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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-06-04
FIFTEEN MINUTES no spARE.,,
BY HALLE c. YOUNG

~ n fa 1l-
youth, in life's bright, rosy morn,
3 WHIST sunbeams gid thy way
ana thoughts intense within thee burn.
m, De mindful of to-day To
Ane present thou mayst claim for thine
Inc futures a dream most fair
TN. 81 &C." q - ere thou dost squander, then
Thy fifteen minutes to spare"
And, should comrade say to thee:
Wen shun the narrow way, es.<
And eat, and drink, and merry be.
For tomorrow Wen away -
Turn thou at once, the tempter scorn
Who spreads for thee snare.
Touch not, nor taste, but be man
In "thy fifteen minutes to spare.n
There are treasures scattered on the pla
That await searching hand,
And coral wreaths in the billowy main
And grains of gold in the sand;
There are gems of learning snugly hid
And bright thoughts, here and there
That may be thine to revel amid
In thy fifteen minutes to spare
The transient rain-drops of day
Help make the sparkling rill,
And 1t, in turn, doth haste away
To help old ocean fill.
If thou wouldst wear starry crown
Mid angel bands up there.
Then earn the jewels, one bv one.
In thy "fifteen minutes to spare,
Ark.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-06-04

A GIRL was subjected to ostracism in
the high school at Fitchburg, Mass, be-
cause she would not dress for class-day
in the uniform costume worn by the rest.
The school committee will provide pen
alties for such cruelties hereafter.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-06-04

BUTTER? You remember the story
of the guest who was eating more butter
than biscuit, while the landlady looked
on and fdgeted and limited until she
fairly went into a nervous fit. Finally
she said, edo you know butter is up to
IS cents pound?" The hungry guest
reached out and took what there was
left. "Well," he drawled, approvingly
and reassuringly, "good butter is wuth
it. "-BltrLipQtO1l H0aUk-E ue.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-06-04

THE farmer feeds the bleating uu,
The sailor sails the C,
The gardener pants the p p, he does,
The printer takes his e.
The sinner wipes his weeping i,
The farmer swarms his b b,
The printer daily sets his m IN,
The teamster yells his 6 g.
The lawyer gathers in his Wv,
When he has tried his k X;
The Sheriff's ever on the C C,
The pamhler risks his q a
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-06-04

The scene has closed. The past Joins
to the present. The pictured faces
smile down upon me from the wall. I
arouse myself from the dream, and am
again the harsh, cold man Of the world.
And
I take up the burden of life again,
Saying sadly, 1t might have BEEN"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-12-23
Compulsory Education.

We quote the following from a speech
by Emory A. Storrs, on this subject;
1t is idle to point out mischief either
in government or III morals, without
in some way suggesting remedy; and l
think | am safe in saying that thought
fu! men of all political parties are day
by day reaching the conclusion that the
State owes a duty to itself and to all its
citizens to correct the evils which grow
out of large ignorant population, by its
own action, and not to leave the ques-
ton of the enlightenment and education
of the youth of the country TO the UNI
disciplined and uncontrolled will of the
parent, but to take the matter into its
own hands, and by some method en-
force compulsory education. The State
can much better afford by taxation to
pay for the education of all children
within its borders than it can afford TO
pay for the punishment of crimes, the
direct outgrowth and result of an lgnor-
ance which the State might III grea.
measure prevent. \ school system of
which all the children in the State
might not only be permitted TO avail
themselves, but of which all should be
compelled to avail themselves, would
within the period of ut least one genera
ton work ont an improvement which
no appeals to individual pride or pat
riotism could possibly accomplish. There
are in every community large numbers
of men whom such appeals will not
reach, and with whom arguments OF
such character will have no force.
The freedom of which we boast is not
the freedom to shut our eyes against the
light The privilege of ignorance is not
freedom, it is a license; and genuine
liberty is not license, but it is that kind
of liberty so regulated by law that the
citizen enjoying it is protected III all his
personal rights of life and property, Is
compelled to respect the enjoyment OF
all those rights in all other citizens, and
is prohibited from pursuing any course
which would imperil the enjoyment OF
those rights in others. ] think 1t may
be safely assumed that if The State hai
the right to punish crime after 1t has
once been committed, it has also the
right TO prevent the commission OF
crime altogether. II 1t could do this
and if the education of our people, COM
pulsorv or otherwise, can be regarded rs
one ofthe means by which the commits
sion of crime is to be prevented, 1t IS
not only the privilege, but it IS the duty
which the State owes to all Its iaW-ahlu
( ing citizens 10 employ those means,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-12-23

'MEN AND Women. In the Portland
Press Jerusha Jones expresses her views
of women as collectors of news: 81 see
YOU have column headed Men and
Women Now | protest against this.
1t should be Just the reverse. " hat
lecturer ever addresses his audience as
gentlemen and ladies? Never, no never.
1t is always ladies and gentlemen. |
would have you to know that this is the
age of womans rights. | know that
Adam got the start of Eve at the creation,
but her daughters are getting even with
the masculine gender III the human
race. | will leave it to you, Mr.. Editor,
if women can't beat men in the way Oh
gossip and news. | have plenty OF spare
time now, and should be happy TO en-
gage as local on your paper. ~ uoe'
seem to me that local items are the pc,
culiar province of the female mlnd, anu
thatthe fair sex should have a monopoly
of this department, and / offer you my
services for a moderate compensaton'
am so fond of hearing news and tell
ing it that my charge will be very moo
crate.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-12-23
Recent Post-Uflice Rules.
Gather beds are not mailable.
pos must be sent when new.

Feather beds are not maiable.
Eggs must be sent when new.
A pair OF onions will go for two scents.
Ink bottles must be corked when sent
by mail.
Over three pounds of real estate are
not transmissible.
Parties are compelled to lick their own
postage stamps and envelopes; the post
master cannot he compelled to do this.
An arrangement has been perfected by
which letters without postage will be
Immediately forwarded-to the dead
letter office.
Parties are earnestly requested not TO
send postal cards with money orders i'm
closed, as large sums are frequently lost
in that way
Nitro-glycerine must be forwarded at
risk of sender. IF it should blow up in
the postmaster's han.,s he cannot be
held responsible.
When letters are received bearing no
direction, the parties for whom they are
intended will please signify the fact to
the postmaster that he may at once for
ward.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-12-23

and rends it from top TO bottom Leave
us What can you-whst do you mean ?"
my grandfather has sent tor me,
ma'am. His vile is dead, and be says 1t
10 my duty 10 come and live with him. as
| have no other relative in the v'oriu.'
"And you are going:" demands Mis-.
Glenmoreaud, in tragic tones.
Il DO not know how to refuse"
"GerslGl Denysl' calls Mrs. Glen
mereland, loudly, running across her
room and fineing the door wide open.
Come here instantly"
Iu flies her band, lump of clay in
his hand, and down rushes Denys, palette
on thumb.
Thunder and Mars my darling, what's
up?h asks Gerald.
"By Jovel mother. how you frightened
me! Thought the house was on fire." says
her son.
"Gwepdolen - Jessie Browneyes -
Alicia-sHE." pointing 81 the weeping
girl, ''is gong away, never 10 return"
Going swsyw repeats her husband,
striking his head with his right hand, and
then stalking wildly about the room, To
tally unconscious thst ne mas left The
lump OF clay amongst his raven car.s.
"Browneyes leaving US forever" re
pfNbCuiu1iy cries Dtn}s.
"A'ter We loved her all these years."
sOos Mrs. Glenmoreisnd
"ADd Ire loved her sll these years."
says Mr.. Glenmoreland.
"Anu I've" begins Denys and then
ops with a blush that is reflected 10 the
gir's sweet fscs.
Going to her gra0dtsther-hOrr.d old
hunks?-~ho never thought OF her before
a hnr { ~ a a nd
only wants her now 10 save the expense Of
| hiring housekeeper and nurse, which he
is we'll able to do, the venerable wretch !
And she thinks ii is her duty to go, be.
cause he's her only relative And I've
always felt as though | were her mother"
snd overcome with emotion, Mrs. Glen
| moreland drops into her chair again.
"And ! ss though | were her father"
asserts tie sculptor"
"And | rs though | were her brother"
says The the painter, and stops in confu.
| sion a. before
Jessie turns from one to the other with
| clasped hands and streaming eyes 81
| shall never, never be as happy anywhere
| ss | have been here. | would have been
| content 10 have served you all my life.
! But how could | reconcile il 10 my con-
! science Il, without suifi reason. dis.
| regard the appeal OF my only relative, and
that relative my mothers father ?"
"Bnt he needn't be your only relative,'"
says Denys, earnestly, tlinging his palette,
! paint side down, on his mothers sIlken
| lap and springing with one bound to the
! young girls side. There can be other
and nearer relatives than grsndfalhers,
| Browneyes. | never knew how dearly
| loved you till this moment. | can not
bear the thought of losing you. | want
! your hand and heart. Take me for your
husband, dearest, and then your du'y will
| be to share my fortunes torevermore."
| Jessie, the innocent child holds up her
| pretty mouth tor his KISS before them all
| The cat is playing with grandfather's let
| ,er--and wonderful smile turns to dia.
| monis her tears.
"The very thing" proclaims Mr.. Glen.
| moreland
cot course" said his wife. "Why
didn't you think of II before, you tiresome
! boy and save all this bothers And now,
| go away, ell OF you. have an idea for a
| story"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-12-23

\ pretty little domestic scene Is de-
seribed in the local columns Of the Utica
Herald. One of the matrons Of Rome
has talent for wax works. Her hus-
band boosted that lie could invariably
tell 1T 4 glance that her work was artlti-
cial. She remembered ms partially for
a "boiled dinner and determined TO
make one in wax. The vegetables app
meat were made, and set before hum at
dinner: and with keen relish he struck
out for the platter before him. 10!
TVS false dinner. He frankly acI,
knowledged that he was dupea,, anu
With admirable docility handed las
poeket-book to his wife.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-12-23

NEArNEss IxDooRs AND OUr,--Neat-
ness is a commendable virtue. Who
does not admire this quality? 1t should
be seen in and about every home in the
land. Sometimes it happens that the
housekeeper may be a neat body and
the husband who manages outside may
be sloven. The home Of slatternly
woman is to be avoided always. Ihls
habit of neatness may be carried too lar
but we think it is better TO err on that
side than in the opposite direction. 4
good housekeeper will never permit
things to become untidy. The habits Of
neatness are parts. natural and parity
acquired
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-12-23

When a woman's eyes sparkle and her
face glows from the fire within, winnie
her tongue rolls off information about
irneons rocks and stratifed rocks, silu-
Ran rocks and conglomerate rocks, Of
calcerous rocks and argillacecus soil it
is safe to say she was born III Boston, or
at least has an uncle living in Massa-
Chusetts.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-12-23
= CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC R: Y:


Its main line runs from chicago 70 tounCli
Bluffs. passing throagh Joliet Ottawa, Ia Sal'c,
Geueseo, Moline, Rock Island. Davenport, west
Liberty, Iowa City. Marengo Brooklyn, Grinnell,
tic and Avoca with branches from Bureau
junction 10 Peoria Wilton Junction 10 Musca-
tine, Washington, Fairfield, Eldon, Belknap,
Ceutrevile, Princeton. Trenton, Gallatin, came
ron, Leavcnworth, Atchison. and Kansas CITY;
Washington to Sigourney, Oskaloosa, and Knox
vile; Keokuk 20 Pennington. Bonaparte, Ben
tonsport, Independent, Eldon, Ottumwa, Eddy
vile, Oskaloosa. Pclla, Monroe and Des MONIES;
Newton TO Monroe: Des MONIES to lndianola ana
Winterset; Atlantic TO Lewis and Audubon; and
AvoCa to Harlan. This Is positively the only
Railroad which owns, and operates 4 through
line from Chicago into the State OF Kansas.
Through Express Passenger Trains, with Pull
man Palace Cars attar ned, are run each way daliy
between CHICAGO and PEORIA, KANSAS CITY,
COUNCIL BLUFFS, IEAVESWORTH ana ATCHI-
SON. Through cars aroalso run between Milwau,
kee and Kansas City, via the MILWAUKEE, and
Rock Island Short Line"
The Great Rock Island" is maguihcently
equipped. Its road bed ~ simply perfect and its
track is laid with steel rails.
What will please you most Will be the pleasure
of ENJOYING your meals, while passing over the
beautiful prarIes OF Illinois and low in one OF
our magnificent Dining Cars that accompany all
Through Express Trains You get an entire
meal as good as IS served IN any nrst-cisss MOTEL
fOrSeventy-tiVe cents.
Approaching the fact that a majority Of the
people prefer separate apartments Tor different
purposes taud the immense passenger business
OF this line warTantlne it,, we are pleased 70 an
nOuucc that this Company runs Pullman fGtdcs
Sleeping Cars for sleeping purposes, and Fdtaee
PULLMAN PALACE CARS r,
COZ NCIE. BLUFFS, KANSAS CITY,
Tickets via this Line, known as the
all Ticket Agents in the United states
IA.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-12-23

are
Island Route -e" "
For infor obj a
r. q Il.
Gn1T stan As
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-12-23

Dining Cars for eating purposes only. one other
great feature of our Palace Cars IS sMOhlN1
SALOON where you can enjoy your havana"
at all hours OF the cay.
Magnificent Iron Bridges span the MISSISSIPPI
and Missouri rivers At all points crossed Dy tlis
line and transfers are avoided at council BUNS,
Kansas City. LeavenwoTth. ana Atkinson, con-
nectons being made IN Union Depots on
THIS GREAT THROUGH LINE ARE AS
FOLLOWS:
At CHICAGO with all dvergins lines for the
East and South.
At ENGLEwoop, with the L. s. & NJ. s.. and p
At WAsuISGroS HEIGHTS. with p. c. & st.
l.. Il. X.
AT La SALE, with III. Cent. r. II.
At PEORIA, with p. p J.. T. D. e. l. D. s
W. ~. Mid; and 7. p q W, Rds:
Island short Line and Rock Isle s. PEG, Rds.
At DAVENPORT with the Davenport DIVISION
c. NJ 4 st T. X. X.
At WEST LIBERTY, with the b. c. r. s y. r. h.
At GRINNELL. with Centrai Iowa R.
At DIES MONIES, with ID. NJ y /. d X. IL.
AtCoUSCIL BLUFFS with Union Pacific r. Il.
At OMAHA, with b. a Mo. X. X. X. in Neol
AtCOLTMBUS JUSCTIoS, with Be. X x y. Rh
At OTTUMwA, with Central Iowa K. K. W.,
St. l.. 4 Pac. and {. Il 80. K. Rds =.
Louis & Pac. and st. l.. Keo. x NV. X. Rds.
At CAMERON, with II. st. J Il. K.
At ATCHIsON. with Atch., Topeka u santa he;
Atch. y Neb. AID Cen. Br. U. F. K. Rds.
At IEAvESwOBTH, with Kan. Pae, and Kan
AtKAHsAs CITY. with all lines for the West
and Southwest
n through to PEORIA. DIES MONIES,
.rCHISON and LEAyENWORTH.
- Great Rock Island Route" are solS "
md Canada.
ur home ticket office, address,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1880-08-20
WHY INDEPENDENTS WILL NOT
VOTE FOR HANCOCK.

We wishto have some light thrown
upon the method Gen. Hancock would
adopt in handling the questions that
are now uppermost in mems minds
not what he would do if he had been
President five terms or three terms ago.
Would he or would he not veto Il bill
that had tendency to unduly initiate
the currency Would he favor or OPP
pose a reform in the present tariff :?
How would he settle the antagonism
that is growingup between the FEEDER
al and the State courts? In what way
would he maintain the right of every
citizen to vote and have his vote hon
estly counted? What would he do as
President to reform the civil service :?
To these and similar demands for in
telligence Gen. Hancock makes not the
slightest response. This is fatal en-
ror !; all the more so that the party of
which he is the candidate has no sus-
tanned record on which the public can
depend. 1t has been on one side of the
fence at one convention, and vaulted
completely over it before the next. 1t
has favored free trade and protection
hard money and soft money; contin-
uance in Office during good behavior,
and division of the spoils among the
victors free and honest ballot, and
a shotgun campaign. Which OF these
alternatives will they take up if they
get into power? No one can tell, for
there is no administrative record to APP
peal to. If Gen. Hancock is too timid
TO lay out civil policy for his party,
those who vote for him will be simply
taking a leap in the dark. 1t may re-
suit satisfactorily to the country, and
it may be just the reverse. Both the
good and evil OF Mr.. Garfield's admin
istration could be predicted in advance;
while of Gen. nancock's nothing can be
predicted, except that, from his unwill-
ingness to speak, it may be judged that
he is influenced by men who are much
more likely to go wrong than to go
right. Boston Uerald.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1880-08-20

No man, when deciding what ticket
he will vote in November, should for
get the facts connected with the brutal
assault made with a bludgeon on Sen
ator Sumner by Bully Brooks. The
outrage was discussed in Congress and
upon a motion to expel the Southern
blackguard, 121 members of the House
voted aye and 95 (s3 from the South
and 10 from the North nay, among
the latter being William II. English,
the present Democratic nominee for
Vice President.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1880-08-20

would be beside New York one of
the "rotten of rotten boroughs. "
When strong men contemn the weak
for no other reason than that they
are small, let them beware lest still
stronger ones shall turn upon them
and they find that they are only like
the supercilious negro who was inn
itating the aristocratic notions of his
master. How far this supercilious
and false treatment of our towns may
go in the direction of persuading our
people to lay aside the town system,
will probably be seen by their villitier
if he carefully watches results in the
future
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1880-08-20
To the Editor Of the Herald:

To the Editor Of the Herald:
notice by recent articles in the Bos-
ton Journal and the Montreal Witness
that DR.. Tanners experiment in New
York of going without food for the space
of forty days is thought by certain ed
itors to teach that people in general
eat too much and that their bodily
health and strength would be increased
by more sparing use of food. There
is reason to believe that this judgment
is exactly opposed to the most recent
medical research exactly opposed to
articles which have lately appeared in
leading Medical Journals advising in
general not the starving but feeding
of sick pcople-not depletion but
building up. Of course there are eX-
ceptions for special diseases and for
special cases, but this is stated as the
general rule. An old popular maxim
has been "Feed a cold and starve a fe.
yer" but an eminent physician has
lately SAID that ne would be inclined
to change it to read Feed both"
Sickness brings weakness: Starvation
brings weakness, and the two together
cannot give strength. 1t is deplorable
to think of the unhappy results which
are sure to follow to SO many persons
in this country from foolish and
thoughtless initiating of this deluded
DR.. Tanner. For higher wisdom than
that of man, the taking of our daily
food has been madeto most of us very
comfortable business. Perhaps it
would be as we'll for us to agree with
Gus fathers that it is also eminently
respectable. l..
Island Pond, August 8, 1880.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1880-08-20
Not open to that objection.

Temperance people often say that
most of the popular medicines they
see advertised are nine tenths rum.
That is true of many, but not of Dr.
David kennedy's ''Favorite Remedy"
The doctor agrees with his temperance
friends that it is better to die of disease
than of drink. "Favorite Remedy
cures Kidney Troubles, Liver Com
plants, Con-tipation of the Bowels, as
nothing else does or ever did. 1t drives
away sickness. Itcools the blood. 1t
costs only a Dollar to try it. ASK your
druggist or send to the Doctor at Ron
dOut, N. Y. .a S..
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1880-08-20
LETTERS PROM THE PEOPLE.
To the Editor Of the Herald.

To the Editor Of the Herald.
The announcement i'm your last issue
of the opening in the nearfuture of the
Island Pond High School must be q
sincere qualification to all who have
at heart the best welfare of our village.
Such a School as it is proposed to es-
tablish here ought to have an influence
not only on the intellectual life of the
young but also on their social and their
moral condition. True improvement
in our schools is demanded not only by
the setting out higher course of study
by the text books but by the introduce
ton of those influences that are ele-
waiting and truly refining. Let us hope
that with the advent of the High
School these also may come.
Island Pond, August -, 1880,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1880-08-20
THE TRUE SENTIMENT.

The subjoined extract from q letter
to the Memphis AoaLancde so correctly
sets forth the sentiment of the South
ern Democracy that it should be pub
lished in every Republican journal:
As regards questions relating to the
negro, we must have but one party,
and thatthe Democratic party. White
men who dare to &yOw themselves
here as Republicans should be prompt
ly branded as the bitter and malig.
nant enemies of the South. The name
of every Northern man, who presumes
in this community to aspire to office
through Republican votes, should be
saturated with stencil. We can spare
all such, and would caution such as
these who think of coming South to be
careful to keep away. You, Mr.. Ed
itor, must hang out again your small
poX flag and rid our community of such
verInin. You may think me u little
bold in using such language upon the
anniversary of our flight from theyell-
ow fever in 1870. The North, to be
sure, sent us some money, but we scorn
the imputation of beggary. The North
but returned It little of the money it
stole from us during the war. No, sir,
we must put an end forever to this
shameless etfrontery Of Northern men
or Republicans aspiring to Office in the
South. They Iuust keep back seats,
and very quiet ones, or get out. The
whole lot must be rendered infamous
and odious. As for the negroes, let
them amuse themselves, if they will,
by voting the Radical ticket. We
have the count.