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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-11-27

picking about among the vines to see that
no ground is being neglected Some
times disputes arise over the rights OF
particular swath and fight ensues,
when al business suddenly comes to
standStill until the War-cloud passes
away. Pretty girls are also the fire.
quent causes Of cranberry fracas, the
cases being numerous where two "bloods"
insist upon protecting the same maiden
from the Poygan or the Black Wolf
country, who enjoys the reputation OF
being the best dancer on the marsh and
at the same time is we'll able to take
care of herself. A rough-and-tumb bic
fight is diversion, and the people like
it. But the picking goes on just the
same. Portable tramways are laid, and
the boxes, as fast as filled, are run on
small cars to the warehouse, where they
are piled up in long tiers to dry, cure,
and ripen thoroughly. When the berry
reaches the market it is generally red,
but when it is picked it is nearly white,
with faint rosy tint just beginning to
show.
AS each picker hands over his box of
berries he receives ticket which he can
"cash in" for the current price, usually
from to shillings. They earn from
81. SO to So a day.
The present method of handling the
crowd is much better than it used TO be
when every one kept his pickings in bags
until measuring-up time at night. Then
the whole crowd would assemble about
the boss on the marsh and wait their
turn The soft spongy ground under
the pressure of the crowd, increased by
the weight of the bags of berries, would
sink and leave everybody up to their
shoe-tops in water. Now the haryesters
rarely get wet. The large number of
marshes prevents the masSing of so many
/ people as formerly. If a man secures
500 or 1000 piclzers he considers it a
great crowd, while ten~years ago it was
not unusual to see 2, 500 or 5000 at one
time
It is beautiful sight. Stretching
away for miles lie the cranberry fields,
perhaps at some past age the basin of
placid lake, now covered with verdure,
rejecting rich colors in the sunshine and
teeming with life. From the camp,
nearly mile away, you catch the shouts
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-11-27

rarely seen, but when they come into
camp they hunt the festive berry fast
and furious daytime and beat the tom
tom at night. They are great gamblers,
and it is not unusual to see "buck" get
away with all the tickets at the close Of
the harvest.
The mistaken idea may not be so
prevalent as it was five years ago, but it
is we'll enough to repeat that cranberries
do not grow on bushes, like blueberries,
nor do they lie supinely on vine that
trails itself along with runners. 1t is
the fruit of growth that reminds one of
tough-iointed grass or grass stems whose
appendage consists of small elliptical
leaves. You may tear vine into frag-
ments. scatter the pieces to the four
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-11-27

of exuberant ones, and occasionally the
glitter of a pan as it is whfrled high in
the air after trip to the box. But
what sets one to thinking most is the
bobbing heads with the white linen COW
eringS. These are the Polish or German
women, working hard to pay the debt on
the church, to add few more acres to
the small but well-cultivated farm, to
clothe and educate the children, Or to
augment the "roll" already hid away in
an old stocking or trunk. Many of these
foreign-born pickerS are well-to-do, and
having no faith in banks, hoard their
money in hiding places at their homes.
They are a good class of citizens to cul-
tivate the waste places, and they have
taken up a great deal of land in this
part of the State.
AS the day draws to q close, the tired
ones drop out and the older ones prepare
to go back to the shanties. The days
work is talked over, supper is eaten, the
crowd begins to scatter, and the evening
fun begins. Various kinds of hawkers
appear. The kodak man sells his views
and the @sutler" disposes of his goods
Liquors, wheels of fortune, and other
harmful attractions are forbidden, but
music fills the vacancy, and at the first
rasping notes of the violin the boys and
girls are ready for the dance. 1t is a
free-for-all, in rude pavilion, at cents
dance. This dancing will compare
with anything North or South in it's local
character. The old folks look on for
awhile and then go to bed, while the
youngsters keep the ball rolling until
nearly midnight. Such joking, swing
ing, flirting, love-making, and merry
making were never experienced under
tallow and kerosene, unless at the old
cuttings and corn-huskings of early
days. A few days later the crowd breaks
up, to know each other no more until
another harvest.
AS the Thanksgiving diners lift a
dainty morsel of jelly that is destined to
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-11-27

marshes. They are drawn by teams
hitched to lumber wagons, and generally
carry baggage and provisions enough to
last them through. On the high land
bordering the marshes are erected rows
of one and two story shantfes. and into
these the pickers are slowed. Some
times tents are necessary to shelter this
overflow. In few days everybody
knows his neighbour and labor COM
mune is established. Fun and hard work
are equally mixed. 1t is a welcome
change TO these people who, for few
days, get out of the humdrum rut of
their existence, see new faces, crack
jokes, dance and sing, and add small
sum Of money to their scanty savings for
the winter.
1t is an interesting sight to see the
pickers go to work in the morning
Everybody is dressed for the job. On
the heads of the women are broad
brimmed straw hats tied down over the
ears, sunbonnets, shakers, or the clean
white linen clothes, after the style of the
German market women. An old jacket,
a calico skirt, and heavy pair of shoes
and stockings complete the costume. The
men wear anything that @won't hurt, !"
put ALL by previous experience, know
case of wet sinking marsh or sudden
shower. Every one carries a large
shallow milk pan, and each picker is
provided with Slated rectangular box
holding exactly a bushel. Arriving at
the ground to be picked the hands are
ranged in row. under the direction of
boss to every forty pickers. The boxes
are thrown on the ground, the pickers
get on their hands and knees and COM
mence to fill the shallow pans. It is in
this work, as with all other kinds, some
grow wonderfully skillful, and with
deft fingers running through the
vines, like comb, fill their pans
quickly, while others are clumsy and
slow. AS they are paid by the box, the
earnings vary accordingly. AS the line
of pickers advance across "forty" it
grows irregular, and keeps the bosses
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-11-27

sun, I'd done sailed ther log front NV
mer house an I was er standin' in Their
road er watchin' Nv Their cattle lick hit.
Up rid Dave Carter, lookin' powerful
solemn and kinder white bout his
gills. ST, Dave, sumpin' eli hurtin'
Nv yep S'se, Yes; git yer boss an go
long with me- s. I, 'Whar yer goin' p
He says, s'se, Yer know at Sam Peters
was up afo' Their cou't terday fur er
KILN Nv Nat Westley?' Yes, says I,
4 does. Whut Nv hit?' S'se, 'On'y
this Nv hit, at dang jury foun' i'm
guilty an sent him ter Their pen. His
wife want thar, an I'm boun'
fur her now. I done got ter tell
her bout hit, an want yer ter hep
me- So / tuck mer boss an rid on
with I'm. Bimeby we coined ter Their
house whar Miss Peters was er stop
PIN. We lit, hitched an went in.
Thar was Miss Peters er settin' in Ell
cheer. She riz when she seed us.
Says Dave, s's'e, an is vice shuck like
onter er dry co'nstalk in Ell win, s's'e:
Miss Peters, / halter tell yer some
bad news S'she: 'Whut is hit 2
S's'e: Sam was sent ter ther pen fur
six year, an Dave mighty nigh broke
down an like ter NV cried hisse'f. She
sot thar bout er mint an then she
kinder screeched an bust out er cryin'.
We was er feelin' awful bad ourse'fs
iist thin. All at onst she hollered ::
oh, lawdy, Sans got to go ter ther
pen fur six year an he hain't laid in no
coffee an sugar fur ter do me tho Their
winter. Me an Dave slid. We got
on our critters an rid erway. While
we wuz err ridin' down the lane Dave
he give his bride er jerk ar riz up an
SAYS: 'Damnr [ nuyer said nuthin'
case I b'longs ter meetin'. but hit
made me think at women is power
full cuts critters" - Chicago Press
Bureau.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-11-27
STATUE OF GENERAL LOGAN

Lot FIannery's Model Accepted by the
Army of the Cumberland.
In little frame building at the cor
ner Of Delaware avenue and B street
northwest, Washington, there is to be
seen a model of the equestrian statue
that the Society of the Army of the
Cumberland intends to erect, probably
in Iowa circle, in honor of General
John A. Logan. Mrs. Logan has ex-
pressed her satisfaction with the
model. General Logan was friend
of the sculptor, Lot Flannery, for many
years and sat for him for the bust from
which the model is taken. Ever since
the war Mr.. Flannery has had this
work in view. and has been making
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-11-27

study of the General in all his moods
and marking his characteristics. He
has studied with an artists eye, and
as a result has produced statue in
every line of which character is
strongly marked He has selected the
moment when Logan took command
after the fall of Mcpherson. The
General has just ridden to the front,
and an expression OF frmness, ready
for action, is upon his face. The ex-
preston of boldness and confidence is
modified and given gravity by a deep
sense of responsibility. The horse
has been checked and is paving the
ground.
In the Generals left hand the reins
are held loosely, and In his right,
which hangs freely at his side, he holds
his hat just as he has taken it from
his head, by the crown. He is paying
no attention to his horse, which he sits
firmly, as if unconscious of the steed,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-11-27

for those who prepare delicious sauce
relish for a Thanksgiving dinner. 1t is
over twenty-five years since the golden
discovery was made that there is money
to be made in cranberries. During these
years NfortuneS have been made and
other fortunes expended to place what
appeared worthless marsh in a condition
to bear fruit. The little city of Berlin,
Green Lake County, Wis, writes cor
respondent of the Chicago Tribune, is the
center of a cranberry producing area
that turns out thousands of barrels of
fruit annually. which fact has given the
place the name of CRANBERRY City," y
name which it proudly wears in contra
distinction TO its sister city, Ripon,
whose prosaic pursuit of late years has
been the growth of cucumbers, and is
therefore dubbed "Pickleville.
At first the men who made money out
of cranberry culture were those who
had great holdings of wild Harsh, sur
rounded with tamaracks and garnished
with wilderness of sage brush and
huckleberry bushes. The crop blossomed
In wild neglect and the fortunate pos
SCISSORS of these tracts found themselves
taking off from $40, 600 to $50, 900 in clear
profits annually without spending dol
lar except to the pickers. Then the
hunt began for marsh land that would
grow cranberries. Many were successful
in finding from three to ten and fifteen
acres tracts, and in numerous instances
pools were formed so that larger areas
might be purchased and parceled out.
The small growers went to work plant
ing vines, and have now the satisfac-
ton of reaping ample returns. Fortune
has been more tickle with the big growers.
The science of the culture was pushed
too far, perhaps. The great canals that
were dug for flooding purposes and the ex-
pensive pumping machinery that was put
in have not had the effect of producing q
corresponding increase in the crop. Gran
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-11-27

benefited by too much civilizing. The
same marsh cannot be relied upon to
yield every year. Aside from the "nat-
ural intentions" of the berry it is
threatened with destruction from vari-
Gus sources-heavy floods, worms, blight,
ecalding, drought and early frosts being
among the dangers; so that man who
burdens his mind with the probable fate
Of crop from the time it blossoms
through the summer season is not likely
to be at peace with himself. However,
there is rarely year when there is a
general failure of the crop, and each sue
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-11-27

ceeding year witnesses a grand rally Of
men, women and children from radius
of twenty miles to the cranberry fields
The pickers are generally enlisted from
the foreign element, although there may
be seen liberal sprinkling of the native
Americans and occasionally small band
of the Winnebago Indians
Fifty years ago the Indians were the
only ones who appeared on the cranberry
exchange, dumping few blanketfuls of
the berries on the market, and, after
spending the proceeds in beads and "ben-
zine, went off whooping. Now they are
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-11-27

winds, and tread them into the soft
marsh, and they will return good for
evil by spring up and bearing fruit. In
the spring these broad acres,of swamp
land are literal mating of cranberry
vegetation, covered with q tiny white
blossom. If one out of ten of these
blossoms, or even one in a hundred, runs
the gauntlet, good crop is assured. The
harvest begins the first week in Sep
TENDER and generally lasts from ten
days to two weeks.
At the appointed time motley tide of
humanity sets in toward the cranberr y
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-11-27

COMPRESSED air power, originally in
troduced for distributing uniform time
to clocks, seem to be giving great salts
faction in many industries of Paris, and
new uses for it are constantly being
found. Elevators are now run by it, at
a saving, it is said, of so per cent. The
compressed air is supplied also for re-
frigerating purposes, its expansion in
properly constructed cooling-rooms
causing the temperature to fall to a
point far below zero.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-11-27

and his face is turned toward some
thing in the distance. In the ex-
preston of face and in the attitude
there is immense power and the grace
which comes of unstudied pose Of ac-
ton. The statue shows strength and
grace Ill every line.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-11-27

center Of gravity Of the entire con-
trivance this case pencil and pen
knife comes underneath the point of
the base (the finger, edge of table,
etc.. By opening the knife more or
less the pencil can be made to incline
in various ways It will have strict
ly vertical position when the center Of
gravity Of the device falls upon the
extension of the axis of the pencil.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-11-27
AN INGENIOUS TRICK.

How to Balance Lead Pencil on It's Point
with the Aid OF a Penknife.
Insert the blade of penknife into
a pencil, then bend the blade slowly
and carefully until the proper equi-
librium is found. According to the
laws Of physics, this occurs when the
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-11-27

THERE is something crooked about
the law of retribution It isn't the
woman just in front with the big hat
who gets her feet stepped on when the
man goes in pursuit of cloves.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-11-27

Col. HooKs-I hear you have been
converted, Uncle 'Rastus? Uncle Ras-
tus-Yes, sab; Use done got religion,
suah. Colonel Hooks No more chick
en- stealing, eh Uncle 'Rastus No, in
deed, sab. Col. Hooks And no more
policy playing? Uncle 'Rastus Well,
sab, I buys policy slips 'casionally.
but I makes 'em de subject oh a pow'ful
deal OBJ pr'ar, sab"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-11-27
POWERFUL CUTS CRITTERS.

HE G 70 w d In
front of the cross
roads saloon had
been discussing
women. Silence
fell on the group.
It was broken by
a grizzly squat
ter, W no OBJ
served, slowly:
I" W ON e n is
cuts critters. I
knows 'em. I'm
er Twin with mer
third one. Las
Saddah evenin',
'bOut er hour by
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-11-27

"TD like to have that porter in my
power for little while, /" said a passen-
ger in a Pullman car. I'd show him nc
quarter" "You would be very right. Il
you did he'd probably take it"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-11-27
SAUCE FOR THE TURKEY
SCENES IN THE CRANBERRY
MARSHES OF WISCONSIN

Immense Tracts of Hitherto Worthless
Lands Devoted to the Production of the
Thanksgiving Berry-HOw and Where
1t ebagO Indians the Firss
to Pick the Fruit Amusements and
Housing of the Harvesters During the
Season.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-11-27

IT takes bright girl to make cor
rect guess. Il guess you are going to
kiss me" said one of them to bashful
beau. and she was right.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-11-27

A LOVER differs from some medical
prescriptions in that he cannot very
well be shaken before he is taken.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-11-27

PEOPLE get so well acquainted with
their own faults that they don't mind
their existence.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-11-27

AMERICA has 100000 telephones;
the world l. 200 600.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-11-27

join a fragment of turkey, they can
think of the cranberry's marshy birth
place, and the dream of jollity through
which the berry passed before it was
hurried to market to be cooked. sugared,
and squeezed for their benefit.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-11-27

HO S e who have
never taken the trou-
BILE to study cranber-
ry culture have no
intelligent c on c. p
ton of the possibili-
ties of this agricul-
tural industry, it's
present Importance,
and the methods
adopted to gather in
tI0 o~O~ aoH Hf ~
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-11-27
THE TURKEYS LAST ooBBLE.

rE EHOLD me now,
1. m1===s@=EA A Turkey with a
GSF@TE%4 Ilf4G2 big I!
RE,SWE a. TX Time, 9 o'clock a. m.
II ~ beN By 8 p. N.
~ >3NtIMT } What will I be?
III, 81 El-lZ-G n A wreck;
81 III -S:==ssS-5z1a% A total wreck;
SEHgAII$38$/ travesty on ami
Mta#E% mated organism;
Mg weird, bewilder-
%MV ing
R Entang emit Of
bones
And gravy;
hollow mOckery;
With every wad of stuff1ng
Eternally knocked out of it,
A ghost,
Clothed in the
Bony relics of its living entity!
A ruined destiny
Carved out
To stand monument
To appetitel
A gobbler with his gobble
Gone to those
Who gobbled in another keyl
A.
But hold,
This is Thanksgiving Days
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-11-27

But thou, o grand old Feast-day,
Thou hast no need of these
To draw us to thee. Though thou bring
Gray skies and ieafless trees
A hundred welcomes to thee!
Ye altar fires of home,
Shine out, and kindred gather
From sea to mountain dome.
So hail thee, grand old Feast-day!
The wind-swept orchard boughs
Have flung their rudy gold and green
Upon the earth; the mows
Are rich with grain; the burrows
Sleep meath the suns yelled ray
And all the land is glad and greets
A new Thanksgiving Day.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-11-27
OUR FEAsT-DAY-
BY HELEN CHASE.

E L o o M E, t no u
grand old Feast
dayi
A gain the russell
fields
Lie idle in the soft,
gray light,
Shorn of their SPLEEN
did yields;
Again the ! a n e s
have glimmered
With farewell gold
en-rod,
And gentian fringes
closed above
The tinted olive sod.
Los Angeles herald., 1890-12-18

At the annual meeting of the Board OF Direc-
tors of the above institution it was resolved, in
order to increase the usefulness of the Bank,
and to encourage small deposits, that the sys
tenn OF 5 cent deposit stamps be adopted after
January J. S91. This system has been in use
many years in Europe, and has recently been
adopted in the United States and is regarded as
very beneficial tending to teach children and
young people the advantage of saving money.
Agents will be appointed in all parts of the
city and county for the sale of 5 cent deposit
stamps. Each purchaser of two deposit stamps
will be furnished with a book of ten leaves, each
leaf ruled for twenty stamps. The agent will
send the name and number of each book pur-
chased to the Bank. Whenever any depositor
has filed leaf with twenty stamps, he can
bring this or send it by mail to the Bank. You
will then receive a regular deposit book, with
one dollar to your credit, and whenever another
leaf is filed and sent to the Bank another dollar
is entered on your book. Or, the entire stamp
book of ten leaves may be filed and sent to
the Bank at one time
The Main-street Savings Bank and Trust Co.,
incorporated October %. 1882 has had 800 de-
postors during the year.
The Bank is already on paying basis, and its
growth has been very satisfactory to its depos-
itors and stockholders. Its Board OF Directors is
composed of the following well-known citizens:
CHAS. FORMAN, /. w. HELLMAN,
J. j. SCHALLERT, l. N. VAN NUYS,
J. II. JONES, G. J. GRIFFITH,
GEO. ii. PIKE, A. HAAS,
J. B. LANKERSHIM.
Los Angeles herald., 1890-12-18
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT
~ meeting of the stockholders of the San
Gabriel Valley Rapid Transit Railway has been
called by the Board of Trustees of said CON-
pany by resolution passed by said board on tn g
25th day of October, 1890, in the words and
figures following: BE it resolved, by the Board
of Trustees of the San Gabriel Valley Rapid
Transit Railway, that meeting of the stock
holders of the San Gabriel Valley Rapid Transit
Railway be. and the same is hereby called to
convene on the 30th day of January. 1891, at
the principal place OF business of this corpora
tion, at No. III Arcadia street, city and county
of Los Angeles, CAL, the same being the build
ing where this Board of Directors usually meets
The object OF this meeting is to increase the
capital stock OF this company from $250,000 to
$1,O0O,OO0."
.And be it further resolved, that the secretary
of this company give notice of said meeting, as
required by law, by publication in the Los An
geles HERALD, newspaper published in the
city and county of Les angeles, which is hereby
designated for that purpose; and that he also
give such notice to the stockholders of this
company by mailing the same to each of them
at least go days before the day appointed for
such meeting"
This notice is given in pursuance of said
resolution
(Signed) II, A. UNRUH,
Secretary San Gabriel Rapid Transit Railway.
1127-5t thurs
Los Angeles herald., 1890-12-18
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