depth as to en-
able our grasses better to withstand the
droughts that are now so injurious to
them. Anything that will cause roots
to descend deep into the soil will do i'm
mense good 10y deepening the " surface"
soil through the eventual decay of these
roots.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-09-29
A Virginia Judges Opinion of Editors

The recent death of the venerable
Judge Leigh has revived many anec-
dotes connected with his long and event
full life. Among them is the following:
Vixen Judge Leigh S court was in SEES
sion in Lynchburg, a number of years
ago, it so happened that Mr.. James
Mcdonald, the present secretary OF the
commonwealth, breakfasted alone with
him for several mornings in succession.
Conversation ensued, without an intro
duction, and the Judge was so favorably
impressed by his companion that he at
last asked him his name.
Mcdonald"
Not the editor of the Lynchburg
Virginiqn p
"The same"
Virginia editors, just at that time,
were not making themselves particularly
agreeable 10 men of Judge Leighs
tastes, so he turned to Mcdonald and
said bluntly
You must excuse me, sir, but | can
hardly believe you are an editor, you
have the manners of gentleman
a KNOWING WAsP.-A correspondent
sends the following to the Albany Jour
nal: Two persons of veracity stated to
me the following story: They saw a
wasp riding on green worm one and a
half inches long. How far he had rid
den they did not know; but after they
saw him, they watched him until he
had ridden all OF twenty-five feet. Oc-
casionally the worm would stop. lie mo-
tionless as though he was dead, when
the wasp, after little. would spur him
up, and then the worm would go on.
The wasp would keep the worm in as
direct course as he could. Alter a
while the worm stopped, and the wasp
dismounted and quickly ran and re
moved little stone or piece of ground
about two inches from where the worm
lay, and then selling the worm by the
head, drew 1t into the hole, covered the
stone over, and seemed TO be getting
ready to fly, when " | killed him" and
then | dug down about two inches and
dug out the worm, who was dead.
Az INGRATE.-Gail Hamilton tells of
married woman in New York, city
who held, Independent Ct her husband S
control, thirty thousand dollars. The
money she received from him when he
was in good business and full health.
He became paralyzed, and she at once
took paramour and sailed to Europe,
leaving her husband an annuity of three
hundred dollars, and supporting her
paramour out of the proceeds of the
fortune which her husband had given
her.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-09-29
The Music of Rolling Sand.

At the late meeting Of the British AS
ISOLATION for the Advancement of Sci
ence, Capt. II. S. Palmer contributed an
interesting paper on "An Acoustic Phe-
nomenOn at Jebel Nagus, in tn PENN
sula of Mount Sinai" Jebel Nagus is a
peculiar sand-slope, from which loud
and mysterious noises are frequently
heard to proceed exciting the supersti-
tons of the Bedawin and the wonder
of travellers. The slope is about 200
feet in height, and almost triangular in
shape, eighty yards wide at its base, and
narrowing towards the top, where it
runs off into three or four small gull
leys. Sandstone cliffs abound on either
side, and above the head of the slope
cliffs rise for about $50 or 200 feet more
to the summit of the mountain. The
sand, which is Of pale yellowish brown
color, appears to be that of the neigh
boring desert, derived in the first place
from the waste of the sandstone rocks,
and then conveyed to its position on
the hill side by the drifting action of
high winds. Its grains are large, and
consist entirely of quartz. The neigh
boring rock IN Sit,t is soft, friable sand
StOiS' vi d llSlu DlOWiI, iiCdi'
ly white, color inside, and weathering
to dull brown on the outside.
The sand Of the slope is so pure and
fine, and in its usual condition so per-
fectly dry, and lies at so high an angle
(nearly 300) with the horizon, as to be
set in motion by the slightest cause.
When any considerable quantity is thus
in motion, rolling slowly down the slope
like some viscous fluid. then is heard
the singular acou tic phenomenon from
which the mountain derives its name
at first deep, swelling, Migratory moan,
rising gradually to dull roar, loud
enough when at its height to be almost
startling. and then as gradually dying
away till the sand ceases to roll. Capt
Palmer said that this sound is difficult
to describe exactly; it is not metallic,
not like the sound of bell, nor yet like
that of nagus. Perhaps the very
hoarsest note of an Eolian harp, or the
sound produced by rubbing the wet rim
of deep-toned finger glass, most close
ly resembles it, save that there is less
music in the sound of this rolling sand.
1t may also be likened to the noise pro-
duced by air rushing into the mouth of
an empty metal flask or bottle; some
times it almost approaches the roar of
thunder, and sometimes it resembles
the deeper notes of a violoncello or the
hum OF a humming-top.