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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-10-03

Number Of
Stock. Shares. V0lne.
Western Union Telegraph. :. 10000 S S.460,000
New York Central. ........ 100000 6S.400,000
Harlem Observation-Disclosures. 100000 6,900.00O
Lake Shore. .250.000 16,750,000
Michigan Central. .... :. :. 100000 100000
Canada Southern (bonds).... 100000
Canada Southern about half
of stock. ......... 100000
Interest in feeders to various
lines mon productivity t.N
sleeping-car stock, cattle
yards real estate etc. 49,. 150OO,OOO
It is reported of the late William B.
Astor that he once asked friend who
was envying his wealth: Would you be
willing to attend to this vast estate, with
all it's multiplied cares, for your clothing,
board and lodging?" Upon his friend
looking surprised, Aston said: "That is
all I receive" It is probably true, as
matter of fact, that, next to the very
poor and miserable, the person who is
to be most pitied is the one whose pos
sessions are enormous. - Ne,U York
Graphic.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-10-03

assistance Of one ofmy friends to adjust
my necktie, and he was obliging enough
to tell me that I looked as yellow as a
guinea. A comfortable assurance truly.
when [ had wished to look my very
best, for / had not seen Miss Hartley
since my unlucky story, and I wanted
to make my peace with her. But when,
with an apology on my lips, I drew near
the sofa where she was sitting, I found,
to my infinite regret, that no apology
was necessary She was as friendly in
her manner as ever. She was exquis-
itely dressed that evening in-well,
can't exactly say what some dead
white material, that fell in delicious
folds about her stately figure. That
girl could always dress herself to per
lection. She looked superb. Beyond
doubt, she was the queen of the party
certainly we all felt as proud Of her as
If each one Of us had been her father or
brother. She, did not speak to our new
conner, and this relieved me. But at
the dinner7table I felt little more un-
easy. = She and he sat at opposite cor
ners OF the table. 1t seemed to me that
she was quietly watching him, from time
to time, and at such moments there was
in her face awonderful light Of happi-
ness and pride; = understood it all
presently.
The long dinner passed; dessert was
on the table; the usual toasts had been
given and responded to. Then nv
friend rose, and in feVseriOus words
which, as some of us knew, yelled a real
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1878-01-02
The Conn. Valley Insurance Agency

represents the largest and most reliable
Fire, Life and Accident Ensur-
ance Companies
in the world. Among them are the Aetna,
Royal, Land l. Globe, Imperial, North Brit
ish, North America, Germania, Continental
and the leading Mutuals Of Vermont and Mas
sachusctts, also, The Equitable Life Of New
York and the Travellers Life and Accident
OF Hartford.
Responsible persons having large RISKS to
place will consult their interests by cores
ponding with this Agency.
Our principles Of business are close scru-
tiny Of Risks.
Rigid adhcrance to adequate rates, fair and
square settlement Of honest losses. DO not
fail TO have your Life and Property insured at
the Conn. Valley Insurance Agency.
i. ID. SABINE, Agent,
Windsor, Vt.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1878-01-02
Birds and Human Nature.

What is that legend OF Mrs. Piatt'.
poem about the bird IN the brain
Birds are perhaps the most human q
creatures, and should not be surprised
if told we all carry more or less Of
them in our hearts and brains. l have
seen the hawk looking ont of the hu
man face many time, and think
have seen the eagle; l credit those
who say they have seen the owl.
Are not the buzzards and unclean
birds terribly suggestive! The song
birds were surely all brooded and
hatched in the human heart. They
are typical Of its highest aspirations,
and nearly the whole gamut of human
passion and emotion is expressed
more or less fully in their varied songs
Among our own birds there is the
song of the hermit thrush for devout.
ness and religious serenity, that Of the
wood-thrush for the musing, melodious
thoughts of twilight, the song-sparrow's
for simple faith and trust, the bobo.
links for hilarity and glee, the mourn,
ing.dove's for hopeless sorrow, the
vireo's for all day and everyday con-
tentment, and the nocturn of the
mocking-bird for love. Then there
are the plaintive singers the soaring,
ecstatic singers, the confident singers,
and the half-vciced iuarticulate singers.
The no te of the pewee is human
sigh, the piping of the chickadee un.
speakable tenderness and fidelity.
There is pride in the song of the tan
ager, and vanity in that of the cat.bird,
There is something distinctly human
about the robin his is the note of
boyhood. l have thoughts that fol-
low the migrating fowls norlhward
and southwark, and that go with the
sea. birds into the desert of the ocean,
onely and tireless as they. l sympa-
.hize with the watchful crow perched
1onder on that tree or walking about
the fields. l hurry outdoors when
near the clarion of the wild gander
,s co:nrade in my heart sends back
he call John Burroughs Serb
Ter for January.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1878-01-02

DEsPoNDENCY. The most perllous
hour Of a persons life is when he is
tempted to despond. The man who
loses his courage looses all /; there is
no more hope Of him than of a dead
man /; but it matters not how poor he
may be, how much pushed by circum
stances, how much deserted by friends,
how much lost to the world if he
only keeps his courage, holds up his
head, works & with his hands and
with unconquerable will determines to
be and to do what becomes a man, all
will be well. 1t is nothing outside of
MIN that kills, but what is within,
that makes or unmakes.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1878-01-02
Retry.
From cornhlll Magazine,
THE LAST RHDoUBT.
ny ALFRRD AUSTIN.

ny ALFnHp AusTs.
$ l"with Mehemet All,"-.seo Times Sept 90
/ Kacelyeyo'a slope still felt
Tho cannon'a bolt and tho rifles pelt
For last redoubt up the hill remained,
by the Rufs yet held, by the Turk not gained
Mehemet All stroked hia beard
Ills lips were elenched aud hls look was weird
Round him we're ranks OF hia ragged folk,
Their faces blackened with blood and smoke.
"Cloar mo the MuscoyIto out |" he cried.
Then tho namo OF "Allah |" echoed wide,
And tho fezzes wore waved and the bayonet,
lowered.
And on to tho last redoubt they poured.
onoifoll, and second quickly St opped
The gap that ho left when ho Teeled aud drop.
pod
Tho sccond-a third straight filled bis place;
The thlrd-and 4 fourth kept up tho race.
Many fez In the mud was crushed
Many throat chocred was hushed,
Many heart that sought the crest
Found Allaha arms and 4 houris beast.
Over their corpsos tho living sprahg,
And tho ridge with tholr musketrattle rang,
Til tho facos that lined the last rodoubt
Could zoe their faces and hear thoir shout.
In tho redoubt fair form lowered.
That cheored up tho bravo and child tho coward
Brandishing blade with gallant air,
His head erect and his bosom bare.
"Fly they are on us !" his men implored
But ho waved them on with his waving sword,
at cannot be held I is no shame to 90 I"
But he stood with his face sot hard to tho foe.
Then clung they about him, and tuggod, and
knelt.
He drew pistol from out his belt,
And fired 1t blank at tho first that set
Foot on the odgc OF tho parapot.
Over that first one toppod but on
Clambcred tho rest till their bayonots shono,
As hurriedly fed his mon dismayed,
Not bayonet's length from tho length Of his
blade.
yield y But aloit his steel ho flashed,
And down on their steel It ringing clashed
Then back he reeled with bladeless hit,
His honor full but his life-bood split.
They lifted him up from the dsbbled ground
Ills limbs were shapely, and soft, and round
No down on his lip, on his check no shade
'Bsmillah they cried, t is an InGdel msid"
'iehemct Ali came and saw
The riddlcd breast aud tho tender jaw.
Make her bier Of your arms,' he said,
And daintily bury this dainty dead
Make her grave where sho stood and fell
Gainst the jackals scratch and the vultures
smell.
Did the Muscovito men like their maidens [
fight,
n their lnes we had scarcely supped tonight
10 deeper trench mong tho trenches there
Vas dug, for the form ss brave as fair
md none, TILL the Judgment trump and shout,
hall drive her out Of the Last Redoubt.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1878-01-02
West Randolph Business Cards.
m pie S !!
Il . G l l. b 4 r 7 ,
M,,Nfof tnrar of opJ noolor ~

will mail CFree) the recipe for preparing
simple VEGETABgE BALM that will remove
TAN. FRECKLES, PIMPLES, and BLoTCH-
rs, leaving the skin soft, clear and beautiful /;
also instructions for producing luxuriant
growth of hair on a bald head or smooth face
Address Ben. Vandelf 4 Co.. Box 5l2l Nos
Wooster ST.. n. J
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1878-01-02
The Romance Of a Sleeping Car.

1t was in the Cedar Rapids sleeper,
Outside, it was dark rs the inside OF
an ink bottle. In the sleeping car,
people slept.
Or tried 1t.
Some Of them slept, like Christian
men and women. Peacefully and
sweetly and quietly.
Others, slept like demons, malignant
ly, hideously, tiendlishly, as though it
was their mission to keep everybody
else awake.
OF these the man in lower number
three was the "boss." When 1t came
to square snore with variations, you
wanted to count slower three" in.
With tull hand and a pocket full OF
rocks.
We never heard anything snore like
him. 1t was the most systematic snor-
ing that was ever done, even On one of
those tournaments Of snoring, sleep
Ing car. lie didn't begin as soon as
the lamps were turned do wn and
everybody was in bed. Oh, no.
There was more cold.blooded diabol.
ism in his system than that. He waited
until everybody hadhad little taste
of sleep, just enough to see how good
and pleasant it was, and then he broke
in on their slumbers like winged,
breathing demon, and they never
knew what peace was again that night.
He started off with a terrific
"Gn.r-r-r.t !"
That opened every eye in the car.
We all hoped it was an accident, how
ever, and trusting that he wouldn't do
t again, we all torgave him. Then
ne blasted our hopes and curdled the
sweet serenity of our forgiveness by
long drawn
"Gw-a-h-h- h.had
That sounded too much like bust
less to be accidental. Then every
,ead in that sleepless sleeper was held
If the pillow for II minute, waiting, in
'reathless suspense, to hear the worst,
md the sleeper in slower three" went
~, in low. drawn, regular caaences
hat indicated good staying qualities.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1878-01-02
"Gwaa'ah! Gwa-a'a'hl Gahwahwahl
Gahwahwah Gahwa a,a,ah 1"

'GWa a'ah! Gwa'aa'hl Gahwahwal
Gahwahwah Gahwa aa,ah |"
= Evidently 1t was going to last a
night and the weary heads droppe
back on the sIeepless pillows and III
swearing began, 1t mumblcd alon,
IN low, mntteliug tones, like tho dis
tant echoes Of protane thunde
storm, Pretty soon ",ower three
gave US a little variation, lie shot Of
spitiul
"Gwock i
Which sounded as though his nose
had got mad at him and was going to
strike. Then there was apause and
We began to hope he had either awak.
ened from sleep or strangled to death,
nobody cared very particularly which.
But he disappointed everybody with a
cultural
"Gnrooch"
Then he paused again tor breath,
and when he had accumulated enough
for his purposes he resumed business
with stcntorous
Kowpt!"
That nearly shot the root of the
car. Then he went on playing such
fantastic trick with his nose aud breath
ing things that would make the i'm
mortal gods weep, ifthey did but hear
them. 1t seemed a matter incredible,
il semed an UTTER preposterous impos.
sibility that any human being could
make the mcnstrous, hideors noises
with It's breathing machine That the
fellow in slower three" was making
with his. He ran through all the ran-
ges Of the nasa! gamut, he went up
and down n very chromatit scale OF
snores, he rah through intricate and
fearful variations until it seemed that
his nose must be ont otjoint in
places. All the night and
all night through he told his story
"Gowah; gurrrh ! gu r-r-r Kowptf!!
Gawawwah ! gawah-hah gwock
,warrrt gwah.h,h.h weooi!'
Just as the other passengers had
consulted together how they might
'lay him, morning dawned and slower
number three" awcke. Everybody
watched the curtains 20 see what man.
Ter OF man it was that had made that
beautiful sleeping. car pautemonlum. .
Presently the toilet vas completed, the
curtains parted, and GLOVER number i
hree" stood revealed.
Great heavens ,
It was Il fair young girl, with golden |
'air, and timid, pleading eyes, like a t
united tawn'S !-Bwlington Hawh ,
Tye' ::
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1878-01-02
To COnSunptiveS.

The advertiser. having been permanently
cured of that dread disease, Consumption, by
a simple remedy, is anxious to make known
to his fellow sufferers the means of cure
To all who desire it, he will send copy of
prescription used, (free of charge), with the
directions for preparing and using the same,
which they will find a SURE CURE for Con-
sumption. Asthma, Bronchitis, &c.
Partie, wishing the prescription will please
address, Rsv. 4. A. WILSON,
l74lm6l 1874 Penn St.. WilliamsburglA n.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1878-01-02

A medical Journal says all poison
bottles should be distinguished Dyson
glaring peculiarity The man who is
in the habit of keeping private "poi-
son botts" will not echo this sugges.
ton. Turner'S Falls Reporter.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1878-01-02
Windsor Photograph Rooms.

FIRST-CLASS WORK GUARANTEED.
OLD PICTURES copied and enlarged and
finished in Ink, Water Colors, Gil. Sterco.
scopic Views taken of Residences Horses,
or Groups, and in fact, all kinds Of Photo
graph Work done satisfactory or no charge
Albums, Picture Frames, Stercoscopcs,
Stcrcoscopic Views Of Windsor and vicinity,
Passcporlouts, &C., &C., always on band
Also, Agent for the celebrated Esty Organ.
Having had experience in the business
we trust VIC shall merit q liberal public
patronage. [lS33yll
AMBROSE S. NOSE, Artist.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1878-01-02

Bergh has his eye out for men who
clip their horses this time of the year.
Such men ought to be tied to horse
blocks on January night with moth
ing but an oil cloth shirt ou.I Detroit
Free Press.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1878-07-11
A Belle Prairie Letter.
Belle Prairie. july q. 1919,

49,, Belle Prairie, July 9, 1S78.e
Editor Of the Transcript s4* 1
In a recent issue of your paper saw an ar
ticle headed 1Home Correspondenec." ~ The
writer's OF that article remind me Of I crazy
woman j once knew, who claimed to be the
of the world, and who insisted that
q were only living here BIZ her per,nis-
The people Of Belle Prairie, as far IS
hsl1w, do net claim such power, and do not
approve of the boasting disposit ton isplayed
by the writer's. Of that article. Il can account
for this feeling of theirs only by the fact that
one Of the nable gentlemen had the misfortune
to ride q jack, and the mental capacities 0f
the rider and his animal we're so similar that
we hear an occasional bray which hns not
frightened any one until quite recently. The
gentlemen were ut Green Prairie selling sew
ing machines, but I will not give the full Re
suit of their visit. Wi only state thatson
loeking honeSsard they sau something tie
in the road, O. white horse1 and doubtless
took it for ., ghost, us thpys concluded th e
main over night, aud their excitement and
superstitious fears were 30 intense that On
thoir return % Little Falls they acreated much
alarm 81 reporting thst certain person xas
serio1sly III IL was ultimately discovered,
however, TINT they were b iataken, and that
their belief had been based ON the snpp,,sition
that the appe rance of = ghost Vas the fore
runner OF sickness and dsath. Hoping tia,
ghosts will trouble them no more, i remain
Tours sFRiESDsoF IRuIH. q
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1878-07-11
Drug Store Burned.

Last Monday at 8 O'Clock P. NJ, son1e>
thing ID the drug store Of Rhodes, spen-
Ger s. Wetzel exploded and instantly set
fire to the interior Of the store. Mr.
:Wetzel and his father were in the store
at the time, and the latter was very Sc
riously burned about the legs. The
whole interior Of the store was on fire in
few seconds, and nothing was saved
The wind being favorable, lie fire was
kept from communicating to other build
ings, and in an hour thestore was reduced
to ashes. The loss is estimated at So, 500.
No insurance.
Mr., Wetzel is positive that barrel of
whiskey exploded and caused the fire, but
some think that whiskey could not ex-
plode. Mr.. Wetzel, SEN, was able to be
taken home to ST.. Cloud the next day,
although he was burned very severely.
The necessity Of one or two more town
wells was very apparent during the fire,
and some OF the business men are taking
steps to have at least one more we'll dug
and provided with force pump and hose.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1878-07-11

and in the morning the company res
tired all declaringzit was very en-,
joyable affair. There was no money
making and no whiskey, and Swan
River cannot be accused Of tainting
the beati6c air Of the 4,h of July with
the fumes of Intoxicating liquor, nor
of casting temperance vote and eel
ebrating the 18th with incompetence.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1878-07-11
Notice..

Notice.
U. S. LAND oFFICE)
ST. CLOUD, MINI,
July 2, 1878.
Complaint having been entered at this
Office by Milton Cahoon against Nelson H.
Fulton for abandoning his Homestead Entry
No. 1887, dated Nay 20, 1871, upon the
north half Of the northeast quarter and the
east half Of the northwest quarter in Section
"a, Township 12s, Range 80 in Morrison
County, Minnesota, with view to the ems
collation. of said entry, the said parties are
hereby summoned to appear at this Office on
the I'd day of September, 1878, at o'clock P.
NJ, to respond and furnish testimony concern
ing said alleged abandonment.
J.v. BRowER, Register.
-: W. B. MITCHELL, Receiver.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1878-07-11
Republican County Convention.

The following are the minutes of
the recent Republican County Con-
vention: T. ~
At the Republican County Convcn>
tion Of Morrison county, held in. Lit
tie Falls on the 9Th day of July, 1878,
J. Taylor was elected chairman and
D. Corbin secretary. On a motion be-
ing carried directing the chairman to
appoint committee on credentials,
the following were named: T. NJ.
Young, A. Morrill,, Jerry Root, j. NJ.
Clark and j. F. Lenfest. The report
of committee on credentials was read,
and on motion was adopted. On mo-
tion duly carried the chair appointed
I. NJ. Young and F. D. Hall as tell
ers, and the convention proceeded to
ballot for two delegates to attend the
third congressional district convention,
TO be held in Minneapolis on the 10th
day of July, 1878, with the following
result: j. Taylor and S. T. Hamilton
received II votes each !; T. NJ, Young
and c. B. Buckman received 6 votes
each. On motion of T. NJ. Young, the
election Of J. Taylor and s. T. Hans
ilton was made unanimous The fol-
lowing resolutions of instructions were
passed:
Resolved, That the sense Of this
convention is in favor Of supporting
W. D. Washburn as the first choice of
the names now before this convention.
Resolved, That the delegates select
ed by this conventions are instructed to
support the nomination Of any other
man whose name shall be submitted to
the district congressional convention.
and whom they shall deem more ac>
ceptab!e to the people of this district.
The following resolution by j. F.
Lenfest was carried:
Resolved, That in the future no
town shall be represented in county
conventions by any but citizens of such
town.
The following resolution by N.
Richardson was carried:
Resolved, That the vote for the Re-
publican nominee for Congress at the
ensuing election be made the basis for
apportionlng delegates from each town
to the county conventions called after
that date-one for each town at large,
and one for each rs Republican votes
or major fraction thercof-and that
the vote for Governor last fall be
made the basis for all calls previous to
the next election.
Lyman Signor and 4. NJ. Young
were elected delegates to attend the
Republican State Convention, to be
held in St. Paul on the 4th day of
September, 1878.
On motion by T. M. Young, D.
Corbin was elected chairman of the
county committee for the ensuing year.
The chair then appointed the follow
ing named persons on the county com>
mittee, one from each town: Green
Prairie, F. d. Hall -; Belle Praia1e, s..
7. Hamilton ; Little Falls, N. Rich>
ardson; Culdrum, J. Workman; Two
Rivers, 1. L. Foster; Bellevue, j..
Hill; Buchanan, A. A. Morrill, Pierz,
Peter Newman.
On motion the convention adjourned.
JONATHAN TAYLOR,
D, CoRB1N; Chairman.
Secretary. 49,.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1878-07-11

J. A. Warnken, Esq, of Elm Dale
was in town on Monday and Tuesday
last, selling Keller tanning mills. He
sold :l3 mills on Monday, and Inform
ed US that he sold Us mills in six
weeks in the Two Rivers district.
He will come here again on Monday
next and will remain a week or two
about here, and will visit the Rich
Prairie district next week. The Keller
tanning mills are doubtless the best
that are made.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1878-07-11

From Monday noon until yesterday
noon testimony was taken in support of
the claims of settlers on railroad lands,
according to previous notice, at the Court
House in this place. The claims of the
following named persons were allowed,
and a number of other cases IN which
testimony was taken are still under ad-
visement:
Mary Mayer, John Rugel, John W. Wise,
Nicholas Gross, Matthias Eisel, T. A. Preston,
Frank Wise, Joseph Trachtor, Alanson B. Coe,
Miss E. J. Workman, F. M. Barber, Peter
Row, Milo Camp.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1878-07-11
CHURCH DIRECTORY.
CHURCH or Sr. SALvADOR.-Se

CHURCH OF ST.. SALvADoR.-Servi-
ces on Sunday next, at 1890 A. NJ. :.
Il Sunday School at q P. NJ. Vespers at
g P M.
Episcopal CHURCH. Service S
every alternate Tuesday evening at I
o'clock. The next regular service will be
held on the evening of July IS.
: CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH Cor
rier Of Chestnut and Fourth streets.
Services are held every Sabbath morn
ing at IL O'Clock. Seats are free, and
citizens and strangers are cordially invi-
ted to attend. Sabbath school immedi.
htely after morning service. Thursday
evening meeting at 8 O'Clock.
D. w. RosEvKRANs, Pastor.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1878-07-11

On the Fourth we were thinking 50
iptently about the glory of American
independence that we forgot about the
change Of time on the Long Prairie
mail route, and did not mail the Lee
doux and Little Texas packages in
time for the Friday morning stage.
We intend that hereafter the packages
going west shall be mailed in season.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1878-07-11
Second Meeting.
For Settlers on Railroad Lands.

You are hereby notified that the, un-
dersigned Commissioners will meet at
the Court House, in the town of Lit
tie Falls, Morrison County, on Tues
day the 10th day Of July, 1878, at 2
o'clock P. NJ, to take the evidence
which, you may offer in support Of
YOUR claims in
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1878-07-11

I wish to express my sincerest thanks
to all persons who aided In saving my
store from the flames during the recent
conhagration, and more especially to
those who took perilous positions in so
doing. VIM. BUTLER.