The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-04-15
Letter From Bristol.

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Spring, though rather late to commence
has marched onward with Gigantic strides.',
The farmers have been rather "put out" by
the apparently superabundant rains, but
these are now, undoubtedly, much more
ueed d than the desired good weather to
put in the crops. Tn 9 hay ard grass crepe
Oh which the wealth Of kenosha county
almost entirely depends, is largely contin-
gent upon pIenteous spring rains. AS am
travelling through neghtofing counties Of
our Stare, hear the complaints Of crop
failures and hard times, in consequence Of
the ravages Of cblhch bugs. / am more and
more convinced that Kenosha county Is
hitting the mark IN running almost excla.
slvely into stock. Our pork, wool, but tel
cheese. and beefcatte, have been the finan-
clal redemption OF our county. Our neigh
Dors are beginning 10 see their mistake,
! in combining themselves to grain raising,
and confess that they are learning of us
In conversation with an intelligent farmer
Of Cock county recently, he remarked 10 me
that their county had become seriously i'm
poyerished IN tai ne to do as Kenosha and
Racine counties had done.
We are called upon to chronicle
the death Of one Ct our oldest
and most esteemed citizens, in Dr..
Noah Lacey. the father Of our fe low citizen,
Mr.. John Lacey, who departed this life
Sabbath morning, April 5th. in the Goth year
orhls age lie was native of Connection
and | am informed the last survivor Of the
State Constitution signers. For many years
he has made it his home with his son in
Bristol. His mental faculties were unia-
paired to he last. He n8ver lost interest
in the present, in the pleasant dreams Of the
past, but was con tant reader, and posted
in current events as many younger might
initiate with profit.
with the warmer weather and the
prospects, the fears of the farmers
are subsiding in reference to fodder. There
are no fears but there is sufficient, ana those
who have been "stift in the blt' on prices,
are coming down in the anticipation that
they may have to keep their feed over
We have been watching with some curIos-
ity. what would DO the result Of one of the
statuatoTy enactments, called tie recent" fish
law" to prevent fishing during the spawn
ing season. We have concluded, from the
outcome, that it must have been only ad-
Visory IN the part of the legislature. The
way the boys "went for" the water verLc-
hrates justIfes he truth ef the assertion
that the "stoe n'' is Sweet
Our Bristol correspondents are
waking up all round, and such is
the scarcity for material, and
heir aptness for writing that. they coca
sionallg are compelled to try their wits
upon one anothe Some Of the suburbane,
in particular, have been patroniz.ng the
Waukegan press, and woe to the Sebasto
poolian who got in the way of their guns.
"SebastopooI," especially. has suffered at
the hands Of Mrs. G. who, an inclined to
thlnh, was rather pleased to find a place to
Euncork her wit, than plqued at anything
sald IN vein Of pleasantly. If this should
call beneath" the "eye" of her literary
censorship, she will pardon one, whom she
treats So panonizingly, for Suggesting"
That real merit, literary or otherwise, loses
nothing in having setting Of humility
True dignity is self asserting, and Is not
continually calling attention to It's claims.l
have been Ofiener snubbed az 4 patronizinely
Urea Cd by blaken en-, than by conductors
or superintendents The beauty of the
picture In the glass has made many o
literary head grow dizzy. "Saul has slain
his thousands, David his tens of thousands
out the perpendicular pronoun has slain
more. Recreations in declining Ego ought
to cease with school girl days. Perhaps
Mrs. &. has made mistake If "Sebasto
poor has done so poorly writing, he might
be the reverse Of Goldsmith "Who qcyote
like an angel but talked like poor Pol" If
1t should happen that, though "Sebastopool"
aOrstes like poor Pol, he might talk q great
deal better, it were q pity. Perhaps how
ever by the aid of that intuition by which
she knows il all before" she sees [ am not
TO eXcel. L presume she subscribes to the
doctrine. Scri6eT 1aascjtssr fit as we'll as
Poetee nGsc&tur non fit.
Our German Church still hangs fire.
We hope soon however to see 1T on
the last. The Fair Grounds and
appurtenances have been disposed of, and
ere this the people Of Kenosha understand
that the county fairs will be there. We
find our r r. real accommodation this
terribly muddy weather ard almost repent
OF the sport we have sometimes had at her
expense. SEBAsToPooL
NEW CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.
The following Is from the Tea Party journal,
pnallshed eUerM Goth. aEniyarsaru Of Amarica