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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-07-16
THE KENOSHA TELEGRAPH
KENOsHA, WIS.,. JULY IS, 1874.
PETER PARROT

PETER sPARhoI.
Peter in the window sits, A
Turning round his cool, red eye,
Looking strange and cross, aud shy,
AS from ring to perch he fits.
Hanging there by claw or beak-
Sometimes looking up to speak.
ssPretty Polly )" oft he says
Half In question, halfto see
If his simple vanity
Finds an echo In my praiee;
Sometimes he will laugh and cry
At the people passing by,
Then he stops to sneeze or cough
All his red, and green and gold
Cannot fright away the cold,
Cannot keep the winter off;
Rnffled feathers, rough and dim,
Tell Jack Frost hath bitten him.
Much wonder if he thinks,
Sitting in the palnd sun,
OF that life 80 long since done,
Where the long liana's links,
Swinging slow from palm to palm,
Graded him in tropic calm. 2.A"
Does he hear the bell-bird's cry,
When we think him fast asleep s
Or, do forest doors creep .r H
Through his troubled memory,
Telling tales of happy hours
Mid thousand gorgeous flowers
Does he ever seem to see
Gayer brethren his kind
Flying on the torrid wind
Perched on every stately tree.
Toucans, paroquets, macaws,
Chattering on without pause?
Does he see the monkeys swinging
Here and yon along the vines
Or, when cool the moonlight shines,
Hear the Indian shrilly singing
On the rivers cleaning breast
Floating homewsrd to his rest?
Pretty Polly homesck bird ntc H#
Or is allmy pity wasted
Are these joys that once you tasted
Vanished like a song half heard?4 9t#43
Are you just as pleased TO squall
From the window pretty Poll s.
Rose Terry Cooke, In st. Nicholas Tor March.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1874-10-21
AnyEnrrslNa nATEs.
one two iihrsi iosTi tiaS's an c..
w'k. w'kslw lw ks w'ksl mos mo-, va y

example, graft the apricot on tho
plum, and the peach on the
apricot, and the almond on the
peach; and thus we may produce
tree with plum roots and almond
leaves. The wood, however, OF tho
stem, will consist Of four distinct
varieties, though formed from one
continuous layer. Below the a.
mond wood and bark we shall have
perfect peach wood and bark, then
apricot wood and bark, and at the
bottcn plum wood ond bark. In
this curious instance we see the In.
innate correspondence between the
bark and leaf, for if we should re-
move the almond branches, we
might cause the several sorts Of
wood to develope buds and leafy
twigs. Each section Of the com.
pound has it's seat Of life in the
cambium layer, and the cambium Of
each reproduces cells of its own spe-
cies out of a common nutrient fluid,
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A Curiosity.

Eliza Godfrey, formerly living
near Lcavenworth, Kansas, Is among
the curiosities Of womaDkind. Sho
is an interesting and not unattrac-
tive damsel of sweet eighteen; and
when one night she was missing,
her father set out on search for
her, which ranged over six hundred
miles Of mountains and prairie
The worst Of it was, that she had
eloped with hsr lover, one, Us the
sequel proved unfortunate Mr.. Bal
ley. For when her father overlook
her, the course Of true love had
not by any means run smooth
She had travelled over two hund-
red miles in q lumber wagon over o
rough road, and either her affec-
ton for the man of her choice had
been shaken out of her, or she was
of disposition mighty uncertain.
No minister was attainable, and
when the Judge arrived to marry
them, this is how it ended-a nice
little romance spoiled by the can
tankerousness of one woman
Judge Norton was sent for and
came upon the scene. The party
assembled, while the eager crowd
filed the doorway and windows, to
witness what next would transpirs.
The father spoke:
"This is my daughter. wish
to give my consent to her marriage
to this man."
Then the Judge said, "Mr. Bal
ley, do you wish to marry this
woman!"
81 do" said Mr.. Bailey.
Sand you, young woman, would
you have this man for your hus-
band ?" said the Judge.
The young lady looked up and
replied: "Well, Judge, / guess
not Just now"
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DOn't DO IL.

Don't ask the Lord to keep your
garments unspotted." He isn't
renevating old clothes.
Don't linger where your "love
lies dreaming" Wake her up and
tell her to get breakfast.
Don't turn mp your nose at light
things. Think of bread and taxa
ton.
Don't insult o poor man. His
muscles may be well developed.
Don't put on airs in your new
clothes. Remember your tailor is
suffering.
Don't stand still and point the
way to Heaven. Spiritual guide
boards save but few sinners.
Don't ask your pastor to preach
without notes. How else can he
pay his provision billi
Don't fret. The world will move
as usual after you are gone.
Don't be too sentimental. A
dead heart, properly cooked, will
make savory meal.
Don't write long obituaries.--
Save some of your kind words for
the living.
Don't depend wholly on Spauld-
ing's prepared glue. 1t will not
mend broken promise. i
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There are many curious facts
about vegetable life. We can, for
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Last Regrets.
OF the roldcn tresse,

Maiden OF the golden tresscs,
Why look out with glance so coldl
Once you sweetly smiled upon me,
And you wore my cross of gold.
Then sou promised true to love me
Better than the world beside;
BY the stars that shone above thee,
You would be my bonny bride.
But your promise is forgotten,
And your laugh is bright and gay,
As II ne'@ a heart that loved thee,
You had coldly turned away.
Maiden, in your hours of sadness.
Sometimes think of days gone by,
When we wander NJ full of gladncss
Underneath the starry sky.
Then you told me that you loved me,
As we sat beside the stream,
Now I feel the pain Of waking
As from some delightful dream.
So farewell, sweet dream of heaven,
Farewell, too, all grief and pain,
For. some angel voice still whispers,
Joy will come TO me ngain.
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A Shot for n Life.

Where the Kentucky River cut
it's way through the mountains,
having upon either bank bold, rug
ged cliffs, that lift their SUBMITS
five hundred and o thousand feet,
as the case may be, above the
stream, there lived in early times a
settler by the name OF Rufus
Branson, who, with his wife and
little child, charming young girl
of some eight or nine years of age,
occupied the rude cabin at the base
Of the precipioo q little back from
the river.
Although exposed to danger, the
Indians at that time being very
plentiful throughout the region, he
managed to live quietly for several
years.
Tho Indians frequently visited
the rude home of the hunter, and
being always welcomed and provid-
ed with such food as was in the
larder, they maintained a friendly
attitude. Especially they were fond
of the child Maggie, and more than
one fierce warrior had been sitting
on the grass in front of the cabin,
listening to the childish prattle OF
the little one, or else engaged in
making her some toy or plaything
from willow twigs or plant bark.
In this manner several years had
passed, and Rufus Branson came
to feel as secure as though he were
in the walls Of frontier fort. One
evening Branson and his wife were
seated near the doorway, when sud-
denly a shadow fell across the
threshold, and the next moment q
tall savage, whose reeling step and
bloodshot eyes told him he was in
toxicatcd, appeared, and staggering
to the steps, threw himself upon
them. His first demand was for
firc-water, which was of course re-
fused on the ground that there
was none In the house. The Indian
became GROSS and ugly, and de-
clared with terrible oaths that il
the liquor was not produced he
would murder the whole household
Branson was a brave, determined
man, and although he dreaded the
necessity, yet he saw he would be
compelled to prompt steps to pre-
vent the savage from executing his
threat.
Waiting until the warrior had
made q demonstration, which ht
soon did by attempting to draw
his tonabawk, Branson sprung at
him, knocked him down with his
fist, and then quietly disarmed
and him and bound him where ht
lay. After a few moments Of furi
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This is wha. a Virginia school
girl has to say about dogs: "Dogs
is uscfuller than cats. Mice is af-
cared of cats; they bite 'cm. Dogs
follow boys, and catch hog by the
ear. Hogs rarely bite. Sleeps
bite people, People cat hogs and
not the jews, as they and other an
imals that doesn't chew their cuds,
isn't clean ones. Dogs sometimes
get hit with boot-jacks, for barking
at night. Sleepy people gits mad.
and throws at 'em. Dog is the best
animal for man than ground hogs.
or koons, or COATES. Coates smell.
The end" .l ~ tfh
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puo uN III 81, iO ioiNN O'Ni ohb icll
into drunken sleep. He did not
awaken until the ne:t morning,
but before he did so the settler
quietly removed his bonds and re-
stored the weapons, which he laid
by the sleeper's side. The savage,
on awakening, rose slowly to his
feet, felt his wrists, as though the
thongs had left a feeling there,
took up his weapons, and without
speaking word, left and disap-
peared in the timber near by.
"What do you think Of that :"
asked the wife, turning to her hus-
band with frightened look.
"Pshaw! Don't trouble your
head about the drunken brute ~
answered the settler lightly-but
as he turned away and stepped into
the yard he muttered;
"Like it Well, not much. The
fellow must be watched. was in
hopes he would not remember, but
the lump where my fist landed was
enough, if nothing else, to recall
the circumstances"
The summer passed and they
saw no more Of their drunken
guest. He failed TO make
his appearance. But rs tho leaves
began to fall, the settler one day,
while returning from hunting on the
hills and passing through dense
peice Of timber not far from the
house, caught sight Of figure
lurking in the bushes, which quick
ly disappeared when he advanced
to where it was. The figure was
that Of an Indian warrior, and
Branson would have sworn that it
was the Indian warrior whom he
had knocked down and bound the
previous spring. The news was
in no way comforting, and hence
he did not tell his wife of his dis
covery.
1t would only alarm her, he
thought, and without perhaps any
good result. He simply told her
he had discovered bear tracks near
by, and that she and the child
must stay within or close to the
house during his absence.
Several days afterward Rnfns
Branson heard his dogs in the tim
her down by the river, and, know
ing they never opened without good
cause he caught up his rifle and
hastened to where the dogs were
barking. They had struck fresh
bear trail, and as he arrived in
sight they fairly lifted it, going off
in a straight line down the river.
The chase led him several miles,
and, when he at last got shot that
finished bruins career, he found
that it was three or four o'clock in
the afternoon, Swinging his meat
to snpling, out of reach of cat or
wolf, he started for home to get
his horse and return and fetch II
that very night.
Taking a near cut, he reached
the cabin from the western side
whore the timber grew heavy up to
within few yards of the building,
and consequently hc could not see
the clearing or what might be tran
spring there, until he had passed
through the wood.
Thus II was that, when within a
short distance from his home, he
heard a wild, piercing shriek-but
he could only guess that something
terrible must be taking place be-
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FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Rova, Tns Co. Iiverrool. England, tliOo0, 900
Fire As-ocia,ion of pliladelphie, Pa, 2.5oO, 900
German Amcricon Tns TO- Now York l,5UO,Uo0
German Ins. Co., Erie, Pa, 100000
Allemannia ms. Co. Pittsburgh, Pa, 5o0o00
penn lns. Co, Philadelphia Pa, 100000
LIFE.
New England Mutual Ins. Co., Boston,
All Life Policies Non-Forfeitable by
''-'' '""' ACCIDENT.
Travellers Ins. Co. of Hnrtford. issues
s,a, % ~ aScSsnss s 5sppsnins any where, ,,sOoOoo
Railway passengers Ins Co issues ac-
cidcnt tickets $1,000 for 2Sc per day 100000
81 u FNcSWEEN, AT,
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Flint & Pere Marquette R. R.

i'iit w OlO Vioi uuCttC Vs III
The shortest, quickest, and most reliable route
to aud from Detroit, Toledo, Cleveland Cincin-
natl, Saginaw and Bay City.
GOING EAST, SOUTH AND WEST.
Leave Alpena daily, except Sunday. by Alpena
and Bay City line of steamer, at 1880 a. IN.
Leave Bay City Mt lGiO p. m, 7:l5 n. m.., 9:s5
a. m, and 2:Oj p. m.
East Saginaw, 1850 p. m, 7:50 u. M, l0:45 a. m,
and 2:iO y. IN.
Flint Ills n. m, 9:i0 q. m, 1901 and 3:45 D. m ,
Holly, 6:l0 and 0:i5 n. IN los and 4:So p. IN.
Arrive Mt Detroit ut 1875 and HAS a.. M, and
6:20 p. IN.
Leave Plymouth, 7:4O a. m. 2:4O and Ss7 p m
Wayne, 500 a.. M, 800 and 80 p. m,
Monroe, 9f2 a. m. and 4:lO y. m.
q Toledo, 1885 Il. n. and $40 p. IN.
Midland, 033 u. m, and 5:32 p. IN.
Farwell, s:Oi a m, and $3.50 p. IN.
Reed City, Gi0 a. m, and 2:lO p. m.
GOING NORTH.
Toledo, ll:ij a. IN. and 500 p. IN.
Monroe, 1910 p. IA. and 9:l0 p. m.
Wayne, l:l5 p. m, 6:05 p. III. and 1880 p. m.
Detroit, S:ij II. m, $40 and l0;35 p. IN.
Holly, l0:i5 H. IN, $40 p IN, 7:40 p. M. and AIS
"a. III.
Flint, ll:27 a. m, s5S and Sis p m, and o:25 a.
IN.
East Saginaw, i2:45, SIS and s.a2 p. m, and
6:25 a. IN.
Bay City, leo, 5:55 aud 1910 p. m. and 1855 a.
IN.
Midland, 6:25 p. m, and $3.50 a. m.
Farwell 500 y. m. and lO:3s n. IN.
Reed City, arrive 1915 and $3.50 p. m.
FLINT RIVERS DIVISION.
Leave Flint, 5:25 p. IN. Leave Otter Lake eOou. m.
Otisvile, 6:l2 y. IN. Otisville, s:l2 a. IN.
Otter Lake arrive 625. Flint, arrive. S:55 n. m.
A. +. FLETCHER,
General Ticket Agent, Alpena, Mich
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1874-06-04

STARTING SWEET PorAToEs WITHOUT A
Hot BED.-Dig trench two feet deep, put in
one foot Of fresh loose manure about the mid.
die of April spread on six inches of sandy loam
and bed the potatoes, cutting lenghwise and
putting the cut side down, giving bountiful
supply of water as soon as ii begins to heat, 10
retard fermentation. If cold snap sets in,
cover with boards, straw and blanket
In planting wait till danger of frost is over
Mark out the ground three feet each way, and
put good shovel full of manure In each hill
Put two or three inches of dirt over this ma
, nure, which must be well composted and sci
out the plant as soon as the ground is warm
enough. The hill should be broad and dash
ing, Stir the ground frequently during Id.
growing season until the potatoes begin TO set
| then leave them undisturbed Lift before the,
are frosted and dry before putting away.
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1874-06-04

PAYING PoJLTRY.-Poultry might be made
TO pay better than they generally do. The old
er hens should now be weeded out, keeping, as
u rule, nothing over three years. Fresh cock
erels OF suitable SOFT should be secured al once,
for nothing more rapidly deteriorates from III
and-in breeding than barn-door fowls. The
hen-house should be in sheltered, warm stu.
ation ceiled 50 as 10 secure more equable
temperature, white washed at least once a year
and cleaned out every week. Where there are
facilities for feeding the poultry in the house OF
yard attached, they should not during the W in
, ter, be allowed to run out more THAI fe q.
hours in the middle Of the day Good DIR,
food, such as oats, barley, refuse wheat, Indial
| corn, with an occasional mess Of boiled inca
| given warm should be supplied night aud moru
ing. Chopped meat or butchers refuse, nike,
with daily meal OF warm food, greatly help
the production Of eggs.
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1874-06-04
way TRUTH GOES NAKED,

falsehoJd and truth, upon time,
Que day 10 June's delicious weather
(lwas In distant age and clime),
Like sisters, took walk together;
%, on their merry way they took,
Through fragrant wood aud yeriAnt meadow
To where a beech beside brook
Invited rest beneath its shadow;
There, sitting iii the pleasant shade,
Upon the margins grassy mating
a velvet cushion ready made),
"a The young companions fell 70 chatting.
Now, while In vo,uble discourse,
On this aud that their tongues were running
A. habit bids eacl speak -perforce,
The one Is frank, the other cunning;
Priesthood, at length impatient grown,
with scandals of her own creation,
Said, "Since We Two are quite alone,
And nicely scree ned from observation,
Suppose in this delightful rill,
While all around is 90 propitious,
We take ba' h?"-Said Truth, al will
A bath, I'm SURE, will be delicious
At this her robe she cast aside,
Aud in the stream that ran before her
She plunged like Oceans happy BRIDE
As naked as her mother bore ler!
Falsehood al leisure now undressed,
Pat oil the robes her limbs that hamper,
And having donned Truths snowy vest,
Ran Of Is fast Is she could scainper.
Since then the subtle maid in sou,h,
Expert in lies and shrewd evasions,
Has borne the honest name of Truth,
And wears her clothes on all occasions,
While Truth, disdaining to appear
In Falsehood's petticoat aud bodice,
Still braves all eyes from gear ~ year.
As naked as marble goddess.
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1874-06-04

SETTING TREES IN THE FALL.-In this soil
it will answer well, aud IN every case and every
soil ; the only trouble proceeds from freezing
tue roots. In wet heavy clay soils perhaps the
spring is best. but where soil is drained In the
mastery manner in which this is, you need not
he aftaid to set most any tree in the fall, al
though 1t Is said that all stone fruits the peach,
plum, &C., should be set out in the SPRING
Yet have set 100 peach trees in the fall aud
every one Of them lives but put fe show
els-tull Of muck TO each one. One thing, YOU
are not generally 20 much hurried and can do
your work better. The roots get hold aud
are ready in tine spring. They should be set al
soon as possible after the fail OF the leaf, rs
there is slow root growth aiter that, which
prepares them to take hold early the next ssa
son.
II SET out in the fall they don't need set ms
in the spling. It's good plan to mix two Vi
i three shoves full Of seasoned muck with the
dirt When setting. | believe il TO b. an excel
lent plan 10 set shade trees in the fall Get IN,
be-t aud set no others
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1874-06-04

NIGHT SoH.-Nisht-soil is valuable and
extremely powerful manure, richer In nitrogen
than horse or COW dung 1t should be deodor-
lied before using by sulphate of iron or powder
ed charcoal. The use of charcoal for deod0,.
izing night-soil is attended with peculiar advan-
tages, as 1t is of ITSELF from causes act entirely
ascertaiued, one of the best auxiliary anures
known TO agriculture. Wherever charcoal is
present to a considerable amount in the soil,
there grapes aud all kinds OF fruit grow luxml.
autly and mildew is unknown. Charcoal aud
gypsum are the best deoderizers of night soil ,ss
they both fix the ammonia. Lime should new
er be used With Dight-soil, nJr indeed in the
composing of any animal excrements, as II
drives oil the ammonia. As before stated plant
take up their food In the liquid and gaseou.
| condition, which, Of itself shows conclusively
hat the urine Of all animals should be given L
the soil.
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1874-06-04

Sro.LINa HORSES FEET.-It ia almost i'm E
possible 10 get n horse shod without having tie
frog cut away. All veterinary sefgeons, all
horsrmen, all leading blacksmths, agree that
the frog should not be pared one particle, not
even trimmed. No matter how pliablc and
soft the frog is, cut ii away smooth OH all side,
and in two days it will be dry and hard as a
chip. You might as well cut all the leaves OH
trees and expect them TO flourish as to par e
away the frog and have a healthy foot, The
rough, spongy part of the frog is to the foo,
what leaves are To the tree-the lungs. Never
have red-hot shoe put upon the foot 10 burn
It level. If you can lind blacksmith that Is
mechanic enough to level the foot without red
| hot iron, employ him. you do not think so
try the red-hot poker on your finger nail and
see how it will affect the growth Of that. There
are many other important points III shoeing
horses, but these two are Of more importance
than all the rest, level TO the apprehension Of
men not skilled in horses, and the two mos
| DISCARDED.
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1874-06-04

The steamer Forest Queen was burned near
Pembroke, Ont, on Saturday morning. Mar
garet Cavanaugh, the cook, was burned with
the vessel
The schooner Texan Ranger from Matanor-
as, with cargo Of sugar, was sunk by a snag
below New orleans, on Friday night. Loss is
S25 900.
Charlotte Wallace, colored was crushed c
death by railroad train at Harrisburg oh Mon
day.
Five men were killed by the falling Of til,
cage in the consolidated Amador mine on sut
ter creek, CAL, on Saturday.
C.S Emerson, of Bowling Green, o., a stu
| dent of Cornell University, was drowned Will,
| bathing at Ithaca, N. Y, on Saturday.
\ John McFadden, died Of sunstroks, In New
. Y ork.
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1874-06-04

HARNESS REFORM There seems 10 be q
general desire 10 put down all unnecessary
cruelty 10 animals. Taking advantage ofthis
commendahe feeling, should like 10 appeal to
the public on behalf of the abolition of blink
ers and cruppers-two useless pieces Of harness
which think can he easily shown to be both
painful and inconvenient to horses. The Mid
land Railway Company probably one Of the
largest employers Of horse In tho kingdom, has
for some time entirely dispensed with the use
Of 0linkers, and crupper am glad to see, are
| gradually going out Of fashion, aricnlarly with
| draft horses. The cruppei frets and irriiates
| an animal, aud harness-makers tell me there
world be 80 mechanical difficulty in contriving
| q substitute for it. A horses eye is the most
beautiful feature, full OF tenderness, fidelity and
intelligence. With The free use OF Its eyes the
animal readily interprets the wish OF its driver,
| aud make the frequent use of the whip unnec-
| -ssary. BiinkArs uften tease and distress an
animal Tor a long tine before il gets haLituateu
10 their use; tof the eye lot Is sideways, rather
| than forward aud the effect OF tue bl.nker is 10
| force the eye out of ITS natural position Let.
| ter IN Pubiic Opinion.
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1874-06-04

started upon Barnsy,s bead. He grew desperate
and just as the cleaning would have touched
him, he fell on the ghost like wbirlwind, tear
ing the sheet, humping pounding, beating and
kicking, more and more enraged at the resis-
tance he met, which told him the truth.
As the reader knows, he was big and Fritz
was little; and while he was pummellipg the
little fellow terribly, and Fritz was trying 70
get lupge at Barney's stomach, 10 take the
wind out of him, both kicking and piunging
like horses, they were petrined by hearing a
voice cry:
Take one Of your size, big Barney" Look
ing around they saw the corpse sitting up IN ms
| coffin. THIS was too much. They released
each other and sprauE for the door. They nevel
knew how they got out; but they got home IT
hot haste, painting like stays.
It was Barbara herself who came and opene'
the door next morning.
ats very early; one more little nap" sal
he, zone more little nap" turning over In hi
coffin.
so she married him, and though she sen
Fritz aud Barney invitations TO the wedding
they did not appear. If they discovered tn
trick, they kept the knowledge TO themselves
and never wlngly faced Barbara's laushin
ewes,