The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-10-29
COUNTY NEWS.
Leaves From the Lives of Those Who
Dwell About Us.
BRIGHTON.

For some unknown reason our regu-
lar correspondent seems to be neglect
ing to write up the news Of our town.
During the past year the town of
Brighton has been somewhat per-
picked with road, school and ditch
problems, all of which now seem TO be
satisfactorily settled, and the school
house, roads and bitches are in reason
able condition for usefulness.
Our prosperous and cOntented farm
ers are about through corn huskiDg
and are generally satisfied with the
quantity and quality of the crop. When
a man can huSk 50 bushels Of corn in
day and tie and set up the stalks, you
NAV depend he is in good corn. There
are men in the town who are not in
clined to brag, who say they can do
that very easily.
Mr. Stocker has been very sick with
a severe sore throat for the past TWO
weeks, but his many friends are glad
to know he is some better. He has
had five doctors to attend him, but |
have not learned what name they have
decided to give the disease.
Mr.. Miner was very severely hurt
last week by three sheep who knocked
him down and butted him till they
were dubbed off by the hired man. Dr.
Tiedt was called and we are glad to
know that no limbs were broken and
hope that he will speedily recover from
his injuries. Some think the bucks
knew that it is a i" dead certainty" that
Mckinley is to be the next president
nd OIL 1al
meeting. Others think they thought
Mr.. Miner was going to vote for Bryan
and were bent on stopping it by severe
strokes. Well, they are mistaken if
they think Mr.. Miner is going to vote
for Bryan, for Mr.. Miner is a friend of
the sheep and so is Mckinley, and he
gets MIR. Miners vote every time.
Politics are getting little hot and [
think our people are not willing to vote
for a financial policy that has been
abandoned by all the leading civilized
nations Of the earth. We believe i'll
doing business on a sound and honest
basis and think it an utter impossi bility
80 have sound and honest basis with
debased and fiuctuating currency,
which we will surely have if we are I'M
wise enough to establish Mr.. Bryan's
theories. Therefore we hope his
panacea for good times will get the
blacklist eye on the Sd of November
ever given political issue by the in
telligent voters of the American peo-
pie. We think Brighton is going to
vote right on this question and shall be
disappointed if there are not over 100
votes cast for the gold standard and
Mckinley.
We feel like the Bristol correspond
ent in relation to the proposed amend
ment to the Wisconsin constitution. At
this time we would much rather vote
to decrease salaries than to raise them.
Have we ever found any difficulty in
finding competent men willing to fill
our state offices at the present Sala-
ries? Why, we think it the only way
to rid ourselves of Office seekers who
completely Overrun the country every
six months preceding an election is to
reduce the salaries, and think it would
be good plan to try it on the sheriff
of Kenosha county first. Why should
the silk stOckinged office holder be bet
ter paid than the ragged farmer or la
boring man who earn their living by
the sweat of their brOws? The tax
payers of Brighton would respectfully
ask our next member of the legislature,
be he Reynolds, Orvis or Houston, to
think of us while at Madison this win
ter, and if you would like to know our
wishes call around and we will en-
deaVor to give you pointer" or two.
Lathrop Burgess, one of the oldest
voters in Kenosha county, intends to
vote for Mckinley in Brighton on cleo
ton day, and on the next day after
election will probably leave for Bal
timore to spend the winter with his
daughter. He is 90 years old and is
still strong and active.
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