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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-11-19

at the pin in his clumsy style, but in
stead of picking it up he knocked it
out of the window. He hung down his
head, and all the fingers pointed them
selves at him scornfully,
Now" said I, "Mr. Thumb has
failed suppose Mr.. Middle tries it.
He did, but could only roll the pin
around. So they all tried, but none
could pick it up. @
"You are a pretty set OF independ-
emit people," said /, and not one of you
can pick up pin alone Now, Thumb.
you stand aside, and let them try it al
together. So they tried, and such
trial. Of course they could do it easy
enough altogether but they scrambled
this way and that, twisted and twirled.
bumped and jumped, and got so much
mixed up with it that they hardly knew
themselves.
SNOW" said Middle to Fore, ssyou
must turn yourself around and we can
do it" 4s1ais
"But I can't turn" said Fore,
"you must do that" .
ct can't, sure" @
''Then we will have to give it up, if
Thumb does laugh at u.s.
-Four sound fingers, and all together
you can't pick up pin," I exclaimed.
Now try it one at a time with Thumb"
With Thumbs aid any finger could pick
it up.
"Now," said I, 'sstand up all in
row, for I must give you lecture"
Up they stood, looking very sheepish,
and I said /:
"You are neither of you worth
straw alone. In almost everything two
of you must work together, and in some
cases it takes all to do what is necessa-
ry. Your usefulness and happiness de-
pend upon helping one another. How
silly and mean it is for you to quarrel.
It is cutting your own head off. And
there are some boys and girls just like
you, always annoying and hating
the very persons who help them, and
without whose help they could do Meth
ing. Sometimes they think themselves
independent of others, when really they
cannot do some simple thing without
them any more than one of you could
pick up pin alone. - Chicago Stand
ard.
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An Iron-Clad Rats Nest.

The pretty schoolmistress stopped
by the stump and read very wonder
full thing, one fine day in July, to the
children who were going with her to
look for crosses at the brook-so won
derful that am going to ask the edi-
tors to get the same magazine and copy
the story out for you. The story was
told by Prof. Silliman, and it came to
him in private letter from a friend.
This friend was part owner of some
property on the Oregon coast contain
ing saw-mill which had never been
set fairly at work. Close by was a
dwelling-house for the hands, and when
they cleared out for lack of work. a
quantity of things were stored there
tools, packing for the engine, six or
seven kegs of large spikes, besides
knives, forks, spoons, etc., in the clos
cts, and great stove in one of the
rooms. (Now, the editors will please
add the rest of the story and you, nv
dears, will please bear in mind that the
writer is talking about the California
wood-rat)
''This house," he says, was left
uninhabited for two years, and being
at some distance from the settlement, It
was frequently broken into by tramps
who sought shelter for the night.
When entered the house I was aston
1shed to see an immense rats nest on
the empty stove. On examining this
nest, which was about five feet in
height, and occupied the whole top of
the stove "a large range, I found the
outside to be composed entirely of
spikes, all laid with symmetry so as to
present the points of the nails outward.
In the center of this mass was the nest.
composed of finely divided fbers of the
hemp packing. Interlaced with the
spikes, we found the following: About
three dozen knives, forks and spoons:
all the butcher knives, three in num-
Der large carving-knife, fork, and
steel; several large plugs of tobacco /;
the outside casing of silver watch, dis
posed Of in one part of the pile, the
glass OF the same watch in another, and
the works In still another; an old purse
containing some silver, matches, and
tobacco nearly all the small tools from
the tool-closets, among them several
large augers. Altogether, it was a very
curious mixture of different articles, all
of which must have been transported
some distance, as they were originally
stored in different parts of the house.
The ingenuity and skill displayed
in the construction of this nest, and the
curious taste for articles of iron. many
of them heavy, for component parts,
struck me With surprise. The articles
of value were, think, stolen from the
men who had stolen into the house for
temporary lodging. Ihave preserved a
sketch of this iron-clad nest, which I
think unique in natural history. -
From g Jockd'a-the-Puloit, :" st. INCH
Ol0S for November.
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Wisconsin Items.

S. T. PAGE, pioneer settler of Green
Lake county, aged 60 years, was in
stantly killed last week by his team
running away.
AN association of twenty-five Baptists
at West Bend, have erected and dedi-
Gated a neat brick church edifce, which
is entirely clear of debt.
The Episcopal Diocese of Wisconsin
is to be divided into two parts by line
running east and west as near through
the center of the State as county lines
will permit.
The expenditures of Milwaukee
county for the past Ascal year were
1926, 408. The new tax is to be levied
on this basis, as very few changes are
contemplated for the present year.
SURVEYORS and engineers have been
engaged in making the preliminary
survey for the narrow-gauge railway
from Peoria, ILL.,, to Fond du Lac.
They struck the line just west of the
Fond du Lac river.
II FEW Gays since, Wnlle party OF
five Lacrosse ladies were returning
from an excursion to the country, one
of the carriages, occupied by Mrs.
Thomas Davis and another lady, got off
the road. In the darkness the carriage
upset, the horses running away, break
ing one leg and arm and fracturing the
skull of Mrs. Davis. Her recovery is
doubtful HIho OAhnE, 1o91y
hurt.
The Kewaunee Enterprise is in
formed that in consequence of the al
most total failure of the crops in the
town of Red River, six-two families
have applied to the town authorities for
relief, and that the same condition of
affairs, to greater or less degree, ex-
lists in Brussels, Gardner, Union and
other towns.
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Hydrato OF Choral.

At the recent meeting of the Chicago
Academy of Sciences, Prof. Delafon-
taine read paper upon the action and
effect of hydrate of chloral. He said it
was discovered to produce sleep in
1869, and had been lately used as a
medicine. It was first thought to act
similarly to chloroform. It was de-
composed by alkali into a formation,
and this process he thought took place
in the blood. He did not think the &C
ton was the same as that of chloro-
form. Experiments recently made in
France had proven that in cases where
chloral was used, the blood discs we're
not coagulated but shriveled.. He and
DIR. Simeon had poisoned rabbit with
100 grains of choral administered hy-
podermically in four doses. The effect
was noted within one hour, when it
commenced to lick the wall as though
wanting to get water. Then it laid
down, became sluggish, slept, and later
died. The post mortem appearances
were those of asphyxia the lungs we're
red, the heart empty, and the blood was
clothed as in asphyxia. A cat was
treated in the same way, and the blood
drawn from the skin it did not coagu-
late, and the discs fell to the bottom.
He thought that the mode of action of
chloral was by means of poison of car
bolic oxide, which is one of the most
poisonous of substances. Carbonic
oxide kills by incapacitating the blood
corpuscles from being in the body car
riers of oxygen.
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No Bad Grasshoppers i'm Wisconsin.

A recent report from the Agricultural
Department speaks of the damage done
to wheat by grasshoppers in Wiscon-
sin. This Islander on small family
of well-behaved insects. Our grass
hoppers are not the locust variety, bred
on the high, dry plains of the West.
They are pest, but ours do not be-
come a burden on the agricultural in
terests. They are as harmless as house
flies |; at any rate their ravages have not
been considered a calamity here any
more than they have in the pastures
and meadows about Washington. They
are not SO thick here as they are in the
East.
This information is due those seek
ing homes in the West. Whoever Jour-
neys toward the setting sun seeking a
land where there are no grasshoppers,
where the drouth and the ferceness of
binding snow storms sweeping over
trackless prairies are to be avoided,
should not pass by our beautiful oak
openings. Improved farms are cheap
in Wisconsin, and fair returns from
them, when properly managed, are as
sure as from any business we can name.
Ii people do not want to settle on our
rolling prairies let them go into the
" forest primeval.' . They extend the
shelter of protecting branches. Few
States can boast SO many hundred thou
sand acres of oaks, naples and other
thrifty forest trees. The soil on which
they grow is rich, producing splendid
wheat, corn and other crops. The water
is pure, the climate invigorating. There
are farms and settlements and schools,
but room for thousands of new and
happy homes, and no more grasshoppers
here than are needed to feed the poul-
try and bait the anglers hook.-6tote
Journal.
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BY Mrs. s. pa. DAMON. 81
Daisy, Daisy, you try me SO! l
Look at your clothes and see their plight
Water on window and chair and floor,
Enough to drown Dolly before your sight.
Dear, naughty fingers that mischief find,
Restless from morning till starry eve
Dipping in this, turning Ger that,
Nothing's untouched, do believe.
Marks of fingers on paint and glass,
Bad little 1nger-tips, what shall do?
Tie them together, all snug and tight,
So that the mischief can't get through?
Daisy looked up through eyes of blue,
Solemnly looked, and debated the thought:
While fingers dissecteda baby doll,
The last new purchase mamma had bought:
In tone so gentle, could but bless,
The answer came, Tut UNI off, I dess."
Dear little fingers, we can't "tut off,"
Dimpled white fingers as ever you see
Of patience We'll ask an abundant store.
For, carefully taught, a blessing they'll be.
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JEN AND JOE.

It really don't seem long ago,
Since you were Jen and was Joe,
But forty years have passed and gone,
Since we commenced to trudge along
Yes forty years of welded life,
Since you became my happy wife;
But now they call me Uncle Joe,
And you have changed to Aunt Jennette,
But still l never will forget
When you were belle and 1 was beau.
An, yes, it's very long ago,
i Since our young love comm Fenced to grow,
And DER our heads the years have rolled,
And people call us ratherold: .s-.ae'.-t,
I'm sure it don't seem so to me,
You're sixty-one, I'm sixty-three-' q <1@
1t really don't seem if 7twas so. ~c
But when the children pass us by,
They always say bout you and 1, sYFf
There's Aunt Jennette and Uncle Joe!
Er
All, well, God will soon call us home - --
And then in.heaven we shall roam,
And wife, perhaps it will be so, ..
You'll look like Jen, I'll look like joe. r~ -
Then we'll commence our love once more,
AS happy as in days of yore,
For those were happy days you know
And sweet and joyful it will be,
To live throughout eternity,
AS bonnie Jen and loving Joe
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A Word to Bows.

Boys, did you ever think that this
world, with all it's wealth and woe, with
all it's mines and mountains, oceans.
seas and rivers, with all it's shippings,
its steamboats,, railroads, and magnetic
telegraphs, and all it's millions of group
ing men, and all the science and progress
OF ages-will soon be given over to BOYS
OF the present age-boys like you? Be-
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Condition Of the Treasury.

The total balance in the State Treas
ury on the Both of September, 1873,
was $215, 644.52. On the Both day Of
September, 1874, it was 1878, 341 SO.
The State Treasurer is careful to state
that the general fund was overpaid
lowing to large appropriations for State
institutions the preceding winter, pro-
vided for by the last State tax at the
close OF the fiscal year,, Sept. 80, 1873,
1855, 923 the receipts into the treasury
to Dec. 81, 1873, were $137, 1858, dis
bursements for the same period 1928
all; balance in the treasury Dec. 81,
$129, 801, with the general fund over
paid from trust fund, $l47, 268 receipts
from the the LIST to the 9Th of January,
1874, when he entered upon the duties
of this office, 1913, 1853, disbursements
$50, O83, leaving balance in the treas
ury when he entered on his office of
$128,571 to the credit of the school
funds. The receipts and disbursements
for the past year, including balances
from the previous year, were as fol-
lows
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-11-19
The Hog Crop.

The following table, taken from the
reports of the Agricultural Depart
ment, shows the number of hogs in the
State named on the LIST day of January,
1874, and the corresponding date in
1873
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Wisconsin Legislature.

The following is the list of the mem
bers of the Legislature of 1875, so far
as known. Republicans in roman, Re-
formers IN 5tolic, Independents in SMALL
GAPS
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SENATE.
1 Enos Eastman 10 W H Hiner
2 JIM Read 10 w Rounds
" n JACOBS 20 Joseph Wagner
A IL BleeKman 81 w C SGIUeytIlOTn
R Fl Baker % r ScEIchting
6 John Black % W w Reed 8H4
Geo Bryant "a Fl Barron
I'd weeks 25 r L D Potter at
g. d Mcfarland 26 r e Davas
10 j a R9ce 81 L W Barden
II Francis Campbell % George KroatsEop
IL FL e Moore 80 Thomas Scott
Ii j a Barney 80 FL p Graham
Ia j Quimby 81 L Nevins
Is John Scheutte 80 Field
16 J Holloway SO J G WILMoT
II Ell N Davis
Republicans, II; Reformers, IS; Ind, 1.
ASSEMBLY.
Adams-G. M Marshall.
Ashland, etc.-S. S. Fifeld
Brown-T e. Hudd, W. j. Fiske Patrick
HobbinS.
Buffalo-Edooard Lees (9)
Calumet-John Harsh.
Chippewa-T. G.. Halbert.
Clark-James Hewett.
Columbus Marcus Barden, J. r. Rowlands,
j. B. Dwinnell.
Crawford-Zenas Beach.
Dane-Isaac Adams, s.. U. PinYaey, David
Ford, M Johnson.
Dodge-O. R. Jones, D. M. Coleman, John
Lloyd Mao Bachuber, ALvA SIMPSON, +.
Ol6edrd.
Door and Kewaunee-C Charles Schofeld.
Dunn-Rock J. Flint.
Eau Claire. G.. Callahan.
Fond du Lac-W. NJ. Plocker, George Hun
ter, Mlchedl SeYace.
Grant-James Jeffrey, Lafayette Caskey,
Ben. M. Coates, Delos Abrams
Greene. r. Deniston.
Green Lake-W. III. Dakin.
Iowa-Oaoen KING, Kearton Coates.
Jefferson Christian Mayer, Austin Kellogg,
J. w. Ostrander.
Juneau-.J0b ". Grant,
Kenosha-R Simmons.
La Crosse-John Bradley.
LA Fayette-Jobn anderson.
Manitowoc-F. Smith, B. S. LOY'jqao, r. D.
Smart
Marathon-B. Riogle
Marquette-Robert Michel.
Milwaukee,. Van Schaick Peter F0gg, w.
j. Kershaw, s. A Harrison. O. FL. LdrIti11, d.
FL. Richards, Lemuel Ellsworth, Bernard
Schlechting, T. T.. TELLER, Fred MAScoaoitz,
T. ONeil.
Monroe-Eli Waste, W. W. Jackson.
Oconto-John Leigh.
Outagamie-G. ". Richmond
Ozaukee-G. G8tz, Fred W. Horn.
Pierce-T. l.. Nelson.
Portage-G, H. Guernsey.
Racine-C.F. Bliss, E. ~. White.
Richland-N. L. James, B. F. Washburn.
Rock-M. Osborn, z. P. Burdick, Andrew
Barlass, Geo. II. Crosby, H Merrill.
st. Croix-P. @. Boyden.
Sauk-T. L. Baker, D. E. WEIGH.
ShaWano-HGTnld1l NG6er.
Sheboygan-Joseph Wedig, p Geraughty,
N. G. Farnsworth.
Trempealeau-N. D. Comstock. CD
Vernon-Ole Anderson, J. E. Newell.
Walworth-E. M. Sharp, Charles Dunlap, N.
M. Bunker
Washington-Philip Schneider, Amdreg
Martin.
Waukesha-SilaS Barber, NJ, S. Hodgson.
Waupaca-G. FL. Calkins.
Waushara-J. Fl. Thomas.
Winnebago-Asa Rogers, N. S. Robinson,
L. Chase, Frank Leach.
Republicans 65, Reformers 3d. Ind. l.
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Governors, statesmen, philosophers,
ministers, teachers, men of the future
all, are boys now.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-11-19
KENOsHA, WISCONSIN.
THE LITTLE FOLKS.
Daisy's Fingers.

BY MRs. S. u. DAMON.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1874-02-27
a Gard.

Some low scoundrel wrote very ungen
manly Valentine (?)t to respectable young
lady of this city. l will just say through
the paper to that particular individual that
the person guilty Of such dastardly thing
is an in famous scoundreI-n0 better than the
ours running through the streets, and should
be treated as such. One who has no respect
for himself nor any one else-all such dead
BEATS and scoundrels-sheuld be drummel
out of the city.
If the writer of the Aforesaid Valentine is
not SO tar lost to all honor and principle to
be beyond the reach of insult. and desires re-
dress, he will be honored with my address
by applying at this office. X.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1874-02-27
REMOVE y !

Messrs. Williams & Murray have
removed their business from the corner Of
Main and Bozeman streets to
ODELL'S billiard HALL.
where they will be- pleased to do the agree
able to- all their old patr Is aud friends.
Their stock of Wine and Liquors is COM
pletc. and was selected with great care from
the choicest vintages AMI most noted di.til-
leries IN the country; their cigars arc OF the
best foreign and dSnestic manufacture and
they guarantee that every article sold in
their establishment will be Of the best. The
Billiard Tables and Saloon have been thor
oughly renovated. and their patrons will
ind, As heretofore. their Hall I comfortable
and pleasant resort. attended by polite and
attentive walters. Call aud zee them In their
new building.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1874-02-27

WE must insist on every man in C alatln
county. who can afford to do SO, taking the
COURIER. Sur,|y every good citizen desires
to sec his county paper we'll sustained. We
therefore trust that many new names will be
aided to our subscription list. We ask those
who already take Tie paper to urge neisl,bors
who do not, to subscribe. The more support
we have the more will bc enabled to make
tile paper larger and better. We think it
would pay those having large interests here
to send off to their friends in the States the
COURIER. There is much inquiry abroad
about Bozeman and the surroundin: country,
and by doing this our resources and advan-
taScs would he more widely known.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1874-02-27

THERE is good amount Of talk about
starting another newspaper in Bozcman.
This is strong evidence Of the growing i'm
partonre If the place and this section Com.
petition is the life OF trade. and we shall wei.
come this new enterprise with a good notice.
Should we have two papers, then Bozeman
will be ahead of Helena; ONE. That town
wants to have the Capital, when it can afford
only one paper, whilst Deer Lodge, Virginia
City aud Bozeman can sustain two papers
each
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1874-02-27
Dec. %, 1873.

FROM some cause report vas circulated
a few days ago a. Virginia City that Governor
i Potts had been removed and Hon. John
How, formerly Mayor Of St. Louis, appoint
ed in his place. Whilst our people are very
we'll satisaed with the present incumbent,
there are great many who would have been
pleased to see Jpha Howe Governor, In case
change was determined on. We apprehend
that there Is no truth in the rumor, as Gov
ernor Potts possesses the confidence OF the
Administration in high degree.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1874-02-27

The BEST PLACE IN BOHEMIAN to spend a
social hour is Williams 4 Mnrray's magnf-
cent Billiard Hall. where more but the best
liquors are manipulated, and urbanity ard
politcncss reigns supreme.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1874-02-27

NEARLY six morths have passed of the
third volume OF the COURIER. Three dollars
will pay for that period II paid before the first
day Of April, 1874, which will be the end Of
the first six months: We trust during Dis
trict Court all indie bted will come prepared
tn cattle
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1874-02-27

Two thousand pounds of wheat wanted at
this ohicc, for which one dollar per hundred
pounds vii! be paid to those indebted for
subscription. Hope it will be brought in
carly.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1874-02-27

The Ball ut Spcith Il krug's Hall, on
Friday evening last, was largely attended,
and as We predicted, the most elegant party
Of the winter. The supper at the Metropoli-
tan was par excellence and abundant. The
party in every respect was success.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1874-02-27

COMMUNICATIONS & Bro. have re.
ccived lhrge number Of Harry Norton's
"Wonlerland illustrated which are going
of like hot cakes, on frosty morning. 1t is
an excellent tiilng to send your friends in
the States.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1874-02-27

G. W. FRAZIER, an old and esteemed citi-
zen. who resided near Bozeman, died yester-
day morning at one O'Clock. His disease
was pneumonia, in very violent form. Mr..
farmer, and never stood back from his bust
ness on account of weather, and no doubt
his death is attributable to exposure during
the recent cold spell. He leaves a large fam
lily to lament his loss, ant they have the SYM
patlly OF all his neiQhbOrs.t
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1874-02-27

REV. MATHEW BIRD was over from the
Mission this week, looking hale and hearty
lie has his family now with him at the Agen
cy, and they are comfortably and pleasantly
located. There are nine white ladies now
there, and the social element has been high.
~ improved by their presence. The school
is Develop & the in,ellects OF the Juvenile
Crows IN the ways Of civilization quite rapid
ly; many of them have mastered the alpha
bet, anu some are reading.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1874-02-27

THERE has b, en- 40 Eastcl II n:l;i tor sever
III days. Galcn's coaches arrive regularly
from Helena and Virginia City. There is no
doubt Il good deal OF SNOW Gu the road from
Coriuic TO Montana
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LIST OF LETT

WE call attention to the advertisement III
this issue of the lice Monument Portrait'
OF Gen. Robert f. Lee. This picture is tn.
only correct likeness ever obtained OF Gen,
Lee, and is pronounced by eonnoisscures the
finest art work of the kind ever before pro-
duced. OF the many styles and characters
OF pictures of Gen. Lee submitted to the AS
sociation this one was adopted as being the
most life like and possessing the finest artis-
tic merit. 1t is life size and makes fine ap-
pearance when mounted. 1t is sold only by
subscription-price S.. Joseph Wright IS
the local agent, and is prepared to fill orders.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1874-02-27

Col. l.. NJ. BLACK has generously donated
one hundred dollars t0.the Helena Library.
Other liberal subscriptions were obtained ut
Washington by r. Il. Fisk. Esq, or the
Herald, who has been in that CITY for sevcr.,
lnOntl
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1874-02-27

The next LADIES' Sociable will be at the
new Methodist Church OH Wednesday even
ing, March llth. This will be festival, and
we trust will be largely attended both from
town ana country.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1874-02-27

LovEEs'ofth balls and cue Will find every
requisite for enjoyment and exercise at VIII
Iiams 4 Murray's Billiard Hall, next door to
the North Pacific Hotel.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1874-02-27

VIZ noticed Il Councilman doing honest
work the other day. and congratulated him
on Lis return 10 the paths oi virtue AMI i::-
furnished employment Ike answered - III
lame III roll cal; promptly.