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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-08-22
HANDLING SHEEP.

In the proper handling Of sheep
there is good profits and quick returns.
In England it is the practice Of many
farmers to select common ewes OF
good breeding qualities; those are
bred to Cotswold or Leicester rams.
The ewes were generally fed some
roots previous to their Landing, their
vitality sustained to their fullest ex-
tent. They were also well fed on
mixed feed until the early tame grass
furnished q rich and b0untiful supply.
BY such a course many Of the lambs
We're made to weigh 10 lbs. per quar-
ter 60 Tbs. of dressed mutton) at 4
months, and sold for 81 sterling ($5)
per head. Now just think Of the
kind of meat such lambs produced
1t we could get more Of it in this
cqdntry our people would soon cult
vate greater taste for mutton. Some
one says, we cannot obtain q good
price in this country as in England.
for this kind of meat! We grant it.
but suppose farmer has so breeding
ewes, and he secures an improved
ram, for the double purpose Of raising
early lambs and to improve the flock {;
we will estimate the lambs at $3.50
each (say nothing about twins);i if the
ewes are good they will average lbs.
of wool; this, even at 35 cents, would
aggregate S122.50 lambs aggregate
1926; total Ss247.50 net return per
head, or $4.95 cent per eve (this being
low estimate is properly managed) !;
and on any moderately sized farm can
be produced at small cost By the
course suggested above, the advantage
of improving the flock would be no
small consideration to the farmer, for
if thoroughbred ram is constantly
kept at the head Of the flock, the
farmer would so)n be called upon to
furnish breeding stock to his neighbor
farmers at good prices, and his fleece
average would grow from 7 to Y OF
Is lbs. per head.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-08-22

A CHEAP DISINTECTANT.-A CORES
pendent of the New I ork Herald says
that the "chloride Of lead is the most
efficient and cheapest deodorizer and
disinfectant known" AS some neu-
Trailing agent of this kind should be
freely used at this time ineyery house,
we give the process of preparing and
using it, as given in the Herald:
70 prepare a solution Of chloride Of
lead on a small scale for family use,
take one-eigth of an ounce Of nitrate
Of lead and dissolve it in one quart Of
boiling water; then dissolve one ounce
Of common salt in five gallons of wa
ter, pour the two solutions together,
and when settled pour off the clear
mixed solution and keep well corked in
a demijohn OF jug for use.
A cloth wet with this, and suspend
ed in the room will neutralize all often
sive vapors, and a little dashed into a
priyy, sink, drain or sewer will disin-
feet and destroy all noXious gases by
combining with them. It is said to be
in general use in England for purify
ing sewers; also for destroying the
stencil of bilge water in the holds of
vessels.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-08-22
Yc2t mast Cure that CO2ggE.

With Shilohs Consumption Cure
you can cure yourself. 1t has estab
lished the fact That Consumption can
be cured, while for Coughs, Bronchi-
It's, Whooping Cough, Asthma, and all
diseases Of Throat and Lungs, it is alb
solutely without an equal. Two doses
will relieve your child of Group. it is
pleasant to take and perfectly harmless
to the youngest child, and no mother
can afford to be without it. You can
use tWo-thirds Of a bottle and if what
we say is not true we will refund the
the price paid. Price so cents and
800 per bottle. If your Lungs are
sore Or chest or back lame, use Shiloh's
Porous Plaster. Sold by j. B. Stark
weather. KenOsha Wis.
Have you Dyspepsia, are you Con-
stipated, have you q Yellow skin, Loss
Of Appetite, Headache, if so don't fail
to use SIILOH'S SYSTEM VIIALI-
TER. It is guaranteed to relieve you
and will YOU continue to suffer when
you can be cured on such terms as
these. Price rs cents. Sold by J. B.
StarkWeather, Kenosha, Wis.
Wells Persian Perfume "HACK-
METACK'' is rich and fragrant. Try
it. Sold by J. b. Starkweather, Keno
Isha, Wis. 4y1eoW
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-08-22
BIIoIOI4.
AUGUST 20. 1877,

We still live.
That shower Saturday night cooled
us off little, but when is that cold
wave due here.
Harvesting is all through, and the
hum Of the threshing machine is heard
around US. Flax is not turning out SO
we'll as expected, and cats are lighter
than last year. Such are the reports I
hear round here.
Mrs. Deylin has been suffering with
a sore hand. She has been dyeing and
the copperas poisoned cut finger
Size is reported to be all right again.
[ hear that on Thursday next the
young folks just north Of us are going
to have an excursion down Fox River
by the steamer, and that Asbury
Sabbath School will go down the river
by steamer on Friday. I hope both
parties will have q good time, and
wish / was young folks and could go
too.
Mrs M Marsh is down very sick
said to be cholera probably hot wealth
er and over work.
Mrs. Dexter of New York, and Mrs
Maxwell Of Chicago, are the guests of
Mrs. M. d. Burt, South Bristol.
Mr.. L. Woodwork has begun to ship
apples, though this is not a good year
for that kind of fruit.
Elder SeWell, Of Milwaukee, preach
ed on Sunday last at Asbury chapel,
from the Y psalm and 10 verse. There
was large congregation, and at the
close Of an excellent discourse a col
lection for superanuated ministers
was taken up. In the evening the
Elder gave warm, energetic lecture
on Temperance. The congregation
ought to have been saloon keepers, it
would have warmed their ears. 1t is
doubtful whether they have any
hearts.
Elder Gillespie, Of the Plank Road
church, continued the subject Of last
week, lesson from the history of the
prodigal son. The Elder does his work
thoroughly. In consequence of the
cloudy weather the congregations
were not as large as usual.
On calling al the residence of Mr..
Harry Holbrook last Friday, we were
informed that Harry and his wife had
gone to Benton, Lake Co., to attend
the funeral Of her friend Miss Litta
Scott, youngest daughter of Walter
Scott.
Mr.. A. WoodWorth starts to-day for
college at Chicago. SENEX.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-08-22
SPELLING REFORM.


The members Of the American Phi
lolooical Association are circulating a
memorial for signatures which they
propose to lay before Congress at it's
next session. Among other things the
memorial recites that it is held by
leading educators that the irregular
spelling of the English language causes
a loss of two years of the school time
of each child, is the maine cause OF the
illiteracy Of our people, and that it in
wolves an annual expense Of hundreds
of millions Of dollars for teachers and
for writing and. printing superhuous
letters.
Tile prayer of the memorialists is
thai Congress appoint commission to
examine and report how far reform is
necessary, and what amendments may
be introduced into public documents,
the schools Of the District of Columbia,
accaDted in Civil Service e1amina-
tious, sc.
THIS is a move in the right direction.
That is, reform in the spelling of our
language is necessary; how necessary
any one who has much corresponding
to do can best tell. But whether re-
ferring the matter to Congress will
help us any is an open question. The
educational men Of the nation can do
more themselves in this matter than
any commission appointed by q Con-
gre5s composed Of such material as
ours, can OF will do,
These words are not written from
any political standpoint, for Republican
and Democrat are alike when they get
to Washington, and for any one to oX-
pect that any attention will be paid to
memorial of this kind by the men
who gajS-repreSent and disgrace their
constituents, is an evidence that that
persons bump of faith is we'll develop
cd
There are good, honest, well educat-
ed men in Congressman who are an
honor to the nation, but they have but
little show to do anything amid the
mob that INDUCED i'll that grand Re
pubIican-Democratic drunk, amidst
which the last Congress expired. Spell
ling Reform as we'll as any other re-
form must be brought about by educa-
tors and other earnest workers, and
not by Congress.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-08-22
LIVel~ as KIM.

The Liver is the imperial organ of
the whole human system, as it controls
the life, health and happiness of man.
When it is disturbed in it's proper &C
ton, all kinds Of ailments are the nat
ural result. The digestion Of food, the
movements of the heart and blood, the
action Of the brain and nervous sys-
tenn, are all Immediately connected
with the workings Of the Liver. It
has been successfully proved that
Green's August Flower is unequalled
in curing all persons afflicted with by
spepsia or Liver Complaint, and all the
numerous symptoms that result from
an unhealthy condition of the Liver
and Stomach. Sample bottles to try, &c
cents. Positively sold in all towns on
the Western Continent. Three doses
will prove that it is just what you want
47y1eOW.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-08-22

A gentleman of our acquaintance
being one night worried beyound all
endurance by tedious call from a
couple OF friends, who, after long,
weary evening spent in endeavoring
to entertain them, kept the family
some minutes on their feet at the
door, while the good nights and s.little
nothings" were being said; waited on
ly for the door to be closed on the re-
treating guests, to say to his
wife and children: Nov hear these
words of wisdom. bind them upon
your fingers and write them upon the
tablets of your heart, Whenever any
OF you make a visit, and you are ready
to go-go." FIX.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-08-22

Never give up old friends for new
ones. Make new ones if you like. and
when you have learned that you can
trust them, love them if you will, but
remember the old ones still. Do not
forget they have been merry with you
in time of pleasure, and when sorrow
comes to you they sorrowed also. No
matter if they have gone down in the
social scale, and you up; no matter if
poverty and misfortune have come to
them, while prosperity and plenty have
fallen to you-are they any the less
true for that? Are not their hearts
warm and tender if they do beat be-
meath homespun instead Of velvet p
Baptist Visitor.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-08-22

The holloW-Ware glass factories of
New Jersey have, contrary to custom.
been in operation all Summer to supply
the demand. The window-glass facto-
ries, too, will resume work much earli-
er this year than usual. 1t is custom
airy to spend the Summer in repairing
the factories and preparing for Fail
work.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-08-22

Many clerks are holding off, and Will
not hire a teacher until after the insti-
tute, and say that they will hire no
teacher who does not attend the Insti-
tute Many of the clerks and other
officers have signifed their intention
to attend the institute for a day OF two
and hire a teacher there Teachers
should look to this matter; a teacher
who eyinces q desire to improve and
keep abreast of the times will have no
trouble in securing a good school at
good wages, as there is an unusual de-
nand for good, 1--we, wide-aWake teach
ers.
Mi. Geo. w. Blanchard has been re-
engaged in the Kingman school, Bris-
toL George is doing good work in the
school, and the board has done well to
hire him for another year.
The board in the Walker district,
Bristol, have engaged Miss Jessie Van
Vie to teach their school the coming
winter. This speaks well for Miss
Van Vie as q teacher as she taught
the same school last winter.
Kenosha county has had II students
at the Normal school at Oshkosh the
past year. Kenosha stands third or
the list Of counties, Winnebago will
las, and Fond du Lac with 80, leading
us. In addition to those at Oshkosh
we have had at least at Whitewater
making.20 from the county. Many o:
those will go back the next term, a,
well as some who have not been there
before. Among the latter will b.
Miss Kittie Rhodes, Of Somers, anC
Miss Sarah Patterson, of Salem.
Fall Term, 1918, Oshkosh Norma
school as follows: Examinations begin
Tuesday, August 9th. School open
Wednesday, August 28th. Closes Dec
Goth
Miss Victoria Tosteson, formerly
teacher in this county, at present on
Of the teachers in Fond du Lac is Wis
iting friends in Salem.
Mr.. VIM. Griffith is visiting his par
ents in Ohio. He is expected back b
the 1st of September to take charge O
the school at Wilmot.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-08-22

The best books for lis are not ALWAYS
those which the wise recommend. hut
often those which meet our peculiar
wants, and the natural thirst Of orr
minds, and which therefore awaken
interest and rivet thought. Charming.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-08-22

POPULATION OF THE EARTH.-The
fifth publication of B0hm and Wagner's
we'll known 'Beyolkerund der Erde,'
which may be termed the census of the
earth, has just been issued. Since the
last publication of its statistics the
earth shows an increase Of $4,000, 600
people. The total population is now
set down at 1,439, 800, divided as
follows: Europe, 312, 398,4SO; Asia, $751;
100000: Africa, 205 ,219, 500; America,
|86, 10000; from which it will be seen
that Asia contains more than one half
the population of the world The pop
ulation of some of the principal coun-
tries is set down Germany 42,717,36O;
Austria, 37,35o,000; Russia in Europe,
1892, ITO; France, 36,9O5,78S; Great
Britain, 34,242,966; Italy, 27,769,475
Turkey in Europe Iefore division).
|9,573,000; Russia in Asia, 4,5O5,87
Turkey in Asia, $780, 900; China prop
Ter, 405 ,000,0o0 Chinese border lands,
29,5S0,000; British India, 1SS, .264
Japan, 33,623,37S; Egypt, II
100000; Equatorial Africa, $4,000. 900 !:
Brazil 11,1os,2o1. The population
Iof the United States is set down
as per the census Of 1870.
The Mennonites of Manitoba are
prospecting. They have seeded $4,000
acres of land and sown $50 bushels of
| flax seed, have bought sixteen thresh-
| ing machines besides one run by horse
power, built a saW-mill and q grist-
milI and constructed through asWrmp
a road sixteen miles long, broad enough
for two teams to pass each other on.
and solidly built upon a timber foun-
|dation, the enterprise being undertake
en- to give their settlement freer ac-
cess to the markets without.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-09-22
His Garden

aFour or five. City Hall officials were sit
ting On the steps on the Woodward Ave
nue. side Saturday afternoon, discussing
politics and the weather, when a smallish
man, seeming to be in considerable men
tai distress, approached them, and in
CURED:
Gentlemen, is there scientific man
among you2"
Certainly there Isl they replied, in
chorus.
"And you must be familiar with the
laws governing storms?"
I'VE are" was the prompt answer.
"Well, then," continued the stranger,
II wish to relate what may seem singu-
lar occurrence. L live on Division Street,
and though it began raining at midnight
the other night and continued for twenty
four hours, not single drop of water fell
upon my Garden"
SIS that possible2" gasped one after the
other.
"It is the solemn truth, gentleman, and
I'D like to know by what law Of nature
you can account for it. 1t was long
continued, drenching storm, yet not one
drop fell upon my garden"
There wasn't even room for a sugges-
ton. The crowd was astonished and 81
lent. After a long minute, che of the
gentlemen turned to the stranger, and
asked:
"You must havea theory, haven't youa'
81 have"
"And what is it2"
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-09-22
FOR THE CHILDREN.
A Troublesome Charge.

Rummagy- tummags, do be still.
And not fly away like ship in full sail
never saw such child as you;
You auIl mt do what you ought to do
And what you ought not to do you aoill.
Take off your hat,
And don't teas, the cat,
For cat has feelings as well as tail,
And talons sharp as needle too.
Take care, or she'll scratch you presently,
There knew she would, you tiresome
child
But little you cared what might say,
And now you find that having your way
Is not as nice as it seemed to be,
am sure it's true,
That there are but few
Children so obstinate, needless, and wild
As you, who will not learn to obey.
What now? Well, really, that is too bad!
I'll tell your mamma when she comes
You ought to be whipped and put to bed
And kept while on water and bread;
You're almost enough to drive me mad,
And make me tear
My hair in despair;
You've broken your mas new tortoise
shell comb,
You laugh, butyou ought to cry instead
Many the children that have known,
But you are the very worst of them all;
You always are doing something wrong
And when you are still it's not for long
But there 90 on! Pll let you alone,
Your fond mamma
And foolish papa
Will soon return, and then, sir, shall
Undress you and lull you to sleep witt
song!
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-09-22

ems you by Punishment to that island is
settle there. This is, according to our
laws, allowed, and your subjects are SO do
Gle they will go whittier you send them.
Send, also, number of laborers thither,
and let them change the desert fields in
to fruitful ones, build cities and store
houses, and provide them with all nee
essary vituals. In short, prepare for
yourself new kingdom. whose inhabi-
tants may receive you joyfully after your
banlshment. Blu. hasten, and let no mo-
ment pass by uselessly, for time is short,
and the more you do towards the build
ing OF your new home. the happier will
your stay be. If you dispise my advise
or loiter, you are lost, and long misery
will be your lot"
The king was wise man, and the
words of the vizier gave wings to his res
olution and activity.
He at once dispatched many of bis
subjects to the island; they went with
pleasure. and set to work zealously. The
island began to beautify itself, and be-
fore six months had elapsed large towns
stood on its blooming pastures Not
withstanding this, the king did not
slacken in his zeal; he sent more inhabi-
tonce. who were even more willing than
the first, as they went to wcll-culti
waited land, which their friends and rela-
tives inhabitated.
Meanwhile the end of the year ap-
preached nearer and nearer. The former
kings had tlembled for this moment, but
this one awaited the day with impatience
for he was going to a land where, through
his own activity, he had built himself a
durable dwelling place.
The fixed day arrived at last. The
king was seized, robbed of his diadem
and royal robes, and brought to the ship
which was to take him to the place OF
his Punishment. Scarcely had he reach
ed the shore of the other island than the
inhabitants met him with JOY, received
him with great honor, and ornamented
his head, not with crown, whose glory
only lasted one year, but with a never
fading wreath of flowers.
Cannot our readers find the moral of
this story for themselves2
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-09-22
An Experiment.

Ludlcrous mistakes will occur, and if
so we cannot help laughing at them
Human nature is prone to err, and is at
times very funny in its errors. A young
man, who was evidently profound stu
dent of certain peculiarities, put an UNI
brella in the stand, but took the precau-
tons TO fasten it by string about six
feet long, and then awaited further de-
velopments. The morning had turned
out rainy. The first man who came along,
seeing the rain and the umbrella at the
same moment, automatically seized the
umbrella. At the end of the SIX feat he
was brought to standstill by the string,
and then, and only then, he remembered
that the umbrella was not his. A second
third, a fourth, tried the same expert
ment, but with the same result Such
is the popularity of human nature that
not man passed out OF the building for
an hour who did not for one brief mo-
ment at least look on that umbrella as
a long-lost brother, who was found lust
in the nick of time. At length the sting
itself gave way, and the young man went
home IN the rain, made wiser and sad
der by the success of his experiment.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-09-22
In the Gardens of Kew.
A MEMORY OF 1s49.

How well remember the day that we went!
We sailed up the Thames in the Duchess of
Kent:
And we both sat apart from the holiday crew;
AND we landed at last by the Gardens of Kew.
And !! wore poke bonnet-they give Que the
blues,
When one looks at them now in an old Lon
don Ne,ns;
But you said looked lovely-it mayn't have
been true
But liked it, know, in the Gardens of Kew.
And Love spread his glorious glamour around
AS you told me you'd been down to Fulham,
and found
small house with lawn and an exquisite
view
O, it sounded so sweet in the Gardens of Kew.
But 1doubted-You kissed me, and babe me
be sure
That ''the gas was laid on and the water was
pure"-
1t was foolish perhaps; but what could girl
l gave you my heart in the Gardens of Kew.
I was only governess, toiling till dark,
And you were an underpaid Government
But though friends said we'd multiplied sor-
| row by two,
The sum total was bliss-in the Gardens of
| Kew.
How we loitered and dreamed through the
midsummer day!
Was grass ever 80 green, were flowers ever so
gay?
And sunset, seraphic as Paradise knew,
Streamed its splendor that night on the
Gardens of Kew
Then the mellow moon rippled the food with
its gold,
And you put your coat round me for fear 1
was cold,
Though the balmiest zephyr July ever blew
| Sped US blissfully home from the Gardens of
Kew.
Three months after we took a poor husband
and wife
Our Joint ticket third class, for the journey of
life;
We've had griefs, but the power of true love
pulled us through
The love that we sealed in the Gardens of
Kew.
And sometimes, though now we have wealth
and to spare,
With house in Hyde Park, and carria &c
and pair,
AS VIC take our hebdomadal walk in the 900
cast found thought to the Gardens of Kew
Well, taking the years as they've flashed by
us fleet,
The sweet with the bitter, and bitter with
sweet,
don't quite regret it, my darling, do your
Our saunter that day in the Gardens of Kew
London World.