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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-03-21

FENCE POsTs.-A subscriber asks tin
best way TO prepare fence posts with a
view to their preservation.
Always put the upper end of the post
in the ground, reversing the position II.
which 1t grew. When it is thus placed,
the moisture from the ground will not
rise SO readily as it would il the post was
placed in she position Of root end down
ward. The rising of moisture tends tn
decompose the wood
A further preventative against decay j.
to burn tho low end OF the posts, and
"hile hot, plunge it into melted tar
cnal'sar will suit the purpose.
By tarring the tops of posts after they
are In the ground, the heat Of the sur
will cause the tar to enter the wo,nl.
thereby protecting it against insects ami
rain.
Should it be inconvenient 20 tar the.
whole of the post above ground, the appiI-
cation Of tar to the sawed end wliI have
IA excellent sffect.-Furme DE- Gardelse
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-03-21

MEADOW AND PASTURE.
From the Western Farmer


An error has long existed IN the minds
of many persons as to the adaptability oi
the climate and soil Of Wisconsin to pro
duce the variety of grasses suitable for
cultivated meadows and pastures; and
shat opinion has induced many to settle
near malarlous marshes where wild hay
could be procured. That was unnec~ss4
ry. as any of its dry lands except very
light sand by proper management will
produce good, and when compared with
the .jairy SECTIONS of New 7 )rk, a heavy
growth of grass.
Tn preparing heavy soil for seeding,
plow deep and till thoroughly llghr
soils require less depth of cultivation, as
thev ale more liable to leach Sow grain;
NIX grass seed in the proportion o. four
pounds of clover, fifteen Of timothy and
two OF red top, for an acre; seed and
GOV r ghtly If the land is dry apply
80 pounds OF plaster to the acre, every
year.
Commence moving when the timothy
shows its blossoms rake and secure as
soon as the hay is dry enough to handle,
stack it, or put it n barn, which would
be more economlcal. Let the afrergrowth
A9t1iH " All bCt'IO IuI III
cattle f"I If fed too snon,or short,t hev will
reach the stubbIe and pull up the herds
grass. After q tree &c top dress the mead
Ow with manure, spreading it when
drawn into The field | would not recon-
nerd moving twice a year. The second
growth of over, # permitted, will ripen
and u seed the ground.
For asture add the seed of other
grasses if re CURED, and seed as tor mead
ow use the same quantity OF plaster to
the acre, and SOW it as soon as the ground
becomes settled
Gypsum or plaster is sulphate of lime
and when applied TO the land condenses
the moisture and returns the impurities
OF the grasses untjl they are absorbed by
the vegetation. 1t acts as a disentectant
OF the atmosphere and me dressing will
serve as feeder OF the grasses for several
years,
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. MANHOOD
HOW LOST, HOW RESTORED.

JU II published, new edition of DR. CULVER
ELL CELEBR TED ESSAY on the radfeal
cure of certain weaknesses, the effects oil errors
a ID abuses In early life.
he ceie orated autnor, in this admirable essay,
clearly demonstrates from thirty years success
Cul pracuce, that the alarming consequences of
such errors and ABUSES may be radically cured
without the dangerous use of internal mediclne
or the application of the knife; pointing out a
mode of cure III once simple, certain ant etectual,
b means of which every sufferer. no matter what
his condition may be, may cure himself cheapiy,
privately, and ,GdscGIy.
kg rhis ccture should be in the HANDS or every
youth anu eve man in the land.
Sent, uuder seal, In plain envelope, to any ad-
dre~a, postp I'D on receipt of Elk cents, or two
past stamps.
AI.u, DR.. Cu!yerwell's Marriage Guide" price
as cents
Address the Publisher,
CHN>. J. c. KLINE q co,
1877 Bowery, New York, PostOffce Box 4,5S6.
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ORIGIN OF PLANTS.

Pes RE Egyptian origin
Ell originated 10 Germany.
lHe Chestnut came from ta Y.
t uEa org hated j. Egypt.
t.. %~.tIe comes IRON Eurnye.
3ay"a = z na'ive o. Virginia
- 3&'ual = Came from Siberia.
ti,e e1EaD 3 & native 81 Greece.
ile 81 pig rig nated ~ s.ie East.
~ paf Is 2 native Of Am. r,cs.
hs 9at' afry originated e Persia.
oa.~ "rf@ina ed 10 Npfth Africa
i@aT ~ lrst kaa"n 2 S4rdIn!a
tt@ nralaat apple are from Europe
ap n.s cI.fi7ated o Arsol,
20 0r"ugae tros Per-
tna peAch came gro"
oE iss aativs Of TIL
1t.e e'camuaE anefrom Inc East L.
rs f~aah originated IN China att
JApaa.
TaG FEU1r U&oP Iua ~ the time
9sa1 ty Pi0pnsay the annual trulG amiu
tsqeoa NpQs all destroy 81 az apple 81,
this HeaI, cherries kl4e4~to gne roo.s
ss. Da . 9~Q year fJr water meIo
etc etc Ne aspect foz 0urselyCs hi
ouI readegs the usual supply Os peachs
ano cream next year, provided some d
eur atooDy pomeloglsts ao nos sour .,
she mtiA.
II is reported TIA PRESIDENT JaArez q
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Why Do ANIMALS NEED SALT-Prof
James Fl johnson, OF Scotland, says tina,
halt the sallae matter of the blood as
per cent? consists of common salt, and n.
this is parity dissolved every day through
the skin and kidneys. the necessity OF
ntinueti supplies OF 1T to the healthy
body Is sufficiently obvious. The bltt.
also contaIuS soda Zone OF the ingredients
OF saiO as special and indlspensib ole
constituent, and SO do all :he cartilage
OF the bony. Stunt the suppl, of s.!t,aud
neither Will the bile be able properly to
assist digestion, ror the cartilages 70 be
built APP again AS fat as they naturally
waste. 1t Is better tn place salt where
the stock can have frse access to It than
to give 1t cc4slanally III small quantities
They vi hrl, themselves to what they
need, II allowed to do 50 at pleasure,
oth'Iwi-e when they bee me salt hungry,
they may TAX mere than IS wholesome.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-03-21

MANURE FOR STRAWBERRIEs- an
sWlr :" all inquiry AS ~ which, kind, how
MueA AMI Wien 10 apply manure to
strawberry plants, iMoore's Rural NeD-
YORKER say:
w prrf Ter old, well Fntted, barry, I'd
man're. fh' quantity must he determln
ed 'roln the character ri .he soil, Whet her
rich "r po"r, ana the amount you can af
E"rd. Imen'y five tu one hundred two
horse loads may be applied per acre Ap
pity enough to make tie soil rich, and OF
sh's s"u houid be tue judge. Ii you IN
Ten" painting la the spring, put on the
mauure ih' previous autumn, but If this
cehh be done conveniently. apply early
III iii' spna4 aud plow II under. cover
lng 4'"ut tour inches deep Thoroughly
hai'.'" ihe tand hriole painting; in
t',he' "s.id' pot IL Into as good Condl
''"" -4e = ssiolt for tiie ret, ptiun of the
plant>. EXT, tue straw series are oniv
Pf""uc1d ~ extra culture. We have
exp. 90 twn 10 three hundred dollar.
~ "tte II pre- paFlsg l&nJ for straw Der
ii 81 'lsta tue fret crop pay al. tx
Itaas-s. "~V2ns lie soii permanently i'm
ilapast
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EXCERPTA.

The modest man will not parade his
own excellence lest he should offend.
The children of God have much in
hand and much more in hope.
If prayer does not cause us to leave of
SHINING, shining will soon make us leave
off praying
Value the friendship of him who stands
by you in the storm; swarms of insects
will surround you in the sunshine.
1t is only by labor that thought can be
male healthy, and only by thought that
labor can be made happy.
Some professors of religion are much
more ready TO fight for Christianity than
they are to live according to its precepts.
Gold is the only idol that is worship
ped in all lands without temple, and
by all sects without hypocrisy.
If your wish success in life make per-
severance your bosom friend, experience
your wise counsellor, caution your older
brother, and hope your guardian genius.
Lust is captivity of the reason, and
an enraging of the passions. 1t hinders
business and distraets counsel. 1t sins
against the body, and weakens the soul.
1t i. an excellent thing when mems re-
ligion makes them generous, free-hear.ed
and open-handed, scorning to do thing
that is paltry and sneaking.
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SOME PROGENY.
A Man the Father OF FiHy Begiti-
mate Childrcn.

The Waco CTexas) Adr=nce publishes
the following statement by correspond
ent, who, IL says, is one Of the most trust
worthy and respected citizens of the
place:
There lives in our midst a man who
is the father Of fifty legitimate children !;
he has been married to 6ve different NO
men. By wife No-.1, thirteen boys; by
No. 2, eighteen children; No. 8. ten I;
No. 4, six; by No. 5, three. Thirty-five
Of these children are still living-or were
a year ago-eight were killed or lost in
the Confederate army, and seven have
died natural deaths.
Thirteen of the boys-all children Of
No. held Office in the Galloway bri-
gade, Platte county, Mo-, troops, Burns
commanding. Of the children by No.
2, there were four in The Confederate
army, in different brigades. BY wife No.
3 there was one in the Confederate
States army and two in the Heel Flies,
making twenty sons in the Confederate
service. l know him well, as also his
wife No. 5, and her children; she is young,
with a mountains wealth of hair, fine
looking, pleasant, and promises to still
add to the population of tie country. /
will, if required, produce the affidavit of
the father of this numerous progeny to
the truth of this statement"
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INDIAN MASSACRE
Little Raven and Hts hand Of
Arrspahoes the AgErcssors.

TorEKA. KANSAS, August 2lst.-The
onmonweaih has the following start
ling Indian news from Colorado:
"Mr. +. ii. Stanley, of Fort Larned,
arrived in this city last evening from
Denver. He reports that last Monday
a Government train, consisting of three
hundred and six mule teams loaded with
army supplies for Fort Lyon, was pro-
ceeding along Dry Creek, between Car
son City and Fort Lyon, Colorado, un-
der the command of Steve Bryan. wagon.
master, and while in the valley of Dry
Creek the train mired in the sand.
While thus detained band Of two hun
drcd Arrapahoe warriors, under the COM
msnd Of their chief, Little Raven, made
an attack which equals in outrage and
ferocity any annals of Indian massacres.
The wagons were burned, and all the con-
tents that could be carried of were taken,
consisting of bacon, &c. The mules were
run of, and fifteen men belonging to the
train were wounded or killed on the
bloody field.
MIR. Bryan was skinned alive, from
head to foot, by the savages. Besides
these fifteen men are missing. They are
supposed to have been carried into cap
tivity. The train was under the escort
Of Lieutenant Mcfarland, of the Sixth
United States Cavalry, with one hundred
men, but being nine miles in the rear at
the time Of the massacre no protection
could be afforded. Mr.. Stanley was with
the escort, and when it arrived at the
terrible scene the savages were just re-
firing over the hill beyond, whirling their
tomahawks and shouting in mad glcc
over their ill-gotten gains.
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morton Put That In.-

The best thing yet has been told by
Farnsworth in Greeley speech. Gram,
II will be remembered, sent message to
Congress recommending to put Georgia
in chancery, and make Bullock our mas
ter. He urged that Bullock have power
to negroize the State.
The recommendation in the message.
il appears from General Farnsworth's
statement, did attract attention in Con-
gress on the Republican side. He went
to the President TO inquire the meaning
Of the Recommendation. We let General
Farnsworth tell his own story:
81 went up TO the President and said !:
Mr.. President, find passage in your
message here which | do not quite under
stand. viii you be good enough to ex-
plain 10 me what you mean by itS and
j read him the passage have to you.
The President took his segar out OF his
mouth, after a deliberate Whit or two,
and looked il over, and answered il thus
We'll, | really can not say exactly what
that does mean. MORTON PUT
THAT IN CGreat laughter.] Nor
ton put that ini The Constitution of the
United States provides that the President
shall annually deliver to the Congress his
message, with such recommendations as
he may make; but Morton put that in
| did not pursue my inquiry in that quar-
ter any further, nor did go to Morton
10 ask what he meant, for ! did not rec
ognize his right to send his recommenda-
tions to Congress through a message OF
the President of the United States"
Comment is needless. Nice man this
for President. Georgia Kukluxed by
Morton's suggestionl "MortOn put that
in" Well, let Us pay the debt and not
"put Grant ia. LEDGER.
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What Grant has Said.

II may interest the Grant men who
are so fond of quoting Greeley, to read
what Grant has said. We give some
specimens below;
only voted at one Presidential elect
ion, and then voted for Buchanan
Grant IN 1866.
There is such an universal acquies-
cence in the authority of the general
government throughout the portions of
the Southern States visited by me, that
the mere presence of a military force.
without regard to numbers, is sufficient
TO maintain order.-GraAfs Report %
Congress in 1866.
| am Democrat, and when l am con-
WINGED that this war is waged 10 prose
cute the designs of the Abolitionists, |
pledge my honor as a soldier that | will
carry INV sword on the other side, and
east my lot with that people. .-Grant in
1868.
The Liberties Of the country cannot be
maintained without a one-term amend
ment 10 the Constitution. -Graat m
1919.
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English Synonyms.

A little girl was looking at the picture
of a number Of ships. when she exclaim-
ed: "See what flock Of shipsl" We
corrected her by saying that a flock Of
ships is called fleet, and that feet Of
sheep is called flock.
And here we may add, for the benefit
of the foreigner who is mastering the in
tricacies of our language in respect to
nouns of multitude, that flock of girls
is called bevy, that bevy of wolves is
called pack, and a pack of thieves is
called a gang, and a gang of angels is
called host, and host Of porpoises is
called a shoal, and a shoal of buffaloes is
called herd, and herd Of children is
called troop, and a troop of patridges
is called covey, and a covey of beau
ties is called galaxy, and galaxy of ruff
fans is called horde, and a horde of
rubbish is called heap, and a heap Of
oxens is called drove, and a drove Of
blackguards is called mob, and mob
of whales is called a school, and school
of worshipers is called congregation, and
a congregation of engineers is called a
corps, and a corps of robbers is called =
band, and band OF locusts is called
swarm, and swarm of people is called
crowd, and crowd of gentlefolks is call
ed the elite, and the elite of the city's
thieves and rsscals are called the roughs,
and the miscellaneous crowds of the city
folks is called the community, or the pub
lie, according as they are spoken of as
the religious community or the secular
Dublic. Am. Edae. AonlLIu
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COAI.-OIu..
Victim Of Explosive Oils.


Prom the ~ Louis MOL Herald.
From young gentleman who returned
from Holt county last evening, we learn
the particulars of one Of the most pain.
ful accidents that has come within our
knowledge for many months. Of late il
has been our melancholy duty to record
many sad cslsmities. Some of the vic
tins found watery grave, some met
their death by pistol ball, and Others
were crushed and mangled beneath the
iron wheel Of the railroad car. In no in
stance, however, have any of them been
called to meet the most terrible Of all
deaths-that by fire; burned alivel It
carries with It terror that chills the
blood and causes the frame to shudder.
Last Wednesday night, at 10 O'Clock,
six miles northeast of Oregon, in Holt
county, Miss Lizzie Cowen, one of the
fairest and most accomplished young
ladies ofthat county, was actually roasted
alive. She, with q number of other
young ladies, had assembled at Carwen's
school-house for the purpose Of rehears-
ing some Sunday school songs for the
Union Sunday school picnic, which was
to have taken place the next day. The
young lady, it seems, was sitting near
coal-oil lamp, which, by some cause or
other, slid off and emptied its contents in
beflap. The lamp rolled down and ex-
ploded at her feet, setting FIRE to her
clothing, which being saturated with oil,
caused the flames to envelop her in a
very few moments. Every effort was
made to extinguish the fire, but without
avail. 1t burned through her clothes
while they were making efforts to tear
them of. On some parts of her body
the flesh was burned to a crisp, and on
Others the skin peeled off as they removed
the few vestiges of clothing. Her cor
set was so hot that it scorched their hands
in taking it off.
The agonizing screams of the poor vic
tim cannot be described. After the
shreds of clothing, which were yet smok-
ing, had been torn from her body young
lady threw skirt over her, when she
srrsng up and started for home. After
running few yards she fell, and was
to her home, about half mile
distant, where she suffered all the agonies
and torture that only poor victim that
has been burned alive can suffer. She
Hinged through the night, conscious an
the time, and expired at 10 o'clock the
next morning, Her face was badly dis
figured, which she seemed to be consci-
Gus of and requested before she expired
that they would not permit her mother
to see her after death
But a short time since she returned
from Oxford Female College, Ohio, and
was one of the most accomplished and
young ladies that have gradu-
ated at that institution. Her circle of
was large, and "none knew
her but to love her."
She was buried last Friday, and the
funeral cortege was one of the largest
ever witnessed in that section.
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Education and Employment Of
Girls.

| Strhs.
Nothing 80 tends towards the degener
acy Of womanhood as life Of lazines,
and indulgence-an aim for wealthy
husband, and then life with no object no,
aim beyond raising a family, whether
taste lies in that direction or not. 1t i.
not only bad for physical health, but j.
for moral also. A very serious and com.
mon mistake in the training of our girl.
is the neglect definitely to provide against
the vicissitudes of life with the faculty
Of noble selfsupport Just to think Of
your daughter, well born and bred and
rocked in the lap Of luxury, coming one
Of these days to sewing or keeping board.
ers for a livelihood. Yet thousands Of
girls, upon whose girlhood Fortune law
ished her gifts, have come that. 1t seems
to us that every rich man who has daugh-
ters should provide for them with visions
Of the almshouse continually floating be-
fore his eyes. No amount of pecuniary
endowment will be sure defence against
the demons of pauperism. The fires may
burn it up, the winds may scatter it, the
waves may engulf it, prodigal scoundrels
Of husbands may waste it, rascally trus-
tees and executors may pillsgc it. These
and a thousand contingencies, considered
beside the proyerbial helplessness of wo-
man, are almost enough 10 make a
thoughtful and cautious man pray that
daughters may not be born unto him.
So. then, we say, let the education Of our
girls provide for the possible problems of
selfhelp in the noblest possible way.
The daughters Of millionaires and me
chanics alike should I've made distinctly
to understand that all the love romances
lie. and that there is no such thing as
making a compact with fortune to avert
the necessity of honest toll. Nay. more,
we would have the girls taught that labor,
especially brain labor, for the benefit Of
the world, is too noble to be undertaken
for pere mercenary ends, albeit the world
must and will pay for il. Our girls need
a great deal of discipline in this respect,
and their fathers and mothers need to
have a great many of their foolish no
tions Of propriety about toll, and the
wicked caste idea it encourages, killed as
the rank social weed it is. You will
hardly find girl who will teach school,
or q parent who will allow it, except un-
der compulsiou of scanty purse. What
a shame to our christianity is this. A
fine lady, rustling in her silks, boasts that
she has had all the masters in literature
and art, has seen all the galleries of art,
speaks the languages, can draw from ma
lure, and We know not what else; and
yet she would not soil her respectability
by teaching a child of ignorance the al
phabet. or hammering the multiplication
table into q class of little know nothings
in calicol Sure enough, the millennium
has not come yet.
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Our Common Schools.

The Teachers Institute that have been
held in the State during the summer, un.
der the auspices of the Superintendent Of
Public Instruction, have evidently awak-
ened lively interest in school matters,
indicative of the inauguration of new
era in the history of education.
In addition to the Congressional Insti-
tutes many of the counties have held sue
cessful institutes, and the resolutions
passed at every one show that there is a
determined purpose upon the part of the
friends Of common schools to insist upon
such additional legislation as shall con-
serve the money now being expended,
and provide for the more efficient enlarge
ment of our system. It is quite certain
that few amendments, such as have
been recommended by the Supenatend-
ent, would not only remove all obstacles
to growth, but tend to utilize the million
Of dollars now currently expended every
year upon the public schools. A few
years ago the common schools was Z :
taught in two tn.,s of the district ~
the State. During the school year just
closed, schools were taught in nearly. all.
We learn from DIR. Henderson that only
seventy-eight schools failed to be taught
during the last scholastic year. We can
not doubt that immense benefit has fol-
lowed the teaching of these nearly FIVE
thousand public schools. If the districts
were allowed by general statue to tax
themselves to extend the time to ten
months, and to employ superior grade
of teachers, many Of them would avail
themselves Of the privilege, and the util-
ity of our school syster- --s5ould no longer
be debatable question. Another fact
indicative of increased interest is that
twelve thousand pupil children have been
added to the census for the school year
beginning July l, 1872.
In his address before the Fifth Con-
gressional Teachers Institute, DIR. Hen
derson stated that but three leading fea-
lures of legislation were required for the
efficient reconstruction Of our school sys-
TEN. namely: A moral school for the
training of teachers, a general provision
in the school law permitting the districts
to test by popular vote the willingness to
be taxed to improve the character and
extend the time of the schools, and the
building OF good, uniform
These engagements are so reasonable
that we scarcely see how judicious Leg
lure can refuse TO record them.
Once furnished with the buildings, the
State Normal School would not cost over
81, 900 per snnum, and would yield to
the State every year several hundred
competent teachers. The school. system
has no margin for development in the abb
.ence of the right of districts, desiring to
DO Ap4o tax themselves. The health
and comfort of the children of the Com
require that school-houses
should be erected having respect TO proper
sittings aud ventilation.
1t is plain that large majority of our
people favor the school system. and ii
,ould not be abolished by popular con-
vent. Even those who are hostile to pub
lie schools should recognize this fact, and
address themselves To the practical ques-
lion, "What can be done to render the
,ystem more efficient "