The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-01-21

fault to find with good sauce good salt
of clothes never made a gentleman, bat they
never spotted one when made. No class OF
one in good humor with himself. Those
who make us respect and think well of our
selves, without obsequiousness or fauery,
who make us feel easy in their presence,
by assuming neither too much nor too little,
are the true type of gentlemen and ladies.
Every one is Immediately interested In
every new settler coming into the neigh
borhood Every one is interested In what
every one else is dong, without gossip and
back biting, weeds that VII spring Up and
flourish by and by. One inquiries of you,
where you come from, what you propose
doing, what your prosps cts are. &c. with
freedom an simplicity which no more gives
ofIense, or appears rude than when the
shipwrecked, cast on shore together, at once
commence talking like old acquaintance.
Nothing takes the formal starch out Of a
man like "a fellow feeling" which, if it does
not always make us "wondrous kind" yet
shows us that we shall never get above be-
ing human.
1t might be inferred that the general tore
of society in Nebraska is rough and uncouth.
It is 80 only as such condition OF things
exists where all is planned down TO level;
and this is more in seeming than In reality.
Those who have been in better circumstances
are no worse for being brought again TO face
the realities of life, and those who have been
worse off, are infused with new hope and
energy, by starting even with the best Of
their neighbors. 1t is not however Ike
pioneering thirty years ago in Wisconsin.
| Then railroads followed In the wake of civ
ilizstion, no,O they lead the way Indee
it is TIE wrong place here to find the prim-
tive and the antiquated. Stock, farm ma
chinery. public buildings, sc. are all the
best. Scbool-houses. churches, &c. e. ner-
ally compare favorably with those among
US, and often ours would suffer by the com
parison. The high price of lumber is one
serious drawback, but the sod houses bridge
the chasm. Our readers have doubtless
pictured to their Imagination what diogy'
uninvi1ing place, sod house must be.
Not hing of the kind. unless you choose to
have it So There is as much difference In
sod houses as In wooden ones-in the in
side. With 3 dirt roof, sod walls, and u
ground floor, they Will answer for those who
were content to live like the pi& always
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and papered walls, and q good floor, have
been iE houses with nothing to remiLd that
they we're Of sod, save The outside The
naoduS operdndi Of constructing q sod house
is simple enough when you once see 1T done.
In the dryest season-Fall Is oest-plow
your sods with Nebraska pillow, as sharp az
a razor, the desired depth and width. Cut
them Crosswise, as long as the desired
Lay them up, leaving spaces for doors and
windows. Give The walls time 10 sci tie,
and put in your door nj widow francs
and finish off to your liking. No houses can
DO warmer, indeed for a stable for young
| stock there can be nothing better. You
answer the purpose of a cellar With alitile
coverinz of hay or straw have known vege-
tables kept thus during the winter without
freezing. OF course the sods have toughness
of which we know nothing by comparisol
with the same with us. IL is mach more
like our peat, only great deal more lesth
erry Thee is a natural toughne5s and
w.ldness to the soil, out of analogy with
ours. # there is sufficiency Of rain q
tolerabe corn crop may be raised the first
yea, on breaking, but for anything to thrive
well the SOIL must be turned over aud rotted
down. 1t II isht be supposed that this soil
would be exceedingly difficult to break,
but the reverse ia the truth. The plough
share may be kept 80 thin and sharp, that
il is astounding to see with what ease even
or light pair Of horses or oxen VIII turn
over TWO acres per day. Your pIow never
strikes a grub OF stone, there is nothing to
bend or break, unless it be frost. The soil
is the Fharpest, finest of grit, pure Missouri
mud, so finely comminuied that it can
only be detec, cd oy powerful microscope,
and he fact that q pow always scours,
with the finest polish. Professor Aughey,
of the State University of Lincoln, himself
a German. says that upon analysis, it is in
its component parts almost identical with
he Wine Land OF the Rhine, and hence infers
bat at no distant day it may become as
famous for Its grape culture. Some of our
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past four years, Nebraska has borne away
the pain from every state in the Union,
on apples This is 40 insignificant fact for
so young state, In the culture of roots
and vines Nebraska reminds me OF the early
days Of Wisconsin, only more so. Melons,
pumpkins, squashes, citrons sc. grow almost
spontaneously, indeed have seen on the