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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-03-12

Take any two people OF Your acquaintance 81
equal Il tegiity and honorabieue-s Of character Of
cq, ally amiabie temper, md Of equal edtcairn,
ane the chances arct hal you Will best llsa the one
who il mos, truly poile. Manner II something
more than The broidery on tae hem Of the gar
mrnt; II IL rather the 6 % sikeE ihrrau that
shot in aud Ont ofits wooi, gives it fine and glossy
luatre. sPollirnsss needs neither 10 be elaborate
me- az gl essye TO he recognized as IN adornmenf.
r q more modest aud uncens .ioas II ~. the more
gentle and tabitual. the greater ii lis charm.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-03-12

There seems % be poetic justice in tn" TACT
that j Smith, SOL Of The founder Of the Molmoa
Church ard the header Of the fraction 0f that or
ganlzatlon that has rebeed against the authority
OF Brigham Young. II going to move his qaarers
to Naavoo, H.. the place whence the old Nor
MONS fl I'D to Miseouri aua thence TO Utah. Meth
ar he nor his followers believe in polygsmy, and
they return to The scenes of the early vicIorie. oil
the Mormons to enaeayol to build up their relig
ions organization With sins offensive featare aha"
doned Nauvoo once had d population Of over
% 900, but TO day It's streets are deserted; The
old teu pie decorated and destroyed; it, hoUres
vacant and its inhabitants hs.less aud indolent
Whethe, the Historic name of 10 Smith will be
able TO INSPIRE cont aence sufficient to cslect fol-
t)omers suough to reesablish the city ana restore
IL 10 lite old yigor ~ doubtful. The CLAM 'nr and
RI ystety that surrounded Morrnouism in its early
DAYS ia passed. It has hseB shorn Of liz a'tisc
tons. and it Is struggling now, nat for supremacy,
sutfer cxl~teAcs,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-03-12
HOW ICONFlNEU MY FOWLS

ID ring the past year, have oniy hecn n
Temporary resld-ut III nay present hsme, and
although iinpesslb.e - indulge nay self IA Tic
convenience oi poultry yard. could not
give up tie lows, but was CONF eI.ed 40
slow Item 10 ruL Ut large. whca gave no
particular trouble anil tomatoes b. gan 10
riptn; 'htr, 'or The saieiy OIL my TrophJs,
ana 80 ,etAtn Ibe good WI 1 my 1eig TO .,
found il Ii, ceesary 10 cU,tiLe my chicks.
ponltry yard was d. eideaty out of :ae qneS-
ton sHdsr the circumstances, conseQ nenlty /
prepared coop, AKA ieet, ohe-hat cell
sheltered, the other tail on'y Ia he'd, TO
allow the sun 10 penetrate III & p"rLl"n 81 II.
Under his eia. ed round bliiels OF wood Tor
convenience "l moving. In this place u IL
fa i grown lows. gave gravel, cinders, lime
aud astes. hesides ooa AS above. when the
ground became foas. | rol ed the "o'p u
lew teeI, thus LIVING t.sem resh GOD, aha ~
the end OF Two mopl hs when thew could 10
longer harm ;he gardens, Sney were SCI at
lioerly. | found ln.m not only much larger
and iatter. but also lar more hea' li.y.io'k x
in2 than those OF my reigho"rs wso hnd h"t
been so areful or their garden - 20 couEne
their fowls. es@s AUNT LOU.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-03-12
who'll BE VICTIM ?"
J KOBE.

This Is e nae WHICH may ep'syed BY any
number Of persons-,n. more payers the
hetter The We, ian and ihe Leader a:e the
more mpor an persons ~ lie game Care
IA u.t he taken by the Leader 10 ascertain
that the Victim does NOR kRnw the game,
his done he 10 requested 10 re'ir'' from me
room and walt un'il summoned The LEADER
then arranges his company In semlcs,c ,e
and iDstrucfs them 'hac they are 10 inI te
very actien Of The Victim from The time hi
ass nren informed "a, bis duty which Is 10
fnd the name o' word though, o. lie Is
new requested to enter The roon. The Lea
der gives him the following Instructions
You ale, II you please. 10 watch The
actions snd tbs words OF The company, aud
from hem elicit he ward bought OF :"
Now begins the fan. The vissi looks around him
him. ard very likely twils hi. mns,acne-a very
natural action expende d In the frst nervous cur
osiiy 10 discoser his whereabouts The players
simulFane onslJ twiri real or Imaginary mustachss
ard make any other estess motion the Wet N
msy make, initiating his smils, and 40 closely
watching hi- movements that II he attempts to bea,
| retreat 10 the door all mast follow.
Let n i'ustrae: The Leader has Introduced
biz Victim. Victim say4, well, this ia comi
cal situation" Chorus of voices: -..well, this IL,
etc. Victim laughs Allthe payers laugh Vic
tim puts "a Question ADJ repeat II. Af,er mary
! attempts TO solve the riddle. probably he punges
his fands In his poke, and says III give 1t up,
when lei inform ed that the word Is "lmitaiiou .
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-03-12
MUSHROOM HOUSE AND MANAGEMENT.


4 am frequently asked by amateurs how to grow
mushrooms, and having had barge share OF enc.
cess fer many years, perhaps few notes descrip-
tive OF my method may DO scceptlrle to some of
your readers.
3, The house should have . north aspect, in
which Gaze yen may grow mushrooms nearly al-
the year round and the roof, OF VIII tsyer. mate
rial ii may be, should be ceiled al its being go
TENDS TO keep he t. snpar&turc more uniform. The
beating medium should be hot-waser pipes. or a
brick ine. a ##Y4
The bsds, or shelves, ought 10 be arranged as
conveniently AZ possible prefer them OF wood,
ore foot deep and three feet, vide. usually COM
naence forcing about the first week in September.
Horse droppings are collected avery morning
nom the stables and placed under cover, and
when have enough for bed L make 1t ny at
once, mixing with the groupings one barrowiul Of
ioamio six OF dr'ppisgs. TIE led saould be
sha"e Iul'e uIm As soon 40 the heat Begins 10
rise make holes With dipprr eli ht incr cs sp,rt
over the whole be. In three or four days he heat
Will begin - decline when Ii ID about 700 tho
bed ia ready to spawn. 1t liz then covered with
one inch Of loam aud bsstSn quito smooth. aud o
moderate covering eli hay Slacea upon u In four
or ave Weeks the or alter portion of the hay may
be removed, leaving jnst sufficient 10 cnver the
surfaee. Ineyer ealerihe bed, bur II the hay
feels dry very slisht dewinaovcr IL xivenit. In
six weeks the mushfaoms will begin 10 appear,
and will continue producing for alon ih,es
months aacccssionai beds should be made up
according to the requirements 7ssWasR Peosssr.
Go cottage GardeNss.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1874-10-13
Written for The Spirit of Democracy.
From SuDSbury Township,
OZARK, ONO, Oct. Z. 1874

OZARK, ONO, Oct. Z, 1874
Mr. EDITOR: Thinking few lines
from this place would not be amiss,
furnish few items.
The following buildings ale being
erected in Ozark:
/ John Riesheck, store house; Lawrence
Clark, blacksmith shop; Aaron Pugh,
dwelling house; G. W. Evans, wagon
maker shop.
We have but one blacksmith shop,
one dry goods store and one shoemaker
shop at present. We formerly had two
blacksmith shops and two dry goods
stores. The fire we had September "a h
DESTROYED one dry goods store and one
blacksmith shop.
Mr. B R briggs has commenced the
manufacture of sorghum molasses near
this place, He has manufactured most
Of the sorghum raised in this vicinity
for several years. He understands the
business and the public know it, this is
seen by the wav he is patronized.
Mr.. c. H Evans, near this place
sowed I bushels of wheat the Fall of
1878, in the harvest Of 1874 he harves-
ted lll4 bushels of clean wheat.
There was a basket meeting near
Ozark last Sabbath, the 4th, conducted
bv Rev. Smith of the NJ f. Church and
Rev. Lyons of the Baptist church.
The members Of the Base Ball club
still meet and play at Ozark; they are
improving. ABE
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The New stamp Act.

As the provisions OF the new stamp
act passed at the last session of Con-
gress are not as fully understood as
they should be, we append the law:
Be It enacted, etc That all instru.
ments, documents and papers hereto
fore made. signed or issued. and sub.
ject to stamp duty or tax under any
law heretofore existing, and remaining
unstamped, may be stamped by any per
son having an interest therein, or where
the original islost copy thereof, at
any time prior to the 1st Of January,
1876 And said instruments, docu
ments and papers and any record there
Of shall be as valid to all intents and
purposes as II stamped when made,
signed or issued, but no right acquired
in good faith shall in any manner be
affected by such stamping as aforesaid
Provided, that 10 render such stamping
valid the person desiring to stamp the
same shall appear with the instrument,
document or paper or copy thereof be.
fore some judge or clerk Of court oi
record and before him afIix the proper
stamp; and the said judge or clerk shall
endorse on such writing or copy or Ger
tificate under his hand and seal wher
made by said clerk, setting forth the
date at which and the place where the
stamp was so affixed, the name of the
person presenting said writing or copy
the fact that it was thus affixed and tha
the stamp was duly cancelled in hi'
presence.
SEC. 2. That all laws or parts Of laws
in conflict with tie above are hereby re
pealed.
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A Fixing without a Name.
From the Chicago Tribune. !


The gentler sex is just now in an agony
of distress about new garment which
has come into use. Exactly what the
garment is, we will let Mrs. Swisshelm
tell. She says in a note to the Woman's
journal:
"Your correspondents are having
trouble about a name for a new garment.
For two years, except in hot weather,
when / wanted as little covering as posi-
Glc on shoulders or arms,I have worn ihe
article they wish to designate. Like old
King George with the apple in the dump
ling, every one who has seen it has asked +,
How do you get in?' The frequency of
the question named it for me,and | call it
'getin.' do get into it without Difficult
ty, and once in, am covered from the
wrists to the neck and ankles, and have
no useless drapery. Then, with drilling
waist, cut somewhat like corsets, and fur
nished with broad straps, resting just
where mans suspender's rest, and divi-
ded in front as they are, bit of tape at
each side on the lower edge, to which |
attach rubber stockings, I am ready for
skirts, which pin to the waist,preferring
pins to buttons"
The trouble with this "what is it" is
that the gentle sex do not know what to
call it. Some are in favor of "chemi-
loon," some of plain ''chem," some of
"chemlin," and, as will be seen above,
Mrs. s. calls it the "getin.'' Why not
call 1t the "Swisshelm ?"
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1874-10-13
Written for The Spirit of Democracy
FROM ILLINOIS.
ROLAND, WHITE Co., ILL

IN DSSihoS' ivy ~
ED SPIRIT: Enclosed please find three
dollars for which please credit my sub
scription. -
Permit me to say through the columns
of your paper,t the dear old SPIRIT OF De
MocRiCY, to my many friends and rela.
tives in "Old Monroe" that the health of
our country is good at present, and
we have been blest this year with an
abundant crop. Wheat in our county
will average about 25 bushels per acre
Corn tetter than it has been for ten years
past; fruit very abundant; in fact our
soil is very productive, and transporting
facilities convenient, there being three
railroads running through our county,
bringing wealth and prosperity to this
part of the Egypt of Illinois. New
towns springing up all along the lines OF
the roads, and old ones fast improving.
Carmi,tb county seat of White, is one
of thefinest locations in Southern Hi
nois, situated on the South side of the
Little Wabash River, surrounded with a
good productive soil and enterprising
citizens.
Mr.. Editor, please continue to send the
ever welcome visitor, The SPIRIT OF De
MocRAcY. ! Iappreciate it above any other
county paper that I have ever seen,for its
sound principles. its fearless andbold er
posure Of fraud and corruption, ire
spectiSe of party or persons. Youl
friend, WM. Truck.
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From the Commercial, October ~
Cincinnati Horse and HUE Mar
ket.

The horse market of this city, ac-
knowledged to be one of the leading in
the country, if not the leading one, has
opened fairly for the fall and wiuter sea-
son, hut not so briskly as was expected,
owing to various depressing circumstan
ces. One of the discouraging causes is
the scarcity of stock, on account of
which eastern buyers are not warranted
in attending sales, and this fact renders
dull the prices of animals which are
sold Better times are looked for soon,
however
| In the Fifth street auctions the sales
for the past week footed up to $40 head.
Figures for the numerous scattering sale
stables are not at hand. The demand is
wholly from the east, Boston and Pnila-
delphia taking most of the horses that
are offered Some animals are shipped
to West Virginia, and thence into NortS
Carolina None are now sent to the
New Orleans market and other points
south. because of the low stage of the
river and the consequent high rates of
railroad freight. The demands of the
Boston market are low, square built,
leshy, stout limbed horses, weighing L.
100 to 1900 pounds, bringing from SI25
to $3.50, and known as Boston chunks
To Philadelphia are sent more "leggy,"
stylish driving horses, bringing from
S110 to 5000 Some trading is done
with st. Louis, that city calling upon this
market for a common class of horses,
ranging in price from $50 to $50 and
S75,and in exchange are taken, for home
use and for the east, animals ranging
from $l10 to S130 and $40.
The mule trade, also, has opened only
fairly. The demand is wholly from the
east, and principally from Baltimore and
points in Pennsylvania There is con-
siderable local trade. Ruling prices are
for animals Is and 16 hands high 1925
@SI60 for'l3 and 14t hands high S75
/ OSLO. The firm of Smith & Stevens,
who, at the Great Western Stock Yards,
do the bulk of the mule business of Gin
cinnati, on yesterday shipped 40 head
to Jersey City. They have large future
orders to fill. Some years their sales
have gone up to 1000 head, but the ave-
rage will not reach over $500. Most of
the stock is obtained from Kentucky and
Missouri.
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Guardians Sale.

T N pursuance of an order Of the Probate
i Court of Monroe county. Ohio, will offer
for sale at public auction, on
Saturday, the 3lst day of October, 1874,
at o'clock P. NJ, on the premises in Green
township,the following described real esta te.
situate in the county of Monroe and State of
Ohio, to wit:
Commencing at the southeast corner of the
west halt Of the northwest quarter of section
twenty seven, township three and range four;
thence north to Cranes Nest creek; thence
west with the meanders Of said creek to the
west line Of said section; thence south of the
center of the New Castle and Clarington road,
in the northwest quarter Of the section sfore-
said; thence with the center OF the road to
the southeast corner of the west half of the
northwest quarter, being the place of begin
ming, containing eighty acres more Or less.
Appraised at 81 SEQ.
TERMS OF. SALR-One-third in hand, one
third in one year.and one-third in two years
from day of sale, with interest; the deferred
payments to be secured by mortgage on the
premises. LEONARD TWINRA,
Guardian of William g. Holidays heirs.
sept29,' ,'74td,
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NEWS ITEMS,
Charles Summers estate has been ap-
praised and is valued at SI3475S.

Charles Summers estate has been ap-
praised and is valued at Sl34,75S.
Members of the Cabinet are of opin.
ion that the recent compromise agree
ment will be the means of preventing a
further outbreak in Louisiana.
A resident of Erie, Pa, refused to
marry his atlianced, who had come over
from Germany for the purpose, because
she had not brought a feather bed " ith
her She has now brought suit for
breach of promise against him, and
claims $1,000 damages.
To give some idea of The power of
the new vacuum pan, just completed at
the Tredegar Works, for Cuban plan
ter, we learn that if one of our Rich
mond bellies were to accidentally fall into
it she would be turned into a lump of
refined sugar in exactly ten seconds
chiInon, boots and aIl-Richmond En-
quirer.
During a secret session of the Chica-
go Board Of Commissioners. the other
afternoon, one of the members was as
ton!shed to see an auger-tip projecting
through the carpet, and, upon institu-
ting an examination, found that party
of reporters .had bored through from
the cellar for the purpose of hearing
what was said.
Some ardent advocate of marriage
has been pointing out to the New York
papers that only about five per cent. of
tue weekly deaths occur among married
people. The argument reminds one of
llie youth who had been looking at
some lifeinsurance tables and marveled
greatly that $50 few people died after
they got to te hundred years DID,"
Senator W. G. BrownIow has publish,
ed card announcing himself as candi-
Date for Congress in the Second Tennes-
see District. The district has strong
white Republican majority, but it was
conceded to be doubtful one in case the
Republican candidate should avow him
self in favor of the Civil Rights Bill. AS
Senator Brownlow is most vigorous op-
ponent OF that measure his election is
very probable.
General Sheridan was recently mott
fed by the Secretary of War that if
he could spare a regiment of infantry
from his command, to send it to the
South for service in that section. Ap-
plications are constantly reaching the
Department from Alabama, Tennessee
and Louisiana for troops. The Secre-
tary says, "If / were required to com
ply with all the applications received, it
would be necessary to largely increase
the force of the army"
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County Correspondence.
Written for The Spirit of Democracy
From franklin Township.
STAFrnRn Qnt O 1Q7

STAFFORD, Oct. 8, 1874
MIR. EDITOR: DR.. c. w. Mason and
two of his sons were thrown from their
sp'ing wagon on Monday evening of
this week The horses getting fright
ened started to run,npsetting the wagon,
the DR.. himself alighting between The
horses, they dragging him some dis
tancc. H. and the Younger son, a boy
of eight years Of age, were badly
bruis,d, but it i, hoped are not serious
ly hurt At present they arc confined
to their beds but think they will be
about in a few days.
The people OF this section are very
busy doing up their Fall work, sowing
wheat cutting up Corn and hau ing coal,
preparing for the winter season.
a larger area of wheat Is being sown
than for years past. The tobacco is a
very light crop Corn is an average
crop. Fruit the same. Potatoes a fail
ure to great extent.
The rains Of late have refreshed the
Fall pasture which will aid the winterine
very much. Yours,
Z nj
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So The Woodsiield School Board
caused TO be printed and distributed to
all the parents in the district. copies OF
the rules for the government of the
school, to which was appended an ap-
peal to parents urging them to frequent
ly visit the school, and to guard against
tnrdihess and absence on The part of pu-
pills.
The evils of tardiness and absence
prevail most generally in villages, but
the neglect Of schools by parents is al
most universal Many men who would
not permit their colt to be broken with
out their presence, never think Of going
to see how their children ere trained -
This duty is not neglected on account OF
want of regard for the clildren's wei,
fare, but chiefly because parents, and es-
pecially fathers, never turn their minds
10 the subject.
Your children are forming characters
and habits which will have controlling
influence on all their future lives. Are
they acquiring habits of Incidence! Are
they learning to half do their work ? l.
the teacher doing them justice3 Does
he require them to learn their lessons,
or is he satisfied If they can say them !
You don't know, do your But you
ought to know, and your child's success
or failure, when he comes to battle with
the world, depends very greatly on his
training at school.
Now that the winter schools are be
ginning, let there be general determi-
nation to pay more attention to this
matter. .5,'l
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~A Paris correspondent says, in
describing the eflice of the Figaro,
Opening upon the grand gallery that
runs around the Spanish palio or rotun-
da, are the rooms or halls that lead to
the rooms of the various employees -
These are all furnished in magnificent
style, with rosewood furniture, rich
carpets, tapestry, bronzes, and marble
statutes. Some rooms accommodate a
single writer, others two or three. The
principal editor, De Villemessant, oc
cupies small room on the ground
floor, to the right of the principal en-
trance. There are also a richly fur
nished council room, in which all the
literary force meet each month, bed
rooms, bath rooms, and breakfast and
dining rooms for. all the literary force
Of the paper, save the chief,
eats, sleeps and lives in the building
There is also one very large room
whose sides are hung with masks and
glittering foils. Each day at 2 o'clock
all the employees assemble in this room
and receive lessons in fencing from an
expert. This is obligatory on each one,
for the reason that each individual is ex-
pected to hold himself in readiness to
call or be called to the field of honor at
: moments notice. Any hesitation in
such case would secure the instant
dismissal of the individual involved u
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New YORK, Oct. 5.-The Brooklyn Ar
gus, speaking of the indictment against
Tilton and Mouton, says: "The array of
counsel in the Tilton case will be uuusu-
ally large. Roscoe Conkling has accept
ed a retainer, and will sum up the case
VIM. M. Evarts, B. +. Tracy, John K.
Porter, w. 0. Bartlett, John Graham and
rs Sherman will assist Mr.. Conkling.
The list of Tilton's counsel is said not to
be complete. Senator Carpenter, of
Wisconsin, Daniel Dougherty, of Phila
deIphia, and David Dudley Field are
mentioned. Mr.. Moulton has secured
Judge Fullerton, although Gen Butler
will take the lead in the case and person.
ally appear. Mr.. Beach will most likely
appear also. A motion will be made for
a certiorari to carry the case before the
Supreme Court. This, we believe is q
motion of right, and an effort will then be
made to remove the case to Albany or
Westchester. 1t is thought the trial will
take place in fortnight, and it will prob
ably last three or four weeks"
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~The contractionists dare not pre-
sent the case Of their opponents fairly
Not one among them hut says, directly or
by implication. that those who oppose
their policy afein favor OF reputation,
and Of issuing greenbacks in such quan
titles that they will be utterly worthless
All Of them who are not imbeciles
know the impression they seek to m Ike is
untrue; but they dare not state the case
fairly, h. cause they are unable then to
p,aintafn their position.