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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-02-23
HOME. FARM AMI GARDEN.

The Germantown Telegraph says:
Our Judgment and practice have al
ways been to treat the soil in which the
trees, fruit and Ornamental. grow, as
lar as can be done, the same as soil that
IS cultivated for vegetables or general
farm crops. and we have always been
salts ed with the result. "
"A Pennsylvania fruit when
ne plants a strawberry bed, applies
manure at the rate of thirty to forty
tons per acre. and dresses it annually
afterward with a fall mulch of twenty
five tons more He raise; 5000 quarts
to the acre, and they are big berries.
"A good way to save and use small
slices of cold meat is to chop them fine,
add some bread crumbs, salt and pep
per; moisten with milk or with gravy
or stock. Make this into fat cakes, dip
them in egg and fry them until brown,
or put the meat in a pudding dish or
basin, press it for two or three hours,
and slice it for tea.--M. = Times.
Corn pone is highly recommended
as breakfast dish. Take one heaping
coffee-cup of boiled hominy, heat it,
and stir in a tablespoonful of butter.
three eggs, and nearly one pint OF
sweet milk; as much corn-meal NAV be
added as will serve to thicken this till
it is like the batter for ''iohnnycake. -
Bake in quick oven, and serve hot
N 7. Post.
"A lady of San Francisco lately re-
ceived some plants from Mexico, and
with the plants came the advice to fer
tilige them with waste coffee and coffee
grounds. This was done, and the re-
suits were so satisfactory that the same
treatment was tried on roses. and the
effect was a healthy and vigorous
growth, and more and bet or flowers
and of richer eolors.
"A veterinary professor says that as
great majority of ring-bones in young
horses come from the failure to shorten
. the toes" To this may be added that
ring -bone is apt to be formed if colts
are allowed to stand on a pank floor,
or anywhere else where the footing is
hard, during the first eighteen months
of their age. Whether in stable or
yard during this period, let them have
earth for standing or walking, free
from stone or gravel.
Superior JOHNNY cake: Two eggs,
one half cup of molasses, one-half cup
of sugar, one pint of buttermillk, one
half cup of butter, one teaspoonful OF
soda, one teaspoonful Of salt, one tea
spoonful of ground allspi e, and make a
batter with two-thirds meal and one
third flour. To be eaten warm. Now
sisters, do not say that is too rich for a
johnnycake," but just make one, and
whatever you leave out be sure you do
not leave out the allspice. aud am sure
The Johns will call for more. - The
Household.
Pure honey should be used unspar-
ingly by every family. 1t is no longer a
luxury to be used only by a few, but it
is sufficiently cheap to be within the
reach of all. 1t has properties which
make it valuable food. 1t differs from
alcoholic stimulants, " hich dull the in
tellect-on the contrary it produces a
bright intellect as well as hea thy
body. Children are very fond OF honey,
and one pound of it go3s further than a
pound OF butte. 1t has the popularity
OF keeping good, while butter often be-
comes rancid and injurious to health. =
american Bee journal.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-02-23
A chinese Place Of sIaughter.

A correspondent of the Troy Times in
his tour about Canton, China, visited the
execution ground, that terrible acel-
dama," as he terms it, in the southeast
corner of the city. He says: Zone can
hardly look without shudder on the
spot where so many thousands have been
beheaded. In a little open space not
more than twenty feet wide and one
hundred feet long more human blood has
flowed than on any other place of the
same size round the world. From ten
to fifty are generally executed at time.
Sometimes the executions amount to
several hundred annullay. During war
times $4,000 have been beheaded on this
Golgotha in "a single year. One mis-
sionary said he had seen forty heads cut
off in single morning, and another
time had seen heads piled up six feet
high. Another missionary said he had
seen two hundred headlesS bodies living
here at once. The victims are ordered
to kneel down, the heads are stretched
forward, and then one blow of the short,
heavy, sharp sword of the executioner
cleaves the neck, and the guilty wretches
lay weltering in their blood. The bodies
are given to friends, the Government
keeping the heads, which are sometimes
exposed in public places, but generally
they are put in stone jars, sprinkled
with quicklime, then sealed up with
plaster. On going up to a row of these
jars, a Chinaman venured to open one
for our inspection. One glance at the
CHASTITY CORY heads within was enough.
From among the human bones that lay
around l picked up and brought away a
complete lower jaw, which plainly shows
the cash of the sharp sword of the exc
cutioner. Leaning against the wall of
the execution ground were several rude
crosses, on which criminals of great
enormity are tied, naked, while their
bodies are cut to pieces with sharp
swords or knives. A sfcei is taken from
each arm, then from each leg and from
the breast; finally mortal stab is given
to the heart.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-02-23
Catching Smells in Lake Champlain.

Winter fishing is now being eniOyed
by those vino are fond of the sport.
The lake at Burlington has Just closed
in, and the smelt-hshers have moved
their little huts on runners out to the
accustomed grounds. Modern improve
ments have made this sport one of the
most luxurious imaginable. Instead of
kneeling in the cold wind beside a con-
stantly freezing hole in the ice, the fish
erman now sits at ease in his neat little
movable house, warmed by stove, and
keeps watch of two or three lines let
down through holes in the floor and
corresponding holes in the ice. He.
smokes AMI re ects, or talks with
companion, and is as comfortable as a
millionaire before his CRATE of glowing
sea-coaL Besides being lazy amuse
ment smelt fishing is a pretty profitable
employment, as the fish are exceeding
ly toothsome, and bring good price in
the local markets. An attentive and
persistent fisherman will make about
as much out of his days sport as a
laborer who comes home sore and stiff
at night with his hard-earned pittance.
The genius who sits on his bench and
manipulates the little lines is usually
jolly, hospitable sort OF a fellow, and
is perfectly willing that the blue-nosed
skater should seek refuge occasionally
in his cosy little house, and even
permits him to handle one of the lines
for while. If he should chance to
bring a young lady companion with
him. the ancient fisherman becomes a
dol Of Ia L Ii
pipe under the stove, resigns his warm
seat to the fair one, and places all his
piscatorial resources at her command.
1t is pleasant to note the immense salts
faction with which he resigns to her the
line upon which ne has Just detected a
timid nibble, and when, following his
directions, she hooks the unhappy fish
and draws ii up through the ice with a
little scream of mingled terror and de-
light, his eyes shine with appreciation
and pie sure, and he feels as proud as
did the Canadian woodsman who I'M
tiated the Princess Louise into the mys-
teries of salmon-ishing. But when he
removes the struggling victim and coolly
bites out its eyes with his teeth for a
fresh bait, the situation becomes en-
barrassing in the extreme, and the COSY
hut no longer possesses any attraction
for the young skaters. They beat
pre- ipitate retreat, leaving the hospita-
BILE proprietor in such state of aston
ishment and perplexity that he sticks
the fsh's eye into his pipe and puts
slice of plug tobacco on the hook. There
is such bewilderment in the memory of
a pretty face! burlington (V.) Cor
Troy en- J.. Times.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-02-23

The subject of homing pigeons as
military couriers is attracting consider
able attention, especially upon the Pacific
coast. Experiments have been made by
army officers in this direction, which
have been attended with great success.
The plan is seriously considered of
making the art part of military prep
aratiOns
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-02-23

LIE CAL dND LIE IEA-
KETTLE.
----
The first star peeps within the pane
This cold and frosty weather,
When the cricket and the tea-kettle
Commence To sing together;
U chirr, chirr, chirr, 0 bubble, bubble, bub-
BILE e
There's nothing like song to charm away
life's trouble.
The cricket meath the hearth-stone bright
Is piping summer glorieS;
The kettle Ger the glowing Goals
Is telling sweet home stories.
0 chrr chrr, chirr, bubble, bubble bub-
BILE
There's nothing like a song to charm away
lfe's trouble.
Puss sits upon the warm soft rug
With eyes that dance and glisten;
The old folk lean back IN their chairs,
And smile, and softly listen;
chirr, chirr, chirr, O bubble, bubble, bub-
BILE
There's nothing ike a song to charm away
life's trouble. A4 t4t
The children gather round the hearth,
Their faces ght with laughter;
The fire-light sheds its rosy glow
On each old beam and rafter;
bubble
There's nothing like song to charm away
LIES trouble.
Oh in the.farmer's kitchen t@
These winter nights are CHEEKY:
The bare boughs creak, the wind complains,
The world without is dreary: ,
But chrr chIrr, chirr, and bubble, bubble,
bubble G8 &A kA
There's nothing like song to charm away
life's trouble.
Susan HARLEY St0ett, in HarperS Young Pso-
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-02-23

AN Irishman in Culiacan, Mexico,
attempted to commit suicide by firing a
pistol into his mouth. The ball remained
near the brain, and the mans life has
been saved, although he will be alunatic.
Chicago NeWS.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-02-23

1t is said that litigation is SO rare
in Searcy County, Ark, that a lawyer
could not make living at his practice
if he were to receive all the ices ID
both sides of every case,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-02-23

The word seisologist does not mean
a policeman, but a man who makes a
study of the laws governing earthquakes
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-02-23

General J ohm B. Gordon, of Georgia,
sees a rainbow arching the South from
tie Potomac to the Flo Grande. Rusi-
ness is good. manu- acturing establish
ments are being built, ioundries are
MAX NO t. p hant"er marks, and the
coiorel peon e are becoming aceus-
toned to eW habits OF industry,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-02-23
The geaosha TeIegraph.
KENosHA. WISCONSIN.

THE CRICKET 4ND THE TEA.
KETTLE.
The Penn's Grove record., 1883-09-29

y Last week the parents of Annie Sulli
Van, a miss of Charlestown, a Boston
suburb, informed her that she was to
be sent to a boarding school. The
young lady objected to the proposed ar
rangement and threatened to do some
thing very wicked il she was sent from
home against her will. The parents
persisted, and Annie confided her trou.
bic to James Cochran, her best beau.
james proposed marriage as the best
way out of the difficulty. Annie jump
ed at the offer and married they were.
This was on Monday last. The same
day Cocheran was arrested on the
charge of ~abducting the girl. The
charge would not hold water and he
was then held to answer for some i'll
formality in the way he had obtained
The license. When lie returned 10 the
house of his sister, where he had left
his bride, he found she had disappeared
having been decDyed TO the home of
brother, John Sullivan (no relation 10
the pugilist), who refused 10 give her
up. Cocneran then appealed to the
law, and obtained a writ of habeas cor
pus. AS Annie is Is years of age-old
enough to be married in amy part OF the
ceuntry-it is not probable that the
Judge will set aside the marriage on
the mere plea that the parties had CIV
en- a wrong residence when applying
for the license. The young husband is
taking a great deal of trouble to recov-
er his wife, but the time may come
when lie will wish that he never had
her. Such things have happened even
in Boston.
The Penn's Grove record., 1883-09-29
The ladies and gentlemen who did

The ladies and gentlemen who did
not visit the seaside during the past
summer can now reflect, if they choose
upon what they lost and what they
gained. Their loss was not very trivial
and it would be unjust to regard it as
such. They lost the pleasure Of bath
ing in the briny deep and the pleasure
Of mingling with the m%ultitudes of gay
and intelligent companions, whose pres
euce and sprightliness are always to be
coveted. They lost the fresh, invigor-
ating atmosphere that is felt to be a
luxury on the seashore and a great help
to general healthfulness. They lost,
what some seemed to v.,lue greatly. a
sun-bath in the warm sand, a bath
which others regard as inconsistent
with their personal dignity, and Of
which they never avail themselves. OF
course there are masy other losses
which can't well be enumerated. Now,
what did they gain. They gained the
exquisite pleasure of being intheir own
comfortable homes and sleeping in
their own beds, neat and clean, and
not previously pressed by a succession
of persons about whose habits there
might be some doubt. They gained
the luxury of living n the city where
peaches aud pears and watermelons and
all kinds Of fruit were plentiful and &C.
eessible. They gained pecuniaIil lily
their purses were found to be fuller,
and their facilities for getting along
through the winter were much better
than many who were absent. They
gained, in all probability, in the preser-
walton Of their self-respect. Their con-
duct has been more in accordance with
their best judgement. When away
from home and their usual surround
ings many persons are apt to indulge in
things and courses of life which are
not altogether commendable. Now
from Everything Of this kind the stayers
The Penn's Grove record., 1883-09-29

TIE Japanese remarked when they
first came to this country that the
Americans all had such anxious faces.
See them tare along the streets in Phil
adelphia and other cities as though
their lives depended on the exertions
of that day. Young America is espe-
cially in a hurry; he longs to be a mar
and shoulder his duties. The acade-
mician hurries up his course of studies
The undergraduate is crazy to give the
world a shake with his ogereslimated
intellect. The school boy looks through
the visto of years to the flowery paths
of manhood with restlessness, hence
preparation is curtailed in almost every
thing. The lawyers and physicians,
instead of having their minds crowded
with facts, are mere pettifoggers and
quacks in many instances. The aver
age life in a profession is not more
than twenty years, and the men who
have made the most noise in tue world
and accomplished the most, common
ced to work up their professions at
thirty rather than at twenty years OF
age. A good preparation is of great
value. How short was the public lives
of Catham, Fox, Burk, Patrick, and
Webster, and yet what a place they
occupy in history.
Cyrus Burley once in a lecture at
oar schools, remarked, Boys do not
be in a hurry to become men When
l was a small boy l was told that a sliI
from a beautiful rose would grow if ii
were placed in a potato, so he planted
the shrub with care. But every day
he would pull it up to see if it had
s~prouted." There is a good deal o.
thought IN his illustration if we make
the application. We are crowded
through schools, studies and profes-
sions and repent of it in lifelong sor
rows. We go on the pull up principal
and do not digest what we learn.
The Penn's Grove record., 1883-09-29
Several boys prompted by yellow back

Several boys prompted by yellow back
literature, formed themselves into "A
band, burglarizing Residences in the Vi
entity of Ottawa, Canada. For several
months they were lucky in escaping de-
lection. all sons of wealthy, respecta-
Bile parents, they met neI the Plesbyte
rian graveyard, swore a fearful oath to
remain true, a betrayer to die the death
of atraitor. All money and yaluabies
were carefully secreted. Their plan
was to retire at night and as soon as
their relatives were asleep to redress
themselves aud go to the point of meet
ing. \ young fellow, employed in a
bankers office, was noticed by the
bankers wife to be acting in a suspi.
cious manner. She discovered him
hiding some Of the booty, and the
whole story came out. The sequel can
of course be easily guessed. Owning
TO their high social position the oilen5-
ers were not prosecuted" OF course
not; it is only poor boys that have some
excuse for stealing who are punished
fe. it.
The Penn's Grove record., 1883-09-29

Pennsgroye has about eighteen hun
bred inhabitants and out of that num-
Der only about three hundred subscribe
for the RECORD. We claim to have
the CHEAPEST paper in the two coun-
ties and are trying to make it readable
for all. There is wisdom in it for the
old and wit for the young, while the
youth may take a lesson in manners,
morals and money saving. lie Will
find a guide post to direct him through
the dangerous paths of youth to the
broad arena of manhood. Our paper
winds up the news of the week. not
only in P%enusgrove, but throughout
the entire state. 1t is true, there is
many little things that lake place, some
of which ne do not deem worthy of
mention, such as neighbor Jones has
whitewashed his fence, &c. The
RECORD only costs a dollar per year,
so send in your subscriptions, and thus
help to support a good cause, for unless
you do the RECORD may be a thing Of
the past.
The Penn's Grove record., 1883-09-29

Or Monday night about midnight,
the 10th inst, Prof. Swift, director of
the Warner Observatory Rochester, N.
Y, discovered another comet in the
same constellation with the one recent
ly found by Prof. Brooks. 1t is NOV
ing almost directly toward the earth,
aud hence shows very little motion, so
that Prof. Swift found it difficult to
verify and was unable to do so until
last Saturday night. The two comets
will very likely cross each others orbits
in their progress, and their appearance
so nearly together, and within so short
q space of time is a most singular, il
not a significant fact.
The Penn's Grove record., 1883-09-29

Yes, it will do very well to talk about
such things, but you cannot learn an
EDglishman to say ''horse' without
describing the letter "h''-but you can
learn by expert ence that Swaype'sPills
beat everything for the cur of Liver
Complaint, Biliousness, Dyspessir, Few
erS, Sick Headache, Jauudice, Dropsy,
Constipation, Epilepsy, and Female
Irregularities. Keep a box of them in
the house at all times.
The Penn's Grove record., 1883-09-29

How foolish to condemn "a man for
his opinion unless it absurd in the ex-
IRENE. A Presbyterian ought to do
everything for his church except pos
olyte. A Methodist should never tire
to advance his faitr and the same is
true of other denominations. Political
r%Iocliyities are even mentuous since
there must be two parties, one answer
ing as a ballast wheel to the other. A
mans opinions aIe a part of himself
and they become AS dear to him as life
or liberty. They constitute for all val
liable purposes and in the estimation
of his friends and the world the man.
They are the measures of his reputa.
ton and of his influence They are
TIE result of all his experience, his
studies, his observation in the world.
They are what lie has accumulated in
his progress through life that is of spe-
eial and permanent value. They are
what gives him Standing among his
neighbors. To attack them is there
fore to attack himself, To overthrow
them is to take away all which he has
that constitutes his claim to notice
while living or to remembrance when
dead
The Penn's Grove record., 1883-09-29
THE FOLLOWING LETTERS TELL
THEIR OWN STORY.

Valdosta, Georgia, July 30, 1882.
I sold one of your Patent Dust Proof
Cases about ten months ago and the 9th
er day it came bsck to Inc with the re
quest TO make it wind easier On exami
nation | found that the stem was rusty,
and l inquired into the cause of it The
gentleman stated to me that he was start
ing some saw logs that hadlodged in the
bend of the river, when his chain caught
in a bush and threw his watch into about
twelve feet of water and he was about
two hours finding it. When he found it
it was running and he thought it all
right In about three months he found
that the stem was hard 10 tnrn and semi
ito me:
lean say that the watch is all that the
company claims for it and recommend it
to all railroad and mill men.
B. W. BENTLY.
The Penn's Grove record., 1883-09-29

At a Democratic mass-meeting, held
in this city in OCTOBER. 1877, (the Nc
Clellan campaigE) Leon ALBEIT, the
present Democratic candidate for Gov
ernor, was one of the speakers. In the
course OF his remarks he said: s"T.e
Republicans should be buried face
downwards, SO that the more they
scratched the nearer home (meaning
hell they'd get" And this is the sort
of man who expects to fill the Govern
or's chair of the commonwealth of New
Jersey!-South Jerseyman.
The Penn's Grove record., 1883-09-29

in any event Mr.. Albeit is not an
attractive candidate. He has too much
to explain and must begin, continue
and end in self-defense. His name is
not allied with any measure benefcent
to this State. If there has been plundtr
by corporations he was either a party
or a silent witness. lie has lived Oh
the verge of a fair reputation, a. posi-
ton which only decided talent can
maintain, and is as open to attack as
amy man who could have been named
among the more distinguished Demo-
Gratis of this commonW ealth. He is
wanting in many things. His excel
lences have yet to be made prominent.
Newark Advertiser.
The Penn's Grove record., 1883-09-29
TIE new PATENT
DUST-PROOF
Stem Winding Open Face case,
MANUFACTURED BY THE
American Watch
Company,
WALTHAM, MASS

This case is formed in one solid piece
without joint or seam, opening in front
only, thus avoiding the usual Cap, and
securing greater strength and dun ability
These Watches are all open face. The
bezel, into which an extra strong crystal
is fitted withan especially prepared water
proof cement, is attached to the case by
screwing it thereon, and thus forms an
air tight junction with the body of the
ease, which is proof against dust and
moisture.
To railroad men, travellers, miners,
lumbermen and others who are almost
constantly exposed and who have to
make frequent reference to the watch,
these qualities are of the utmost inn or
lance.
The Penn's Grove record., 1883-09-29

France is now making indirect nego-
tiations for peace with Tonquin, and if
these fail the Intervention of England
in the unaccustomed role of peacemak-
CT is solicited. The black flag in Ton
Guin carried greater fear and disaster
to the invading troops than all the lat
est appliances for the destruction of
human life that have just been exhibit
ed before the German Emperor. The
latter hopes to employ these as the
peacemakers of his realm.
The Penn's Grove record., 1883-09-29

at home are safe. In many cases this
latter class are apt to gain in flesh be-
cause Of their regular habits Of eating
and sleeping. OyertaxatiOn is apt to
be the curse of many who frequent the
public resoIts-overtaxatiun of body,
soul and spirit-so that when they re
turn to their homes and settle down qui
city in the bosom of their families, they
discover to their great surprise that
their bodily weight is somewhat dimin-
ished.-Ecening Ne0s.
The Penn's Grove record., 1883-09-29

According to the cable dispatches
the Chinese, il not able to defeat the
French i'll The field, are getting the best
Of them in he PATHS of diplomacy. The
French might have anticipated this re-
suit if they had known, as well as the
English, a certain dialectic American
poem in which the ways that are dark
and tricks that are vain of the heather
Chinee are celebrated.