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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-05-15
Proud and Foolish.

The wife Of Gen. Henry Knox was a
brilliant woman in society, much adj
mired and deferred to by Gen. and
Mrs. Washington. but person OF a
very naughty and worldly temper, says
the I0uth'S COnepG71i0n. When her
husband resigned his office as secretary
of war under Washington he removed
| to Thomaston, Me-. where he had &C
CURED an extensive property, and where
he now proceeded to build a mansion
at cost of $4,000
The general himself was of a social
disposition and not above mingling
with the poorest of his worthy neigh
bors; but his wife made no visits and
exchanged no civilities. AS the his
torian says, she used to ride out in her
coach, the only one in the neighbor-
hood, but always returned home with
out alighting like Noah's dove"
Gen. Knox habitually went to
church, and one day invited the
preacher-an exchange" - home to
dine with him. AS they entered the
dining-room they found Mrs Knox
seated at the table.
Rise, my DEAR" said Gen. Knox,
''and the parson will ask blessing"
She took no notice, but remained
seated.
He repeated his request in a more
emphatic manner. Still she did not
move. Then, with something of that
stentorian voice which at the battle of
| Trenton had risen about the tempest,
| he said once more:
Rise, my dear! the parson is going
to ask blessingn'
But this time too, the lady sat I'M
moved in all her stateliness, and the
blessing was asked and dinner pro-
ceeded with, as if nothing had hap
pened.
The ill-assorted couple had one son,
whom the mother petted and spoiled.
At one time she was visiting at house
| in Massachusetts, and the little boy
amused himself by disarranging every
thing in the room, especially the books.
His mother, in answer to a look Of re-
monstrance from the mistress of the
house, simply remarked:
"Oh, Henry mustn't be restrained;
we never think of crossing him in any
| thing"
But | can not have my books
spoiled" said the lady, las my husband
| is not book-binder.
I This reference to the early occupation
of Gen. Knox was SO distasteful to Mrs.
Knox that she took an immediate and
unceremonious leave.
1t is little to be wondered at that this
boy became a worthless character, Il
grief and disgrace to his parents.
Shortly before he died he came under
the influence of religion, and was so
ashamed of his misdeeds that he begged
not to be buried in the family in
closure, among those whom he had dis
graced but in some out-of-the-Way
corner with no stone to mark the spot.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-05-15
Woodwork.

Mr.. Middlecamp is around making
his visits and keeping the schools in
running order
Mr.. Hobler, from Chicago, was on
our streets Saturday looking after the
interests of the Appleton Manufac-
turing Co.
The Hedge men are very busy at
present. Time will tell whether it is
4 success or not.
Mr.. A, J. Benedict seems to have
a mania for dogs. Keep on, A. ]. B.
it is good business for you.
Miss Belle Blackman's friends
gave her a surprise party Saturday,
The rain prevented some from at
tending, but those who were there
had a grand time.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Gulick spent Sat-
urday and Sunday in Racine.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-05-15
Woodwork.

On Sunday there was pretty fair
audience at the Plank Road church,
and the pastor gave us the best ser
mon we have had; that is from my
standpoint. Text: "He that know
eth to do good ard doeth it not, to
him it is sim He pointed out
things that we do know, but do not
do, and some that we ought to
know, if we do not, for willful ig-
norance is a sin, and gave US some
good advice on the subject. Sabbath
school, a good attendance, and the
superintendent is winning golden
opinions from all that attend Train
up a child in the way he should 60.
Frank Roberts made trip to Chi
cago last week.
Mr.. Charles Parks spent Sunday at
Woodwork, but left with bag and
baggage on Monday.
Mr.. L. Castle is coming out all
right and is around as usual
The committee appointed by the
board of supervisors of Bristol have
awarded fifty dollars damages to S.
Kingman for the ditch cut through
his pasture.
Henry and Rachel Tourtelotte
were over to see father and mother
and seemed to be doing we'll or
Sunday when | called.
The town of Bristol is going tc
mend its ways. A carload of sewer
pipe has come to Woodwork for the
town. The pipe will be used il
making drains across the roads
This is an improvement that ha'
been need ed long time.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-05-15
Pleasant Prairie.

Mr.. S. J. Hill and wife visited rel
atives in Pleasant Prairie last
Thursday.
The old parsonage has again been
sold. We have not heard the name
of the purchaser, but have been in.
formed he takes possession soon.
Mr.. Ferry, of Waukegan, was seen
on our streets recently.
Mrs. Aft. Reynolds visited at Mr.
John Reynolds last week.
DR.. T. B. Lyon has taken trip tc
Chicago.
Miss Eva Gilbert visited friends in
Bristol last Wednesday.
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ground. Sloughs are full and the
river over its banks.

ground. Sloughs are full and the
river over its banks.
The parties who agreed to raise
hedges for the farmers who contract
ed with them are at work setting out
the plants some three to four inches
in height. The remark is heard that
they will have to hurry up to make a
fence to turn stock in four years.
The Methodist Quarterly meeting
is to be held at Sylvania next Sunday
in the forenoon, Rev. Decker. of
Ives Grove, officiating Quarterly
conference on Saturday evening at
Somers. No services at Somers
Sunday
Mr.. Chas. Mitchell and family ar
rived at the Station last week, where
they intend to reside in the future.
Mr.. John G.. Mitchell and family
have moved into their barn to live
until their house is ready for occupa-
ton.
The heavy rains flooded the black
smiths lot or most of it. The thing
does not carry off the water fast
enough to keep the surface free
when the water comes suddenly and
in such a quantity. After few days
the water recedes below the surface.
A. joint school entertainment will
be given by the pupils Of Districts
Nos I, S and 7 on Friday evening,
May goth, at the M. E. church. A
good program is being prepared, in
part appropriate to Decoration day.
Let all celebrate the day by attend
ing.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-05-15
Bristol.

Quarterly meeting services will be
held at Bristol, Wis, next Sunday as
follows: Love Feast 9:3o a. m.
Preaching 1890 a. M, followed by
sacrament of the Lords Supper
There will also be Communion ser
vice in Hosmer church in the after
noon.
Do not forget the Strawberry fes-
tival and Apron Sale in the chcrch at
Bristol Wednesday evening, May Fl.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-05-15
COUNTY NEWS.
Trevor.

Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. Kennedy are
the happy parents of pair of
healthy twins that came. to their
house Sunday, April 9th. The boy
weighed u lbs, and the girl 7 lbs,
and they and the mother are doing
nicely. Bert says they are both
good Republicans and he certainly is
to be complimented on that fact, as
there is need Of more of that kind in
Kenosha County.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-05-15
S0mers.

Cold weather continues up to the
present writing with change from
dry to wet. On Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday of last week we had
snow squalls and freezing weather,
frosts also as late as Sunday last
Owing to late vegetation no damage
is reported. Pastures are green, but
nearly bare and stock requires feed
ing, and will for while yet A few
days warm weather would make
quite a change in this respect.
So much thunder is unusual with
cold weather prevailing.
The early seeded grain is up and
later is making show of green.
Corn planting is delayed, also the
preparation of the ground
From Friday to Monday last be-
tween three and four inches of rain
fell, thoroughly saturating the
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-08-14
Modern Literary Chances,

The aspirant for literary honors with
pecuniary remuneration should remem-
Der that the most famous names in the
literary guild earned their money for the
most part in other than literary ways.
Bryant was an editor and publisher.
Longfellow and Holmes and Lowell were
Harvard professors. Emerson and Bay
ard Taylor We're lecturers, and Taylor
was also Tribune editor. Curtis and
Stoddard depend upon editorial salaries;
Stedman is a broker, and Halleck was
John Jacob Astors private secretary.
And one might go further with this list.
Whittier began as an editor, and only in
middle life attempted to lean on litera-
ture alone for support which his early
savings and simple habits made possible.
It was always Longfellow's advice to
young men who wished to be literary to
have first, and mainly. vocation indie
pendent of the finer muse. II young
writer thinks he possesses genius hemay
of course experiment with it, but it will
serve his purse and peace Of mind better
to secure some source of labor and in
come that is more philistine and worldly
and ride his Pegasus only at inspired in
tervals. For it is fact, in spite of the
occasional big figures that are given as
the result of literary work, pure and
simple, that the men who prosper or
have prospered by that alone are only,
at any one time, few dozen in number
among our sixty-five millions OF people.
Ladies' Home Journal.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-08-14
Don't Wear a Soft Hat.

Iwrite against the evil of wearing soft
hats. have made this u careful study
and have found that the soft hat will
eventually produce badness. The band
of the soft hat being so soft and flexible
that it very readily falls into every line
and curve of the head, it thus excludes
every particle of air, thereby producing
an intense heat and rotting the roots of
the hair. IG2l that the healthiest hat
for q man to Wear is the silk hat, both
summer and winter, not only on account
of tie stiffness OF the band, which pre-
vents it fro.l falling SO close into mans
head, but because the space which is in
side of it allows free circulation Of air.
In England, for instance, there are not
nearly so many bald headed people as
there are in this country, even in pro-
portion to the population, but there are
a great many more silk hats worn there.
The young men begin to wear them
there at the age of IS years.
To show you the difference in the pro-
duction of silk hats here and III England
find from the statistics that England,
with population of about 3O,o00,000 in
habitants, has employed il the manu-
facture of silk hats about 1900 men,
while the United States, with 4 popula-
ton of more than G0,000,0O0, has only
about $50. Can you wonder that there
are SO many bald headed men here?-
Cor. New Yorl; Herald.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-08-14

Allowing His Face to BE Slapped Because
n Revolver Was Pointed at Him.

Allowing His Face to BE Slapped Because
Revolver Was Pointed at Him.
"There are times,"S Said Col. Metcalf
the other day, when men will stand
any treatment, however outrageous. A
man who has seen what it means to
stand up before revolver acquires q
great respect for that weapon when it is
in another mans hands and he has the
drop on you. There was nothing in
the old days in the seventies which de-
manded reparation so quickly and so
definitely as an insult. For a man to
accept an insult without demanding or
taking redress was to bring upon him
SEP the scorn of the entire community.
And yet l accepted the worst kind of an
insult once and even to this day blush
when think of the circumstances.
81 was III Hugo at the time and was
playing billiards when a man came in
and began to make disturbance. He
was well known desperate and no one
was anxious to get into trouble with
him. He became SO obnoxious without
being checked that finally he picked up
one of the billiard balls and sent it fly
ing through a window. He was Just
reaching for another when reversed my
cue and placing the butt end OF it in the
pit of his stomach, pushed him back
against the wall. The next moment
was looking down the barrel of a Colts
revolver. The sensation in such a case
is simply overpowering. was perfectly
1pla Con. T hC1
and if had been wearing one he could
have killed me before my hand could
reach it. | thought he was going to
shoot me then and there, but he chose
not to do this from some whim.
"'I'm going to slap your face, Met
calf, he said, so that you can tell people
about it. Turn your cheek around here
II looked way down the barrel of that
six shooter so far that it seemed to me
that could see a bullet in it's chamber.
set my teeth against the insult. knew
that / was deadly pale.
"'Turn it, he said. 'One, two'-and
turned my cheek. did not feel the
blow, but the fame which scorched it
afterward was like a furnace fire.
"'Now,' he said with laugh, give
me the other one. Again he counted
'one, two'-and presented my other
cheek for a second slap.
eff ever wanted to kill man it was
that fellow, but had no show at all.
remember the sickening feeling which
ran over me at the thought that he
might insist upon breaking my nose.
Revolver or no revolver do not believe
l could have stood that. But took the
insults, not from him, but from six
shooter. A man can't argue against a
revolver. But for months and months |
longed to meet that man on even terms,
| never saw him again. New York
Tribune
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-08-14

suppose the big and ambitious men of
the time sat out in splint chairs in the
shade. Here sat, one recent evening, a
Group composed of Ben Butterworth and
Gen. Hatch, of Missouri, and a number
of others. Oddly enough, this topic of
the tediousness of congressional service
was up.
"Oh! exclaimed Ben Butterworth in
his eager way, eff some good angel had
only stood at the parting of the ways for
me years ago, and with warning finger
lifted had exclaimed, This is the way to
congress; take the other road and be
saved should now be one of the hap
piest of men,"
"What l cannot make out" said Gen.
Hatch, sis why 1 should remain in con-
gress, live in Washington hotel and
swelter in Washington heat. In my
town of Hannibal, Mo-, little ways
from ST. Louis, on the banks of the Mis-
sissippi, l have a lovely old home. There
is large lawn set with shade trees, a
carriage drive of gravel, a hammock I'M
der the trees, broad and airy veranda,
flowers to delight the eye and spring
of pure cold water. For breakfast in
the morning have eggs that were laid
the day before, and there is placed on
my table every morning butter that was
churned at daylight. For dinner we
have big, fat young chickens, with vege-
tables raised right on the ground. None
of your little, scrawny chickens, but
broad, liberal fellows, one of which will
make meal for three or four hungry
men. And then we have"-
''Stop right there, Hatch!' cried out a
number of voices at once. "lf you tell
us any more of the delights of your
place we will be forced to believe one of
two things-either you are telling what
isn't so about your home or you are
big fool for not leaving congress and
staying there
Right across the street from Wizards
tavern is Newspaper row. These hot
evenings the correspondents, who work
hard in all sorts of weather, do not veal
much clothing. They sit about their
desks sweltering in great variety OF
neglige costumes, writing or debating
dispatches, ard too much exhausted
even to swear at the tardy me- jenger OF
the office boy who persists in going ovel
to Wizards to catch stories dripping
from the lips of lille statesmen. In the
matter of neglige costumes, by the way
it was Newspaper row that set the ex
ample this summer to members of con
gress. Not till white flannel suits ant
sashes and b,a-e.a we-a s,ea il the pres.
galleries did Representatives aad sena
tors dare indulge in such Injuries, but
when they saw the fashion thus properl.
set they were not slow to follow.
WAITER WELLMAN.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-08-14

At the battle of Bull Run Governor
Alger met Il breathless soldier fleeing
with the res Of tie army toward Wash
ington. The soldier had wound on
his face. That's bad wound. my
man." said tie governor us the soldier
halted: where did you set it," Got
it at the Bull Run fight yesterday.
But low could you get hit in the face
at Bull Rum" We'll, sir" said the
man half apologetically, Il got careless
and looked backr'-San Francisco Argo-
naut.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-08-14
WASHINGTON LETTER.
INTERESTING GOSSIP ABOUT IRON
WILLED SPEAKER REED.

He HAS Lately Tried His Hand at Lawn
Tennis--Representat Hit and His
Three FrIends-wiIIard's Tavern-Con-
gressmen and Correspondents.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-08-14

mis-. ttouvIT L.. L1tU. ''-A-4d why,
pray?' well, first, because she is a
beautiful woman; second, because she
has wit, tact, heart, experience. She
speaks number of languages. She
knows human nature like q book and a
great many other things, without pre-
tending to know much. There is no
woman in Washington society who has
had more attentions paid her by distin-
guished men than Mrs. Hit, and yet
her head has not been turned in the least
She is the same simple, unaffected wom-
an she was twelve or fifteen years ago
when she left her fathers home in La
fayette, Ind, to marry Mr.. Hit and go
to France"
Mr.. Hit is not a commonplace man.
Even his friendships are extraordinary.
His three most intimate friends are
Secretary Blaine, Speaker Reed and
Henry Cabot Lodge. In the house of
representatives Hit and Lodge are like
the two Dromios. They are more often
seen together than any other pair in
congress. They always lunch together
in the basement restaurant. Probably
Mr.. Hit is nearer to Mr.. Blaine than
any other man in Washington. Next to
him is Mr.. Lodge. Speaker Reeds
nearest friend Il Mr.. Lodge and next to
him is Mr.. Hit, but between Secretary
Blaine and Speaker Reed, as all the
world knows, there is no friendship at all.
Some people have wondered why a
man like Mr. Hit should stay in con-
gress and be q neighborhood errand boy.
Hit likes his ease and his freedom as
well as any man. He has stable full
of horses, a lovely home, a library rich
in all the good things found between
covers, wealth, taste for letters and
travel, and yet he gives up his time and
his energy to the small drudgery of con-
gress. know why he does it, and it is
because it gives him an opportunity to
be of service to his friend Blaine, to
whom he is devoted. But this sort of
service is not rendered without sacrifice.
Fourth of July morning was in Mr..
Hits library. "See this pile of letters?"
said he, pointing to stack at least three
feet thick, tightly wrapped in Irvine.
"This is the task l have given myself for
the glorious Fourth. | must answer
these letters before dark, for already |
am three days behind with my mail. "
"Does that represent the accumulation
of three days?" asked. eyes. And
could never keep anywhere near my cor
respondents if it were not for the assist
ance of graphophone and two secreta-
RES"
Down by Wizards hotel one may Of
ten see characteristic summer evening
scene in Washington. For more than
half century this old tavern has been a
sort of political headquarters, and in the
days of Webster, Clay and Calhoun !
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-08-14
Hay press, viz.

And which property has remained
unclaimed at said freight depot for the
space Of more than three months since
it's arrival and on which the consignee,
L. S. Rogers, has failed and refused for
the period aforesaid, and still fails
and refuses to pay the proper charges
for transportation existing against
said property, in the aggregate to the
sum of $13, although duly notified of
its receipt and the amount due there
on said hay press consisting of de-
scriptive parts aforesaid, being mum
bered as aforesaid and marked as fol-
lows: L. S. Rogers, Austin, Tex,
with shipping marks; The F. C. Aus
tin Mig. Co., Chicago, Ill.
The proceeds of said sale to be an
piled as the law requires.
]. c. PRAY, Agent.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-08-14

WASHINGTON, July 31.-Speaker Reed
is the last man in the world l ever ex-
pected to see playing lawn tennis, yet
one warm day last week, while passing
the handsome residence of Hon. r. r.
Hit, in the center of the fashionable
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-08-14

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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-08-14
Notice.
To whom it May Concern

To whom it May Concern:
This is to give notice that on
September 10, 1890, between the hours
OF 10 a. m. and 4p. m, the Interna-
tIonal and Great Northern Railroad
company, in conformity with the re-
quirements of law in such cases made
and provided, will sell at public auc-
ton to the highest bidder for cash,
at the international freight depot
in the city of Austin, Travis
county, Texas, the follow
ing described personal proper
ty to freight conveyed by the
International and Great Northern
Railroad company, as common car
rier to said city Of Austin, where
said property was received at the
freight depot of said railroad company
in said city on the 10th day of Sep
TENDER, 1889:
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-08-14

not to be wondered at. Mr.. Hit is
widely known as one of the most fasci-
mating conversationalists in congress,
while Mrs. Hit is woman of remark
able personal and intellectual charms.
A few days ago asked the wife of
cabinet minister who was the most
charming woman in Washington. With
out q moments hesitation she replied,