The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-08-01

left before dusk but ourself and a man
who seemed to linger for the purpose of
conversation. Which commenced the con-
versation we do not remember. Soon he
inquired how long we thought he had
known that spring. To be sure to make
the time long enough we answered thirty
years. To this he replied thirty, eight,
and said chat he once owned the spring,
occupied a shanty near by, and used tho
water every day for drinking and cook
ing, and never thought of its being
mineral spring or possessing medicinal
properties. But he was poor hoy at
that time and the land sharks had got it
away from him. At about this time we
started upon our return and he started
with US and continued to talk detailing
his misfortunes and grievances A poor
bov like him in new country couldn't
do much to protect himself from land
sharks who came at later day, took ad-
vantage Of poor, honest, Woodworking
boys like him. They had not only got
away from him the spring and farm, but
they had got away from him the valuable
stone quarry of Waukesha which he once
owned. He had once owned property
enough at Waukesha to make him rich if
he had kept it. Now he conld look back
and see what he might have been and he
could only wish he could live his life over
again, and if he could, he thought he
would be enough for the land-sharks who
had taken the advantage of him. He
had been unfortunate too at Chicago as
we'll as at Waukesha. He once owned
eighty acres of land in Chicago where the
principal part of the city now is, and he
might have kept it just as well as ot,and
would if he had known the city was COM
ing there. But he did nov know it and
if any body had told him at that time
that the city ives going to occupy his
eighty acres he would not have believed
it. But what could poor boy without
experience know where Chicago was go
ing to be. The eighty acres that he OWE
ed had gone from him and left him poor
to make some land shark rich that didn't
deserve it as much as he did.
While this yarn was being spun out we
were trying to determine whether the
mans object was to rob or bore u.s. The
conclusion was soon arrived at that his
purpose was not to rob but to bore and
as we we've about as unwilling to be bored
as to be robbed,we tried to contrive some
plan to get rid of him. We were feeble
and could walk only at slow pace He
was vigorous and could walk fast or slow
as he pleased. We could not walk away
from him. We tried stopping but he
could stop too and even come back. A
number passed US at different times. Once
We undertook to walk with gentleman
who was passing, but he, not understand
ing the object, soon walked away from us.
We had tried stopping number OF times
but each time proved failure. We ask
ed the man what his name was and in
quried where he resided, he told his name
and said he lived in Waukesha near the
Baptist Church, and that the people all
knew him. After awhile he became SO
engaged in talking that he did not notice
till he had got some ways ahead that we
had stopped, and when lie turned to come
back, we turned 10 go back, and after
lingering some time he went on and left
US.
After returning and before retiring we
were informed that the same man on the
same evening gave such recital of his
misfortunes and grievances to gentleman
from Syracuse, N. Y, that he became so
affected that he proposed, privately to
take up a collection for the unfortunate
individual. Well, this unfortunate per
son to the Syracusian, and persistent bore
to us, is said to be well known and well
to do citizen of Waukesha worth one
hundred thousand dollars. 1t would
seem.right that such bores as we'll as rob
bers should be subject to police surveil-
ance.
In the morning we delayed going to the
springs till there was not time to go to
the Bethesda and started for the Hygea.
AS we started from the Exchange" man
standing by said he was going out to the