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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-05-07

| Rag CARPETS. The carpet-rag giant
always had power To TIME US during our
childhood Mother called him in when.
ever we were unusu lily restless, and she
did not know "what in the world to do
with Us"
He was greedy mon ster, too, and could
never get rags enough >ewed to keep him
self fed. see the balls this Minute in
the bushel basket, large rs pumpkins,
and some of them as yellow, too,all pack
ed to 60 off to the arpet-weaver, and all
made up Of strips Ct Old cast-off dresses
sewed together.
Our carpet weaver was just the dearest,
sweetest, sunniest woman, and as good as
gold, though she did not seem to have
much of it outside, for she wove carpets
for her daily bread. We were never hap
pier than when standing by her side and
watching her shuttle GUIDE to and fro
through the threads of he warp. Some
times she would let us wind the ouills
for her on q little wheel These quills
often held the carpet-rags that we had
sewed A quill VAS full when few yards
were upon it, and three, four, or at mort
SIX throws Of the shuttle. would use il up,
therefore great many qui'ls were need
ed When the dear soul felt strong, and
the warp was all right and everything
went well, she could weave yard in an
hour, but that was when she did not stop
to talk TO US. We knew every stripe In
our kitchen carpet in those far-away
pleasant days, and just what old dress, or
coat, or cloak, it was made from. | re-
member that one winter we all (there
we're five Of u.s. wanted crimson merino
dresses, because, We said, mamma, they'll
look SO nice in the next rag-carpet.
The house-looms that were in the olden
time so common are hardly ever seen by
children nowadays, except in books. Now
and then. In PARKWAY country dwelling
among the mountains, one can find a
loom of the good old kind. What stories
the old looms could tell ( "nly they could
speak! am sure that our carpet
put many story into Ter loom.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-05-07

EARLY FLowERs.-To have early
violets for bouquets and baskets, nail
tour boards together and place a
sash upon them. Form slight bank
of fresh stable manure, covered by
some good compost, and plant in il
a few seeds of vlolets. It will not be
many days before you can cut plenty
of these swee modest flowers" They
will not endure strong heat, nor do
they enjoy a dry air. They succeed
best with the temperature merely
high enough to encourage vegeta.
ton, and plenty of moisture, but no,
enough to cause rot.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-05-07

AN HONEST SHOEMAKER About four
teen years ago Mr.. William Ii Neal, shoe
manufacturer of Saccarnppa, Me-, failed.
ana settled with his creditors for fifty
cents on dollar. taking legal discharge
from all his liabilities. One year ngo he
called on each of his creaisors and paid
the other fifty per cent. and now within a
few days he has again called on hem, all
the original creditors being now alive,
and paid them thirteen years, interest al
six per cent. being for the whole that
they we're deprived Of the nifty per cent
| compounded on the original settlement
Business men will agree that such instan
ces arc rare. and will unite in wishing
Mr.. Neil prosperity in the fu,are.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-05-07
THE BLACK RASPBERRY.

The RuYGl Home, i'll an article on
the fruit-garden has the following in
relation to the black raspberry:
Over the large sections of our
country the black raspberry is more
reliable tor profits than the red. 1t
is less affected by summers heat and
winters frosts, and where there are
great extremes of temperature, it
would be we'll to plant these almost
exclusively. In our plot of five acres,
for Western New York, we have APP
propriated one tot he BlackCap. We
would give the best two acres to
strawberries and red raspberries.
Black raspberries will grow on a
lighter soil, but to make them profit
able, the soil should be in condition
to produce $50 bushels of potatoes,
or so bushels ofshelled corn per acre.
If the land is elevated, well drain
ed, not inclined to heave, and can be
got in good filth this fall, we would
plant tip.roots of the Black-cap late
in October. You gain something in
time by fall planting, and on such
land as we have specified we think
there would be fewer vacancies next
summer among those planted in au-
tumn than among those deferred I'm
til spring. We would mark the rows
with a small pillow, six feet apart, and
cross with light marker, three feet
apart, and would set the tips with
our hands, covering about two in
Ches above the crown. None Of the
cane should be left on. Part of a
ahovelful of fine manure thrown upon
the hill will afford some protection
against the rigors OF winter, and add
somewhat to the fertility of the soil.
At the distances named above, it
would require 2,42O plants to set an
acre, and the planter should demand
that they all be strong, we'll devel-
oped roots.
VARIETIES. - Two varieties OF
Black-Caps are enough. The kind to
follow after OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES we
should plant-would be Dayison's
Thornless, where there is any doubt
Of the Davison's doing well, Doolit-
tie might be substituted. To follow
ten or twelve days after these com
mence ripening, we would plant
Mammoth Cluster, and we would
plant two Mammoth Clusters, to
every one of the earlier varieties.
Were we starting such a planta-
ton as we are considering, we should
try 100 or 200 plants of the new
raspberry-Ganargu Hybrid. Should
that fulfill its present promise, it will
probably be more profitable than the
Black.Caps.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-05-07

Joseph Hood, who lately died at Somerset
Mass weighed AZ pounds. The Boston
Commercial Bulletin writes his obituary
thus:
Though he his diving may have earned,
When Joseph died, as matters stood,
His weight forbade his friends to say,
That they bad armed lively Hood.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-05-07

Women who ''blow up their hus-
bands are called inhationists in
western New York.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-09-08

the fourth day. the two auricles alrea-
dy visible draw nearer to the heart
than before. The liverappears toward
the fifth day, At the end of seven
hours more, the lungs and the stom-
ach become VISIBLE, and four hours
afterwards the inteslines and loins
and the upper jaw. At the one hun
dred and forty-fourth hour two ventri-
cles are visible, and two drops of blood
instead of the single one, which was
seen before. The seventh day the
brain begins to have some consistency.
At the one hundred and nineteenth
hour of incubation the bill opens, and
flesh appears in the breast. In four
hours more the breast boue is seen,-
In six hours after this the ribs appear,
forming from the back, and the bill is
very visible, as well as the gall blad-
der. The bill becomes green at the
end of two hundred and thirty-six
hours, aud if the chicken be taken out
of its covering it evidently moves it
self. AT the two hundredth and sixty
fourth hour the eyes appear. At the
two hundredth and eighty>eight the
ribs are perfect. AT the three hun
dred and thirty-frst the spleen draws
near the stomach and the lungs to the
chest. At the end of three hundred
and fifty five hours the bill frequently
opens and shuts, and at the end of the
eighteenth day the first cry of the
chicken is heard. 1t afterwards gets
more strength and grows continually.
till at length it is enabled to set itstl
free from its confinement.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-09-08
THE EARLY VIRGINIANS.
How They Provided Themselves
With Wives.

The history Of the Commonwealth
of Virginia, says the Richmond Whig
commences with an auction sale
not, however, in store, but beneath
the gleen trees of jamestown. where
probably the most anxions and in.
terested crowd Of auction habitues
ever known in the history O: g
world we're gathered In a letter,
sill to be seen, dated London, Aug.
y. 1921, and directed to a worthy
co!Oni of that settlement, the Wi.
ter begins by saying:
1--WE send you a shipment; one
widow aud eleven maids. for wives
for the people of Virginia. There
has been esl e:ial care in the cho &C
of them, for there hlth not one of
them been received Out upon good
recommendation, II case they can
not be presently married we desire
that they may be put up with several
hOusehOlders that have wives until
they can be provided with husbands" )"
But the Hriter of this epistle had
little reason to fear that anv Of the
''maidens faire" would be left over.
The archives contain that these first
cargoes of young ladies were put up
at auction and sold for one hundred
twenty pounds of tobacco each,
and it WAS ordered that this
debt should have precedence of all
others. The solitary zone widow"
went along with the others. for they
could not lie particular in those days.
The good minister of the colony no
doubt had a busy time that day. lie
did not mention any fees nor did the
bridegOomS think of rendering any.
All was joy and gladness: no storms
ahead, no inquistive clerk to stand
and say. "Here's the license, fork
shat ST.. . Nothing of the sort. From
some of tfese couples the first families
of Virginia are descended.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-09-08
The Wonders of a Hens Egg.

The following interesting obsPrva-
tions on the changes that occur from
hour to hour during the incubation of
the hens egg are from SaturD's Selec-
ton:
The hen has scarcely sat on her eggs
twelve hours before some lineaments
of the head and body of the chicken
appear. The heart may be seen to
beat st the end of the second day; it
has at that time somewhat the form of
o horseshoe, but no blood yet appears.
At the end of two days two vessels of
blood are to be distinguished, the pull
sation of which is visible; one OF these
is the left ventricle, and the other the
root of the great artery. At the df-
tieth hour one auricle of the heart ap-
pears, resembling q moose folded Gown
u Don itself. The beating of the heart
is first observed in the auricle. AT the
end of seventy hours. the wings are dis
tinguishable; and on the head two
bubbles are seen for the brain. one for
the bill. and two for the fore and hind
part of the head. Toward the end OF
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-09-08
Communicated.
Railroad Meeting.

At large and enthusiastic meeting
of the citizens of Scott County, held at
the Court House in EStiltville, pursu-
ant TO previous notice, Chas QuilIin
ESQ, was called to the Chair, and r.
A. Ayers. appointed Secretary. H. S.
X. Morrison, Esq, explained the OBJ
ject Of the meeting, as being to appoint
delegates to represent the county in a
Railroad meeting to be held in Staun-
ton on the 9th of September, 1874, for
the purpose of considering what steps
are necessary to be taken to ensure the
granting of charter TO the :. V. r.
r. Co., by the Legislature authorizing
them to extend their line, from Salem
through the Counties of Tazewell,
Russell and Scott, via. Big Moccasin
Gap, to the Tennessee line. Col. A.
l.. Pridemore was then called or, and
in a very able speech ad coated the
propriety of granting the charter. Up
on motion the Chairman then appoint
ed J. b. Richmol d, H. S. Kane, and
w. P, Queen, delegates, and Hon. A.
H. H. Stewart. Genl. A. l.. Pridemore
and Hon. Feyette McMullin, alter
mates, after which the Chairman and
Secretary were added to the list of Del
egates by request of the meeting
Therefore on motion of r. A. Ayers,
Esq, it was
ResotUed 1st, That it is the sense
of the meeting in which all parts of
Scott County are represented, that the
Legislature of Virginia should grant
the s. V. r. r. Co, charter author
izing them TO extend their line of rail-
road from Salem, through the Coun-
ties of Tazewell, Russell, and Scott,
via Big Moccasin Gap, to the Tennes-
see line, and that they regard all per-
sons opposing the granting of the char
ter as enemies to the financial politi-
cal, and material interest of a large
portion of 5. w. Va. including the
Counties of Lee, Scott, Russell, Wise,
Buchanan, TaZewell and Bland.
End, That our delegates are instruc-
TO use their utmost endeavors to furth-
er this object.
The meeting then adjourned
sine die.
CHAs. QUILLIN, Chairman,
r. 4. AYERS, Sec'y.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-09-08
IN AN HOUR.
ANTICIPATION.

"l'll take tire orchard path" she said,
Speaking lowly, smiling slowly
The brook was dried within its bed,
The hot sun flung a flame of red
Low in the West, as forth she sped.
Across the the dried brook-course she went,
Singing lowly, smiling slowly:
She scarcely saw the sun that spent
Its hery force in swift descent
She never saw the wheat was bent.
The grasses parched, the blossoms dried,
Singing lowly, smiling slowly:
Her eyes amidst the drouth espied
a Summer pleasance far and vide,
With ROSS aud sweet yielets pied.
DISAPPOINTMENT,
But homeward coming all the way,
Signing lowly, pacing slowly,
She knew the bent wheat withering Law,
Sne saw the blossoms dry decay,
She missed the little brooklets play.
A breeze had sprung from out the South,
But, signing lowly, pacing slowly,
She only fell the burning drouih;
Her eyes were hot, and parched her mouth
Yet sweet the wind blew from the Soutl
And when the wind brought welcome rain,
Still slghing lowlv, pacing slowly,
She never saw the lifting grain,
But ouly-a lore orchard lane,
Where she had waited all in vain
--Nora Perry, in Scribner g for Spsen5e,
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-09-08

that of small pin-hcad; and most of
it obtained to-day from one painful of
Garth AS we have never remained
longer at Lne camp than one day, il
will be readily understood that there is
no opportunity to make satisfactory
examination in regard to deposits OF
valuable minerals. Veins of lead and
strong indication of the existence of
81 Iver have been found: Until further
ex animation is made regarding the
richness of the gold no opInIon smOu..
be formed. Veins of what the geOlO
gists term gold bearing quarts crop out
on almost every hillside. All existing
geological and geographical maps OF
this region have been found incorrect.
This will not seem surprising when
it is remembered that both have been
compiled by guess work and without
entering the country attempted to be
represented.
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Johnston, and Chas. Willoughby were
appointed TO conduct to the Chair. Mr..
). w Marshall, the permanent Chair.
man elect, who in q few forcible an
appropriate remarks, accepted the po-
sitlon. Mr.. Il. S: Bonham was APP
pointed Sergeant-at-arms.
On motion of Judge Lyle vote Of
thanks was adopted for the able and
impartial manner in which the tenn
porary chairman bad presided.
On motion of Gen. Walker the
Rules of the House of Delegates were
adopted for the government of the
Convention.
Mr.. Shelton offered a resolution pro-
hibiting nominating speeches, and
supported it in a speech at some
length. Adopted.
BY Mr.. McBroom, that every mem
Der Of the Convention and every Can
didate placed IN nomination before it,
pledge himself to support the nominee,
and binds himself to use every effort
10 secure his election.
The Convention having decided to
proceed to nominations Shelton offer
ed, as a substitute for one of the rules,
that the hindmost man be dropped
upon each ballot, and that when so
dropped he shall not again be brought
before the Convention, but that any
candidate may be placed in nomina-
tion at any time.
Gen. Cummings opposed it. and was
for throwing the Convention wide
open.
Afr. Shelton withdrew his resolution
and Judge Lyle offered this: That
during the first two ballots the rule
requiring the hindmost man to he
dropped, be suspended that nomina-
tions may be made at any time, but
when a name he once dropped it shall
not he in order to renominate said
name oftener than once. This was
Withdrawn and this was adopted 90
TO 81.
RcSOlUed, That nominations will lie
in order at any time, but that no cali
didate shall be placed in nomination
oftener than once.
By MI Carter, That any candidate
placed in nomination shall he required
TO pledge support to the nominee of
the Convention
Jno. \. Buchanan nominated Jos. T.
Clmpbei'. {. a. Heermans, nominated
Gabriel c. Wharton. Judge Graham, no
minated Reese T. Bowen. DR.. j. A. Logan,
nominated Wm. Terry.
FIRST Ballot.
Terry 50, Campbell AZ, Bowen IS
Wharton 20.
SECOND BALLOT.
Terry &C, Campbell 444. Bowen 43l.
Mr. Treadway, of Wythe, nominated
Jas. W. ShefFcy, of Smyth.
THIRD BALLOT.
Terry &C, Campbell SO, ShefTey s..
Mr.. Shelton re-nominatcd Gen. Wharton
FOURTH Ballot.
Terry 70, Campbell 81, Wharton 81
NJ. Buchanan nominated j. D. Johnston,
Of Giles.
FIFTH BALLOT,
Terry 80, Campbell 81, Johnston &c.
Mr.. Heerma nominated Gen. Walker.
Gen. Walker declined
SIXTH BALLOT,
Terry G3, Campbell 50, Bowen a..
NJ. H., Nominated Gen. Walker.
SEVENTH BALLOT.
Terry 67, Campbell &C, Walker Il.
Col l. z. Dunn nominated,
Terry az, Campbell 67, Dunn II.
D.. Dunn nominated Prof. NJ. L. Buchan-
an, Of Smyth. Withdrawn.
NINTH BALL T.
Terry s, Campbell IS.
On motion of A. j. Tyncs the nomina-
tion was made unanimous,
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-09-08
NJ. L. BtAeKLLr, W. II. RoBrKrsox, & G. I
BLACKLEr.
BlacklGy, Robertson & BlaGklsy,
Attorneys at Law, 6
Real Estate Agents.

WILL practice in the counties Of Sulli-
van and Washington, and in the Federal
and Supreme Courts at Knoxville, Tenn
as real estate agents we offer for .ale Iargc
amounts of improved and unmproved min
.eral and farming lands, in quality and 81,
terms to suit the purchasers. Our agents
will meet enIigrant ships, regulnrlv, at Nor.
folk and New York, and will be in constant
correspondence with Emigration Societies
and Mining Companies in Eu1ol and the
United States. Persons having lnmls in f.
ienn:' ,. W. Va, and Ky, for sal of any
description, will find purchases Il. -crrh our
agency. Capitalist wishing TO in,t-; in Iron.
Coal, Lead, Grazing and Farminc I.I,.'s, and
Water Power, will find It to their irregt to
examine our laEtis. We also ,G,r town
property for sale.
OFFICE on Fifth Street.
Aug. %, Is73.-tf.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-09-08
A Word to Boys.

Boys. did you ever think that this
world, with all its wealth and woe,
with all it's mines and mountains,
oceans, seas, and rivers, with all Its
shipping, its steamboats,, railroads, and
magnetic telegraphs, and all its mill
lions Of grouping men, and the science
aud progress of ages-will seon be CIV
Ell over to boys of the present age
boys like you ? Believe it, and look
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-09-08

abroad upon your II h ritancr, and get
ready to enter upon its possessIon.-
The presidents, kings, governors,
statesmen, philosophers, ministers,
teachers, men of the future-all boys
now.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-09-08
u Il. YORK; 4. FCLKERsOH
YORK & TULKIRsoN
ATTORNEY AT LAW
L. l.. YORK.

D RACTICE regularly in in all the
l. Courts in Washington county. Va,
and in Washington and Sullivan conn
ties. Tenn. and attend to the collect. N
OF all claims in Southwest Va. &E
Tennessee.
OFFICE, on Cumber,ah; Street Good
soh' va. sep Tot
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-09-08

scrap book. They are mostly distinct
counterfeits; and although some Of
the denominations are represented by
q score or more of limitations there
are very few d p! Gates. For instance.
there are eight tens of the first issue
of postage currency. They bear q
face which no more resembles that of
the father of his country than did
the much ridciled stt tue in Il e City
Hallpark. They are all preposterously
bad. for the counterfeiter cannot
afford to waste time on small denum-
nations. Few of these were in cir
cuiation, OF the twenty -fves there
was food of limitations. Indeed.
OF all denominations of the postage
currency there was too great an abun
dance, as much ns thirty dollars
worth of it having been branded as
spurious in a single day. The
spurious fifties were very numerous,
The class of engravers who executed
the work upon them must have been
Inferior. The five faces are ridicu-
lous burlesques in every instace, no
two of them being alike. The gov
ernmcnt paid very dear price for
the exclusive use of green fluid with
which to print the faces OF these notes,
which--the counterfeiters initiated to
a greater degree Of perfection than
any other part of the note. One
specimen is blue, having probably
changed color after printing.
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zr@eSSton1I CARTS.
Lcg0I.
CHAS. r. VANCE, J.H. WOon
Bristol. Tenn. Goodson vo
VANCE 6 WOOD,
Attorneys at Law,

Bristol GOOdSOn, Tenn. eE la
WILL Practice regularly in all the
Courts of Sullivan, Hawkins. Wash
lngton and Green counties, Tenn
And in Washington, Scott and Smyth
counties, Va, also III the Supreme and
Federal Courts, Special attention
given to the collection OF claims.
OFFICE in West end of Nickels
House.
July :, 1S74.-1y.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-09-08
GERRY CowsDEN's" WORK.

There are some specimens of work
ca )tured in an incompleted state by
de ectivcs who descended upon Jerry
Cowden, a counterfeiter, who had a
press in operation on Staten Island.
They all fities in various stages OF
development. Cowsden began upon
the notes which split so readily and
copied them even 10 that peculiarity,
by printing front and back separately,
and afterward joining them. He is
10 the state prison.
In order to stimulate the clerks in
the department to the early detection
of counterfeitS on the last issue OF
fifties, the Secretary of the Treasury
offered reward of So to the one who
should discover the first +; the currcn
cy appeared last fall, and scarcely
time had elapsed for people to know
that a new note Las been issued be-
fore news of the imitation was re
cei,el. Yesterday there appeared
at the sub-treasury the first of the
legal-tender $50 notes. 1t is the
opinion Of those who are qualified
to form opinions on the subject, that
a dangerous limitations of that note
will be in circulation in a month
time.
OF the $40 or SIS worth of coun-
terfeits thrown out daily at the SUBJ
treasury, the bulk comes from dea-
lers who send packages direct from
tteir money drawers for redemption.
In these they are numerous. Ban
kers and brokers are seldom deceiv-
ed.