The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-09-05
SALEM.

i OF awhile Ddch nave DGGnt TGlnlSS
I in writing items and / really hope dear
newspaper friends you will excuse me.
I The fact is, we farmers have been too
busy gathering our breadstuffs and one
thing and another to recreate your
minds with items, for you know at
such times our agricultural duties are
SO Imperative, that If we neglect them
1 to itenerate after items, our bread
stuffs all go to waste.
\ Now, I am sure you will congratu-
late us, OH hearing that we have fin
! ished haying and harvesting,
H The shorn fields dyed in. beautiful
gold and green, wear look of repose
and afford the sunburned, toil-Worn
Ihusbandman a feeling Of relief and
complacency. now another season of
seedtime and harvest is over, and his
heart responds with thanks to the Civ
er of the fruitage of his toll.
Crops are good, and were never Sc
Icured in better condition.
Oats 'sturn OUT well, but the quail
ty ana yield Of wheat scarcely fulfill
the first promise of the season.
A large growth Of straw is notice
able i'll the array Of symmetrical, tow
ering grain stacks, which invite the
threshing machine to come and give
! them a good threshing.
1t beats all what q sight of work we
| armers have to do, all for breadstuffs
TO supply the world, and sometimes
we think we have pretty cumbrous
family on or hands to feed.
Threshing is the next hard, unclean
work that must be done if we would
keep the world in breadsuffs another
year, and fortunately some of us have
already passed through I'll e ordeal.
Corn will not be superlatively good,
and the potato crop is short. Potatoes
have not multiplied in the hill or at
tanned much size, and to get mess for
dinner, costs a great deal Of digging
and microscope to find some Of them.
By the way, [ hear that the people
Of Salem Station talk of sending off
after q car load Of potatoes, it being a
short crop necessity.
Mr.. A. d. CornWelPs house at Salem
Station is nearly completed. When
ready to occupy, it will be one of the
most elegantly appointed houses in the
place.
Mrs. Gertie Feller, of Antioch, died
Saturday night. Her sister, Mrs. t. A.
Healey, of Milford, Neb., was with her
some days past.
Mrs. Alex. Bailey, who has been Sc
riously indisposed, is improving.
Mrs. Geo. Brefeld, sick with typhoid
fever, is getting better.
DR.. F. CogsWell, located at Lincoln
Center, Kan, returned home on We'd
nesday for a short visit.
aa Nh. and Mrs. Putnam, and their
daughter Hettie, of Union Grove, were
visiting friends in Salem and Wheat
land the past week.
On Wednesday, Mr.. and Mrs. A. V
Foster returned home from Bloom
field, where they had been visiting
their son Andrew Jr
Mr.. Charlie Loescher, the other day,
took new partner in his store, but
owing to his extreme youthfulness, he
was not christened.
Lately there has been an increase in
the numerical strength of Salem Sta
| ton. The Little household is blessed
with a little Little.
The epidemic picnic has finally
reached Salem. The young folks of
Salem, Brighton, and Wheatland con-
Jointly, held picnic at Twin Lakes on
Friday, which proved to be an exceed
ingly pleasant one.
| Twin Lakes, surrounded with wild
. AMI romantic scenery, is an enchant-
ing retreat, and afford a diversity of
|pastimes to pleasure seekers, which
were thoroughly enjoyed by us all,
/ and not least among the pleasures of
the day was steamer side upon the
tplacid waters. Capt. Alderman is
gratefully remembered by the party
for his courtesy and information which
her chee"fully impaired on the points
of interest connected with the grounds.
Only word more regarding the pic