Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1873-07-26
KELLOGGSVILLR.

will to humanity in his or her soul. B.M.C.
.. KELLOGGsvILLE.
lii. Editor-I have been waiting II long time
for 'something 10 turn up" worth recording in
your valuable paper but items of general in
terest are scarce in this locality. Every one
seems To be enjoying good health, and none
care enough for the feelings of your CORES
pondent 10 get up an accident aud thereby give
him chance to spread himself in giving the
"lull particulars &c. So as 1 make it rule
to confne myself 10 strict veracitY, you see
the material lor an interesting communication
is lacking.
The farmers hereabouts have succeeded in
conquerng the Colorado bugs to great cX-
tent by the use OF Paris Green, but now the
genuine old-tashioned potato bugs are appear
ing ill large numbers-sOm hills being cover
cd with them. If they can be kept from mis-
chief, the prospect is lor good crop. Corn is
looking well, aud large quantities have been
sown for fodder. Hay is light. Oats fair and
the wheat crop more than an average but it
has been difficult to harvest it in good condi
ton owing 10 the recent rainy weather. In
fact, large share of it is still in the field, but
will probably be hauled in to-day. saw sew
eral farmers taking advantage OF the favorable
weather yesterday-Sunday- it out 10
dry in the forenoon and hauling in i'll the al
tcrnoon, and for my part, l think they did
right ii it is right to save the OK or the ass,
that has fallen into the ditch on the Sabbath.
why not save three or four times the value in
wheat, this catching weather.
II. III. Chapman has sold his store and other
properly at Giilords Corners, to =. Clark, ,Eor
81 acres Of land in Springfield, Pa.
Mr. Abram Newton, OF this place, who has
served one term in the prnitentiary, for horse
stealing, and who was arrested about u year
ago in Erie Co. Pa, for The same offtnse, but
escaped, was last week again arrested for horse
stealing in Crawford Co, Pa. The Erie au-
thoritits, however, demanded him, TO he tried
ON the old charge, and he is now in Erie Jail
He writes to his family here, that he has no
hope Of escaping this time, and never expects
10 see them in this world again, bur wants
them to lice so as to meet linn in hed0eaI Pretty
good, thall But then you know murderers and
horse thieves are engaging all the front seats
there, now days.
aud the cheese factory is still in running order
Rev. Martin Holbrook, of Kellys Island,
has been stopping with his friends here lew
days, Last evening he spoke in the Congre-
galional church, to large aud attentive au-
denoe. .u
Hawkins, the artist, has his hands full
taking pictures, and killing potato bugs.
Mr.. King father of Rev. H. d. King, pastor
of the Congregational church here, has hick-
ory cane over one hundred years old. MIR,
King is 81, and is quite active, yet
Speaking OF old relicts, Mrs. b. Hayward is
to-day using clothcs-line which she made
herself, of tow, over forty years ago, and
which has been in use every week since.
Speaking of clothes. lines, man came along
the other day, with Patent White Wire"
concern, and prevailed on my wife to have
one put up, and now the joy has all gone out
of my lile-there is no more pleasure for me.
l did use to take little comfort washing days,
bowling around to put out the colhes'line,
and then proppng it up little more, AID
helping TO pick up the clothes and things when
the line broke, aud helping my wife wiring
them out again and swear-me, not my wie--
but that is all played out, now. This one
won't break worth II cent, and we don't have
| to take it in nights, and now all the comfort l
take is In hoping that man will come along
some day when am at home-Pll cook his
chckenl
Speaking of chickens, puts me in mind of
man here--but hold on, let me get 1t oil in
Danbury style;
| A Kclloggsville man was very much annoy
ed by his neighUOr's hens scratching his gar
den. He used to throw clubs at themi but he
wasn't much ON the throw, and one day he
missed hen and Knocked down one of the
J young ones that was hanging ON his coat-tail.
80 then he got mad. and he swore thai he
would scoop them hens upl So lie borrowed
an Old hint-lock muskrt of man. He asked
the man IL it was loaded and the man said il
was-he knew it was, Tor his grand-fatheL
loaded II when he was little boy and 1t hae
not been touched since. But to be sure, he put
in another load and handful of buck shot,
and got The man to show him how 10 shoot Il
| off, and then he went for them hens He took
good aim at an old rooster and blazed away
and-but why Iinger upon the melancholy de-
tails. They picked bim up and held him
where he could see the tail feathers of that
rooster carefully disappearing in the dim dis.
tance, and the man that owned him griDning
at something. He is waiting now till his
shoulder gets well and he gets some new teeth,
and then he is going for the man that Ient him
| that gun. FfLLGARLIcK.
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