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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-03-05
FRAUD ON THE FARMERS.

MADISON, Feb. 27-Considerable excitement
has been created in the neighboring towns of
Cottage Grove and Sun Prairie and places tribu-
tary to them, by the p cent discovery that ex-
tensive frauds have been praetieed upon the
farmers by several stock buyers. The buyers
owned the scales they use and purchased only
such stock as was brought to them and weighed
by them. By a simple wire and lever device.
placed In such position ON the scales that 1t
could be readily pressed by the operator, the
weight of whatever CHANGED to be ON the scales
could be reduced from one to 400 pounds, accord
ing to the amount of pressure. 1t could be
manipulated without creating the suspicion of
the innocent farmer. ThrouSh bout the present
season the farmers near Cottage Grove have been
mystified at the light weight of their stock when
weighed by the purchaser. but the fraud which
had been practiced upon them was not discover
ed till within day or two past when Deputy
Sheriff Boyd, of this city, detected it while Wit
Messing weighing at Cottage Grove. He did
not catch the operator in the act, but found the
rascally device on the scales. AS no man has
been seen to operate the fraud no arrests have
been made; but the officers ere on the alert to
catch the shar 2ers if opportunity offers
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The prevailing characteristics of human ma
ture-striving to get something for nothing
was never more apparent than in transaction
which took place on our streets last Saturday.
smooth spoken individual came here and
hung around for q couple of days. Then he
took out O license 10 sell soap OH our streets.
He bought quarters worth of soap which he
cut up into small chunks; these he wrapped up
neatlyin paper. 1t was not long before he had
crowd around him, and he took some of his pack
ages of soap and went through the motions of
wrapping them in q ten dollar bill. The bill and
the soap were then supposed TO be wrapped in
another piece of paper, and dropped into box
with the other pieces. Then the suckers we're
given the privilege of taking their choice of the
cakes in the box for the small sum of five dollars
a choice. Before they selected their soap they
were requested to kindly refrain from opening
their packages 60 that the others will not know
whether the money is gone or not" and the
poor dupes kindly complied with the request.
In few moments he had a bite and then an
other, and so on until one of our citizens paid
the sum of thirty dollars for about three cents
worth of soap, and another put down V for a
nice little piece worth about cent. Just then
1t was time 10 take the train, and the sharper
left when the victims opened their packages
and found their soap. 1t looks to US as If some
body was out of "soap," on the deal. The game
did not open until just before train time and
lasted only few minutes Richmond, H.,
Gazette.
Richmond must be well supplied with fools.
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CAN TEN PER CENT BE SAVED
THITS9

During the year 1885, and previously consid-
cradle was said In the Prairie Farmer concern.
ing the amount of small grain seed it is best to
sow per acre. There is a great diversity of Opin-
ion upon the subject, even among our best farm
ers, while there are thousands of others who sow
thickly OF sparingly as they may have been
:" brought up" with little thought one way or
the other. The matter Is one of much import
ance, and may well engage the thoughtful atten-
ton nOt0 while planning what and where to SOW
and plant upon ths farm. Where there is diver.
sity of opinion concerning any farm practice,
there must exist some reason for the difference
suits experienced by trials of the different meth.
DDS, and with different crops, while others have
considered no theory, and have been too negli.
gent to experiment at ALL By reducing the
amount of seed wh5at, oats, barley, fax, Hun.
garian, etc, say even ten per cent, the aggregate
saving will amount to many millions of bushels,
which might be sold, or fe ! to animals increas-
Ing greatly the direct money receipts ofmilliOng
of farmers. Last year the wheat area of the
United States was estimated by the Departmen mt
of Agriculture at Si,l89,Ns acres. suppose the
seed for this vast to have cost per acre,
the saving of ten per cent would amount to more
than S5,000,000. The saving to individual wheat
growers Is trif1ing perhaps; in the aggregate it
would be q very large amount If no grain is
actually raised from this extra ten per cent, it
Is simply that much thrown away. If less Is
grown, or If the general quality of the crop is
inferior, the damage is still mole serious. The
same figuring and reasoning applied to other
grain crors bring us up to the Consideration OF
immense sums possibly thrown away or lost. AT
any rate, whether the farmers of the country are
using too much or too little seed, the matter is
worth thinking and talking about Suppose
further, that by sowing ten per cent less seed,
and doing it with care. SO that the distribution
is more perfect, the result is an increase of one
per cent in yield, what has been made? Take
the case of wheat again: J otal yield in 1885
857, $4,000 bu crease of one per cent ,12l
blu worth, at 80 cts per bu.. S2,s0s $685. of itself
an amount worth looking after. The advocates
Of thin seeding would claim q much greater in
things, we suggest that Prairie Farmer readers
look this matter up In their respective neighbor-
hoods, and report the number of bushels of the
above mentioned grains, and others, if they
chose, generally sown. Also that 1eaders give
any experience they may have In varying theiI
seeding. This is really the important part o.
the investigation. Results are what we want
If the usual amount sown is too small or too
great, let 1t be known. We are af'er another ter
per cent gain, or more, on the farms of the west
-PrdiTie Farmer.
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barrassed by the thought which had Just
occurred TO him.
- was just thinking that perhaps
you mightn't like it, he replied. Per-
haps some one belonging to you might
have been there. ! forgot you were an
Englishman ~
The story was begun in the present
volume of ST. Nicholas and viii run
through Inc year. Mrs. Burnett is at
work on new novel for The Century
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PRESERVING FENCE POSTS.

An English farmer writes: After all that has
been advanced in favor of other compounds, 1t
Is very doubtful for ordinary country work
whether there is anything handler, cheaper or
more effective than common coal tar for caating
fences and other wood it is desired 10 protect
from the effects of the weather. Much, however,
Will depend on the way in which this is used.
To cover moist wood with this substance, wheth
er 1t proceeds from the natural moisture or at
mospheric dampness, is very bad policy. To in
sure anything like success In the matter of dura-
bllity. the wood to be operated upon must be as
dry as possible. This, of course, Il equally true
OF paint, but it is of tar we are now speaking.
When the wood work to be coated IL as dry as
can be, and the tar applied hot, there need be
little fear that 1t will fail in its purpose The
chief difficulty lies in the matter of posts at the
surface of the soil. Many plans have been tried
to overcome the decay which almost invariably
seis in here first. Even here tar is valuable, but
according to experiments which have been made
to test the best method of applying it, it appears
that the most satisfactory results have been OBJ
tanned when the wood is charred. As to the way
in which this charring should be effected, there
seems to be scope for ingenuity. One gentlemen
has tried the plan of first covering the extremi-
ties of the posts, which are set in the soil, and
then burning the tar off again. This, it is alleg
ed, makes surface which viii resist decay. If
this is SO, the operation is simple and is worth
trying. The charring should be carried to some
distance above the ground level, and after the
fence is erected the whole of it above ground
can DE coated to make the appearance uniform.
The plan of first heating the ends of the posts
and then dipping them in boiling tar is said to
answer we'll.
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II DON'T FEEL LIKE WORK

1t makes no difference what business
you are engaged in; whether you are a
preacher, q merchant, a mechanic, a
lawyer or common laborer, you can't
do your work we'll while you are half
sick. Thousands try to, but all in vain.
How much better to keep your organs
in good order by taking Parker's Tonic
when you feel q little out of sorts. 2
1t would bemoney in your pocket. One
hour Of good, rejoicing health is worth
half a dozen hours full Of languor and
pain
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ADVERTISED MAIL MATTER.

The following is the list of letters re-
manning uncalled for at the Kenosha
Post office, Kenosha Co., Wis, for the
week ending Macrh A, 1886, and which
will be sent to the Dead Letter Office at
the expiration of thirty days unless call
ed for /:
Bonn, Mrs III. S. HARDWOOD, Mrs. A.
Gill, Mrs. a. Mari Monahan, Mrs. T.
Hughes, Miss Mary Madden, Miss T.
Hotchkiss, Geo. T. Moor, P.
guile, ]. w.
To obtain any of the above mail mat
ter the applicant must give the date of
this list. CHARLES FRANTZ. PM.
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D[GEsTIBILITY OF CHEESE.

Ofthe eightesn varieties experimental with,
Cheddar was digested in the shortest time -four
hours, while unripe skim Swiss cheese required
ten hours for solution. There is no difference
in the digestibiity of all sorts of hard cheese or
all soft cheese, but all fat cheeses are dissolved
the most rapidly, because being open by reason
of the fat, they are more readily attacked by the
solvent. There is no connection between the
digestibility and the percentage of water present
in the cheese but there is some connection with
the percentage of fat and the degree of ripeness
From examination of the quantity of nitrogen
of its great digestibility. cheese is the most
nourishing of ell foods, meat and eggs excepted.
Jour. Chemical Society.
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CLOSING OUT SALE.

As am retiring from business, l will,
for the next ten days, sell the balance Of
my stock below cost. The stock consists
Of Crockery, Glassware, Baby Carriages,
Express Wagons, Confectionery. Toys,
Bird Cages, Tobaccos, Pipes. Silk and
Cotton Thread, Pocket Knives. Musical
instruments, Dominoes. Lamps, Spec
tacles, Vases, Walking Canes, Base Balls,
Dolls, Tinware, and thousand articles
too numerous to mention. Call and get
prices before buying elsewhere.
JAMES MATTHEWS.
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HOW TO BUY GROCERIES.

This week contains the initial adver-
tisament of DEvLIN & EAGLE, Whole
sale Grocers, %, "a and 26 E. Randolph
street, Chicago, Ill. They quote prices
on standard groceries that must attract
attention. We have taken the precau-
ton to inquire and assure our readers
of the integrity and responsibility Of the
house. They are doing trade that ex-
tends all over the West.
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NOTICE.

Those indebted to us for two years
subscription and over will greatly oblige
us by either bringing or sending in the
amount. AS we have large list of SUBJ
scribers, and the aggregate amount on
our books is very large, and too heavy
o load for us to carry, we must hereafter
insist on settlement at least every two
wears
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-03-05
KENosHA COUNTY CoURT-IN PROBATE
NOTICE. TO CREDITORS

In the mattsr of the last will and testament of
Matthew Scott, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the claims and de-
mands OF al persons against Matthew ecott,
deceased late of the town of Pleasant PTsirie, in
said county of Kenosha. will be received. sxamin
ed and adjusted by the County Court OF KenOsha
county at the regular terms Of said Court 70 be
holden OF the County Court roorJ. in the city OF
Kenosha. in and for said county, on the first
Tuesday of April, A. D. 1885, and on the first
Tuesday of June, A. D. 1856, at 10 O'Clock A. NJ.
of those days; also that ak m onths from and
after the third day of March A. D. 1886, ig the
time allowed and limited for creditors Of said
Matthew Scott deceased, to present their
claims for examination and allowance.
Dated at Kenoshs, the third day of March, A. D.
1886.
By the Court
ANTHONY VAN WICK,
County Judge.
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When Baby was sick, we gave her Csstoria.
Whom che was Child, she cried for Castoria,
When she became Miss. she chung to Castoria,
Ehsn shs had Children. she gave them CastoriA

Jacob Schlitz will sell at auction on
the farm of Adam Schlitz, in the town
of Paris, one mile and quarter south
Of the Catholic church, on Tuesday,
March 8, commencing at 10 o'clock A.
M. sharp, his farm stock, farming nipple
ments and farm produce Mr.. Schlitz
Is gonig to Devils Lake, Dakota. E. R
Wilson, auctioneer,
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500

Acres of choice farming land, entire in one body or
In parcels of from forty to one hundred and sixty
acres, fine arabic aud meadow and-the centre of the
tract lying eqnidistant two and Onehaf miles to the
station of the c. & n. w. Il. r. the c. Mil. & St.
Paul Il. Il. are now offered for sale-the owner from
increasing years, not feeling longer able TO handle
il.
This valuable property reaches within one mile of
the City of KenOsha, Wisconsin. aud produces be
sides the grains cultivated in the region immense
crops of hay from natural meadows in addition hav.
ing upon it several flowing springs of the purest
water.
There is dwelling house, several barns, granaries
and sheds, and wood ordinarily sufficient for farm
purposes, and depots of coal fuel lumber, &c. easily
reached from the Kenosha harbor. The well known
''Deming' or Waldo" farm of one hundred and
sixty acres is part of the property.
This is fine opportunity for Stock for Dairy
man TO secure a base of operations, as the advan-
tages are rarely equalled aud canAot be surpassed
Markets in every direction. Four or five populous
cities in close proximity, and everything desirable 10
sustain farming enterprise.
1t is so situated that it can be subdiyided into
smaller farms-and is offered in parcels at cores
ponding prices, and will he sold to suit
On sale part of the purchase money can be secured
by mortgage on the land purchased, at low rate of
interest. Apply to sly. BRANDE.
Dealer in Real Estate. Kenosha, Wis.,
Or HARVEY DURKEE, the owner
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HOW TO USE CATARRH
CREAM BALM "; 49,

Place Il particle OF
the Balm into each
n0stril and draw
S strong bre at h S
through the nose. IT
will be absorbed and
begin its work of
cleansing and heal
ing tile diseased
membrane. 1t al
lays Inflammation,
prevents fresh colds.
NOT A LIQUID OR
SNUFF.
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a CARD 0F THANKS.

Mr.. Frank Lane and family desire to
extend their many thanks to the choir.
bearers and all who so kindly assisted
in their late bereavement.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-03-05

There are only four students this year
in the school ofagriculture and horticul-
ture connected with Harvard College.
The instructors are so numerous that
there is one for every pupil, and few
left over even then.
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STATE OF wIsCONsIN-COUNrY COURT
FOR KENOSHA COUNTY--IN PROBATE.

Notice is hereby given that at a regular
term Of the County Court, to be held in and for
said county, at the County Court room in the
city of KenOsha, i'm said county, on the first
Tuesday, being the sixth day of April, A. ID.
1896. at 10 o'clock A. NJ. the following matters
will be heard and considered
The application of i. A. Ravens, to admit
to probate the last will and testament of Daniel
Havens, late of the town of Salem, in said
county, deceased,
The application of Lewis Knapp, for exam
in alton and allowance of his final account as
administrator of the estate IF Susan Knapp
late of the city of Kenosha, in said county, de-
ceased, and for assignment and distribution of
said estate
Dated Kenosha March 2, 1886.
By the Court,
ANTHONY VAN WICK,
County Judge.
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On motion of Aid. O'Brien, the Poor master
was instructed to seLd Rose Egan to the poor
house..
salari s allowed: Police and clerk, one onth
each city physician, one quarter; ianitor, four
weeks matron, two weeks.
Aid. Myers offered his resignation, to take eff
feet on the dissolution of the pr. sent council.
Action on same deferred
Counei adjourned.
f. w. MATHEWS,
City Clerk.
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CHICAGO 4 NORTHWESTERN RAILWAY.

CHICAGO NOHTHW EsTEhN hAIL"A NJ
zine Of departure of passenger trains from Keno
aha. Wis in effect June IA, 1884. 80
A M.835A. M. 1903 P. NJ, 2.0T P. NJ, BIG T. III.
Sunday 2.1O ?, NJ. o
81 649 P. ~, 1915 P. NJ.
sunday, 1924 AN.
THOMAS GIBBON, Agent.
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MAILS OPEN

o1szA M. from the North md South; 1915 p NJ.
ir5SnIsthe West; 200 P. NJ, from the South: 2:3O
p. NE. from Milgaukee; 545 P. D.. from the North;
7:l5 from the South.
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c. NJ. A ST. PAUL RAILWAY.

C.M. 4 ST. PAUL RAILWAY.
Tins of trains on G. M. & st. P. BY. at Ranney,
formerly Kenosha Crossing:
Cuing North-I2:14 A. M, 9H A. NJ. l.25 T. NJ,
a So n M. 650P!M -
Sunday North--l.25 P. NJ.
Going Going south-5.O2 A. NJ. s.S5 A. M, IL noon,
2.Ol p. NJ, 500 P. M.
''"'''' - TIL. CARPENTER. Agent.
Trains leave Somers as follows;
Going North-lO A. NJ. and 7.0l ?. n.
Going South--8.A A. NJ. and 8 P. NJ.
Trains leave Truesdell as folowF:
Going North--9. so A. NJ. and 6.s2 P. NJ.
Going South-S SO A. NJ cad sol p. M.
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMON
C0TINcTT,

March l, 1856.
Meeting called to order by President Grant.
Present: Aid. Cantyeil, O'Brien, Myers.
Wallis, FRANKIE and Mygatt.
Minutes of last meeting read and approved.
Mayor simmons presiding.
petition was presented from Peter Rhode
asking the privilege to erect irsme structure
On block q. for a hotel barn.
On motion of Aid. o Brien. prayer granted.
"A petition from John johnson, asking assist
ance In consideration of dam ages sustained, was
given to the Mayor, with power.
The committees reported the following bills
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NAILS CLOS

q ~. MAILS CLOSE.
S.15A. M. south $50 A. NJ, Milwaukee; 100 p
NJ North and South; 2:5e p. NJ, West 500 Z.
ST. South G:30 p. NJ. North and South.
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BUSINESS CARDS.

DR.. w. NJ. E'arrs
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Kenosha, Wis.
once at Hurd & Nauth's, Union DRUG Store
Main atreet
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Ordinance defining the terminatioIs of Ger
tain streets, presented Al last meeting, put upo1
Its passage and adopted.
Treasurer presented coupons and report, which
were referre to the finance committee.
Ia fo1
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HOME TREATMENT.
ANY reader of this paper who may be suffering
from Nervous Debility, Organic Weakness.
blood diseases and Chronic Ailments can
velope to e'''
DIR. WILLIAMS.
n dSS WIS. 81, MINIATURES. WIS,
OOtaih, iree of charge, Ga page book deScrib-
ments, and thus avoid quackery.
Savannah morning news., 1886-01-24
IN THE RAILWAY WORLD.
Dashes Along the Track and Gross
ties.

ties.
The Georgia railroad is said to be about
to have new tributary. Capt. Harry
Hill is announced as the spirit Of the new
enterprise, which viii connect Union
Point and White Plains. But little has
been said of the new road. Capt. Hill, it
is said, has been steadily working in its
interest, and through his exertions it is
probable that arrangements will soon be
made for its construction. The citizens
of White Plains are very much Interested
in the matter and have raised a handsome
sum to secure the road
In an interview ia Atlanta on Friday
Capt. Hill said:
Il regret that any publicity has been
given the undertaking-no that we in
tend to conceal anything that might in
terest the public. but had entertained an
ambition to almost effect the work before
notifying the papers, but as mention has
been maze shall state briefly the outlines
OfOur Intentions. Messrs. John Hart, OF
Union Point, and w. 3. Lowe, Of Atlanta.
have undertaken the enterprise. The
road will be f4l& milesin length, - miles
of which viii traverse the Georgia rail-
road tracks. We will run from White
Plains, Ga, intersectiDg the Georgia rail-
road 15miles west OF Union Point. We
shall operate convict labor. The line will
be independent but being a valuable trib-
utary to the Georgia Railroad company
the natural presumption is that Mai.
Green will do what ne. can to help it. I'm
less something unforeseen occurs, this lit
tie railroad will be completed by June /,
1886"
A preliminary and informal meeting of
the bondhOlders of the East Tennessee,
Virginia and Georgia railroad was held in
New York on Tuesday, at which Roaert
Fleming, of Dundee, Scotland, and Nelson
Robinson were present. The meeting
was called to consider the fnan-
cial reorganization of the road.
but after interchange OF views, the
meeting adjourned without result.
Another meeting will be held shortly. at
which a committee will be appointed 10
shape a financial policy of the bondhod-