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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-07-13
The True Art of Haymaking.


In cloudy weather grass dries but
slowly and is liable to be stacked. or
housed without sufficient curing.
Therefore the wisdom, when practical
BILE, of cutting meadows in fair weather.
The precaution should also be observed
of cutting only so much grass at one
time as can be properly handled.
Grasses dry much more rapidly if cut
after the morning dew is off than they
will if cut when the moving is done.
Rapid drying is an absolute necessity
when the best quality of hay is desired.
There is nothing that assists in quick
curing more than good tedder; farm
ers who have much grass to harvest will
do well to provide themselves with so
valuable an implement.
The true art of hay-making consists
in curing grass just up to the point at
which it will do to put into the barn,
and no more. in order to arrest the loss
of sugar and starch at the earliest pos
sible moment Grass quickly cured is,
other things being equal, more nutri-
tious than grass longer exposed to shift
ing winds and scorching sunshine
Some farmers consider one good hay
day sufficient in which to expose the
grass before being housed. while others
require two, even three, days Some
prefer to let it lie on the ground just as
it was left by the mower; others cure it
in the WindroW, and still others cure it
in the cock.
This difference of practice in the
method of curing results chiefly from
the difference existing in the curing
quality OF the various grasses. limo
thy, for instance, cures more readily
than herds-grass, while the common
grasses require still longer time than
the herds-grass. Timothy will dry suf-
ficiently in one day if the weather be
propitious. During the early part of
the season two days are usually required
for properly curing heavy grass Later,
when the grass is nearly ripe it can be
cured in one day.
Clover contains more water than
other grasses, consequently it requires q
longer time to cure it properly. Curing
is better accomplished in the cock than
in the sun, for the suceulent leaves and
tender blossoms of clover, if exposed to
the scorching heat, are quickly
Drowned and lose their sweetness. Pre-
vious to storing in the barn, the cock
ought to be turned over and exposed
long enough to dry the hay which lies
close to the ground.
Glover, as it lies scattered by the
mower, will be injured if the dew falls
upon it. Clover hay will not shed rain,
and hence when stacked out in the
fields should be protected either with
patent covers, matching, or a thick top
covering of wheat straw.
Great care should be exercised in
properly forming the cocks, in view of
wet weather, when meadow hay is to
remain in the cocks for an indefinite
time. First of all, do not make the
cocks too large, and let them be as
sharp at the top as possible, with the
sides nearly perpendicular, and finally
provide them with cloth caps.-N z.
World
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-07-13
Some Entertaining Maine Bear Stories.

Bears are getting so uncomfortably
numerous around Moosehead Lake as
to alarm even the old Indians and other
settlers by their frequent boldness and
surprising cunning. The other night
members of the family of George G.
Luce, living about two miles northwest
from the head of the lake and near the
branch of the Penobscot River, were
aroused by John Abbo, who had heard
an unusual noise in the pantry, and
coming down stairs they saw by a light
shining from Mr. Luce's bedroom a
large bear helping himself to family
provisions. Abbo's gun was standing
near the pantry door and within foot
Of the bear, which unconcernedly
watched the approach of Abbo, while he
tested the various articles within reach.
All this was going on while Mr.. and
Mrs, Luce slept, obliyious to the intru-
sion, within few feet of the scene.
Abbo finally succeeded in reaching his
gun, when the bear retreated through
the pantry window, which he had
smSshed on getting into the house.
Mitchell Francis, an Indian sleeping in
an adjoining bed, was aroused by the
breaking glass, and he, together with
Abbo, drove the bear into the wood
shed, but were unable to shoot
with any certainty on account
of the darkness. Finding himself
cornered, Bruin made a plunge
and went completely through the rear
of the shed, which was strongly boarded
and escaped in the darkness. In about
an hour, however, Abbo found the brute
in the pantry again, as did Luce. This
time Abbo went to the window just in
time to save the retreat, and with
out stopping to raise the window took
aim, fred and the bear fell, though
he was not finally despatched until
he had made desperate fight in
the door-yard. His weight was be-
tween three and four hundred
pounds. Thursday night, just after the
marlborough fishermen had come off
the lake, Mitchell Francis discovered a
bear in the road near Savage's Hotel,
where the party were stopping. Three
shots killed him. He weighed over
three hundred, and his head and paws
were divided among the party. The
following day another was seen by one
Of the guides who was unarmed. A
bear brokefinto one of the store-houses
on the Penobscot the other night and
carried off hams, fish and quantity of
other articles. Sunday three stable
bears were brought into Kineon by
the guides. Deer, moose and caribou
are very plenty in the region. but the
law and the flies prevent the hunting of
them. Boston Transcript
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-07-13
The Dangerous Toy Pistol.

The toy pistol is so safe, many ignor-
ant persons think, because it carries
neither shot nor bullet.
As tried it once, can tell you about
it. First, | twisted one of the caps
around match, and set the match on
fire. When the flame reached the
paper cap there was little explosion.
Suddenly I felt a singing sensation in
my hand, and, ON looking at it, | found
several tiny black sp1inters sticking in
the skin. pulled them out. bit / felt
the pain for some time afterward. Then
placed cap on the hearth and struck
it with a hammer. This time I was
well scared, and kept my hands as far
away as I could. When it went off |
felt the same singing sensation in my
left hand, which was more than two feet
away. / had been struck again by a
flying splinter. This thing was getting
decidedly dangerous, and when / took
up the pistol to try it, | carefully
wrapped my right hand in my handker-
chief. 1t went off beautifully, but-ah!
There was the mischief! The handker-
chief was dotted here and there with
the black splinters from the exploded
cap.
The insane desire of the small boy to
carry pistol is one of the wonders of
the age; and the worse than folly of
those who allow him to do so is almost
incredible OF what use is itP If the
pistol will not 90 off, it is, as its owner
would scornfully express it, ''no good"
If it does 90 off, it a dangerous weapon
that has power to MAIN and kill.
Did you ever think what it means to
kill-to take away life? Who shall do
so dire and terrible a thing as that?
Are you fit to have q pistol? Are you
wise enough to carry a revolver? No,
sir. 1t is against the law in some States
to carry pistols. Why, then, should
you wish toy-pistol, that will shoot
nothing but the boy who holds it? If
you live in the backwoods, and have to
fight the terrible wild crow or the fero-
cious chipmunk, you may learn to use
a good rifle. In cities and towns, where
the most terrific wild beasts to be seen
are the cats, boy who carries pistol
is boy without sense-a boy whom
girls despise and brave boys call cow
ard Charles Barnard, IN st. Nicholas.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-07-13
A Boundary Question.

There are probably but very few
people in Massachusetts who are aware,
although the matter has been before the
Legislature during the present session,
that we have boundary question with
New Hampshire. After long dispute,
according to the account given by Mr.
A. B. Thompson in letter published in
the Nashua Telegraph, the boundary
was decided by the King of England in
1740. Starting at a point three miles
north of the Merrimac River, the line
was to follow the course of the river,
three miles distant from it, to certain
point, and then to be run in due west
course to the Connecticut River. The
line was to be surveyed by the authority
of both provinces, but if the two could
not agree either of them was to estab-
lish the line independently. They did
not agree, and New Hampshire pro-
ceeded to run the line which has ever
since been accepted as the boundary be-
tween the two provinces and States.
But in making the survey the New
Hampshire surveyors did not make due
allowance for the variation of the nee
die, and accordingly did not make a
true east and west line. They cheated
their clients. The angle between the
true and accepted line is sufficient to
make the base of the triangle on the
Connecticut River three miles long, and
the territory included within the TRAN
sgle amounts to more than fifty thou
sand acres. In 1926 the two States APP.
pointed Commissioners to ascertain the
true boundary, but when the fact above
stated was discovered the Massachu-
sets Commissioners refused torun new
line, asserting, very properly, that they
were not authorized to make anew line,
but to fix the old one On the other
hand, the New Hampshire Commission
ers, with equal propriety, reported
to the Governor of their State that they
could not consistently confirm and
mark out the old line, which was proved
to be erroneous, thus ceding to Massa-
chusetts fifty thousand acres of land to
which it was not entitled. Although
the matter has been before the Massa-
chusetts Legislature more than once
since that time, nothing has been done,
if we may Judge from the fact that re-
ports and speeches have been against
taking any action to reclaim that terri
tory, public sentiment is against max
ing a demand for the land which New
Hampshire lost originally by the act of
her own agents, and over which she has
never even asserted jurisdiction. The
request which Massachusetts now makes
to her sister State is to have the monu-
ments of the original line reset and re-
placed. Boston advertiser.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-07-13
RUNNING Al BLOCKADE.
How a Yankee Schooner Did 1t Seventy
Years Ago.

How Yankee Schooner Did 1t Seventy
Years Ago.
During the summer of 1914 the Brit
ish took possession of all that part of the
State of Maine lying east of the Penob-
scot, and claimed Il as part of their
lawful territory. They established a
sort of naval headquarters at Castine, and
from thence sent out their cruisers.
Upon the Kennebec River. at that time
were many thriving towns, and quite a
number of Yankee privateers were fit
ted out there. Several sailed from Bath,
and even as high up as Hallowell were
lifted and manned some of these trouble
some little craft. In consequence of all
this the British turned their attention to
this latter river, and established a
blockade at its mouth They knew that
some privateers were being fitted ,out
somewhere up the stream, and they
were determined. to take them if they
came out.
And there was another thing which
the enemy had in view in this blockade.
There was fort up the river short
distance, and also several military store
houses; and they (the British) had
learned that provisions and ammunition
were expected from Boston or Salem for
these places SO they meant to kill two
birds with one stone: They would pre-
vent the privateers from coming out,
and also prevent the stores from
going in.
Many still living, who resided upon
the Kennebec during that war, remem-
Der well the season of that blockade.
They depended for much of their pro-
visions upon the coasters which came
from Massachusetts; and now that the
small vessels were prevented from COM
ing in they suffered much. In Hallow-
WELL Waterville, Gardiner and other
places, provisions were so scarce that
many people who were considered well
off in ordinary times lived upon the
swill-gatherings of the more wealthy;
and silver dollars worth of meal could
be carried away in a common pocket
handkerchief. The suffering was great
The people knew that there were sew
eral vessels anxious to get in, but the
British war-brig at the rivers mouth
prevented them.
Among the vessels which were ex-
pected at Hallowell was a heavy schooner
named the Polly Ann, She was owned
and commanded by man named Eben
Wait. Also another schooner called the
Eliza, which belonged to Abner Jen-
kins.
The Polly Ann and the Eliza both
cleared at Salem, Mass, the former
loaded with one of the most valuable
cargoes ever sent to the eastward, for,
beside large lot of excellent provisions,
such as -four corn, rye and pork and
beet, she had large quantity of arms
and ammunition for two privateers that
were lying at Bath. The loss of the
Polly Ann would have been a severe
blow in two ways: 1t would have sadly
added to the want of the poor people of
the Kennebec, and have prevented the
outfit of two stanch privateers, and it
would have also added much to the
power of the enemy by furnishing them
with things which they much needed.
The Polly Ann was a new and valua-
BILE craft; but not SO the Eliza The lat
ter was very old and very rotten, and
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-07-13
Parasites on Dead Trees.


There are parasites, so-called, which
flourish just as well upon dead tree as
any other support, thus proving they
are epiphites and not true parasites.
The roots adhere to the bark of trees
and do not penetrate to rob the life.
blood of others. Not content with this
existence, other plants of this ST. range
class draw to themselves atom after
atom of dust and mold, so that they
wrap around their roots and their
elevated perches handful after handful
of earth, and still gorging as the ap
petite grows stronger, they share the
common fate of gluttony and come
topping down, thus making room foI
others. Seen in their high seats among
the trees, the effect of this horde OF
parasites and air-plants is always Pc
culiar in the extreme. The parasites
are often beautiful, yet their presence
occasionally detracts from the beauty
of tree, and the thing grows ludicrous
when YOU catch sight of some huge
plant just balancing itself, with seem.
inc difficulty, on loose piece OF bark
that its own rank roots have displaced
while it soughta lirmer footing, till now
it hangs trembling on a single tiny
straining thread. Even when one has
grown familiar with it all it still re,
mains an enchanted land. One need
not be possessed of any Oyer-strone
imagination to say, as he stands gazing
at the parasites: "All these once grew
in their native bed, low at the foot Of
these tall trees. Then came some gem
and with his marvellous spade flung
both plant and sufficient earth to nourish
it high among the limbs. y There they
still lodge-the power of enchantment
is not yet dissolved, and you whose
fascinated gaze is held in thrall may adj
mire and wonder, but you will not live
til the spell is brOken.--ParG (BrGzltJ
Cor. San francisco Chronicle. s.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-07-13
HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

"A fruit-grower says it IS a good
plan to trim trees high and pasture
orchards with sheep. He prefers # to
blowing or mulching.
If straw hat has been wet, and the
stiffness has departed, rub 9 little white
of egg mixed with cold water over it;
put it on with aiannel cloth.-N T. Post.
"A writer in Gardening Illustrated
uses thin gutta-percha in his grating
operations. Pieces about two inches
square are put in hot water and placed
around the graft He likes it better
than the common mixture for the pur-
pose.
Walnut Cake: One cup of powdered
sugar. one-half cup of butter, one-half
cup of sweet milk, two eggs, well beaten,
one teaspoenful of baking powder. one
and one-half cups of flour, one-haf cup
of walnut meats, and a little salt.-The
Household.
1t is said that one of the best ways
of preparing cut flowers to send to
distance is to cut Sits in potatoes and
insert the flower stems, taking care that
they are firmly fastened in and sup
ported by a little cotton or paper. Po-
tatoes may be used in the same way in
floral decorations by concealing them
under leaves and fowers.-M. Z. EG-
GD1i2aer
To Cure Sites: With fine camel-hair
pencil paint the infamed papilla with
a tincture of iodine. The lids should be
held apart by the thumb and index
finger of the left hand while the tincture
is applied and until the part touched is
dry. A few applications in the twenty
four hours is sufficient. This treatment
has been used with success by a writer
in the London Lancet
Peter Henderson says the best shad-
ing he has ever used for the glass in
greenhouses or hotbeds is naptha, mixed
with a little white lead, SO as to give it
the appearance of thin milk. This can
be put on the glass with a syringe, very
quickly, at cost not exceeding twenty
five cents per one thousand square feet.
1t holds on the entire season until loos-
ened by the fall frosts. - Chicago Jour
9anI : +ftfft 4
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-07-13

The next morning there was an ex-
PLANTATION when his mother saw her
darling boy all covered with stripes
where she had struck him. 1t seemed
even to that stupid little fellow that
there was something like retribution in
his punishment, for as it turned out he
had been flogged with his own cruel
whip. which his mother had picked up
by accident as she entered the hut.
However, the result happily was that
Bobolo learned two important things.
One was how to scare an elephant, and
the other was that he would cry if he
was struck with a whip. His poor
slaves benefited by the last piece of
knowledge. for he did not use his whip
so freely after that. Youths Compan-
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-07-13
Among the concessions

Among the concessions recently
granted by the Mexican Government is
one which allows Louis Logorreta and
Arthur Mayer to gather for ten wears
the cactus or maguay plant on Govern
ment lands. These persons must es-
tablish in the country within two years
a paper and textile mill, in which the
cactus leaf is to be used, and for each
such mill, erected at a cost of not less
than S150,000, the Government will
give premium of $4,000 The plant
is said to be so abundant that the Inc
dustry can be extended almost without
limit.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-07-13
Our Young Readers.
WITT Would DO.


If were a little bird.
I'd sing my sweetest song:
I'd take a journey to the sky,
And frolic all day long.
If were pussy-cat.
I'd chase the rats and mice.
And have sweet cream for sumner.
And everything that's nice.
If were a tiny mouse.
I'd gnaw the soft new cheese;
When Tabby wasn't in the way,
I'd do just as please.
But am little boy
Just learning what to do:
And every day, it seems to me,
find out something new.
get up in the morning
And play with Tom and Nell;
But when / am as old as they,
I'll go to school as well.
I'm very little, to be sure,
But then I'm only four;
And some day IN be older,
And know a great deal more.
--T7i3, iffJe Da1eo
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-07-13

Six boys, employees of an Albany
IN. W manufacturer, acted as bearers
for his little son, who died, at the lat
ter's request. They were obliged tc
lose half day at the factory, and the
father and employer locked each of the
boys for their time htcagO Times.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-07-13
The general appearance of cattle

The general appearance of cattle on
the Wyoming ranges of this year is said
to be far better than the average of PRE-
vious years. In some districts in Cen
trail Wyoming they are in superior con-
dition. The loss by death in the winter
was small, and the number of calves
satisfactory. Chicago Tribune.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-07-13

"A novel sight in New York the
other day was that of mother boxing
the ears of her son as he was being leo
to prison from the court where he haG
been convicted of assaulting police
MANN Y San.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-07-13

The cap-stone of Bunker Hill Mon
ument was placed in position forty years
ago. It is 221 feet high, and nearly
thirty thousand people visited it last
year.-BOston Herald.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-07-13

Judge J. B. Foraker, the nominee
of the Ohio Republicans for Governor,
is graduate Of Cornell University, New
York.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-07-13

The odor of flowers sometimes
comes from the petals, as, for instance,
from the petals of the rose. The petals
or floral leaves of the rose give out an
odor long after they have been gathered.
This is not the case with most flowers.
A recent writer has called attention to
the fact that the sweetest carnation is
odorless soon after it is cut, as are most
of the sweet flowers used in cut flower
work. The mignonette and heliotrope
were supposed to be exceptions, but as
these continue to open new flowers
when cut and placed in water, it is
probable the odor comes only from the
opening blossoms. T. Independent.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-07-13
Dreaded Eogs: Boil hard and cut in

Dreaded Eggs: Boil hard and cut in
thick round slices. Pepper and salt;
dip each in beaten raw egg, then in fine
bread-crumbs or powdered cracker, and
fry in nice dripping or butter, very hot.
Drain off every drop of grease, and serve
on hot dish. Have ready some veal
gravy or chicken broth, heat to boiling
in a saucepaA with a little chopped
parsley, salt, pepper, and three table
spoonfuls of cream to cup of broth.
Boil up and pour smoking hot over the
eggs, serving for the table in covered
dish. Boston Transcript.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-07-13

In some parts Of Siberia a wife costs
eight dogs.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-07-13
The genosha TeIegraph.
LITTLE TEE-HEE.

KENosHA. WISCONSIN.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-03-30
REDUCING SALARIES,
The Police Commissioners Take Their First
Important Steps.

AT another formal consultation of the police
commissioners, held yesterday morning, it was
decided that the new force should consist OF one
secretary, one superintendent, two captains,
four sergeants and forty eight patromen, besides
3 two turnkeys, one cook, one driver, two officers
for the patrol wagon and two sanitary police.
The salaries Will be as follows Captains, 1900 a
year; sergeants, 1920; day turnkey, $50 a
month; night turnkey, 81 rs night; cook. $25 a
month; driver patrol wagon, S45 per month and
patrolmen. $1.75 day. The salary of the SUI
perintendent has not been fixed. The amounts
are below those paid under the present system,
and less than allowed by the metropolitan
law, but it is the intention of the commissioners
to reward efficiency by increasing the salary.
The which they have fixed is IS cents a
day less than now paid but it leaves a margin
for an increase of 800 year to the best officers,
800 to captains and $50 to serGeants. The
blank forms OF application were issued yester-
day and very large number of calls were made
for them. The board will probably Organize next
week and begin making appointments.