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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1898-09-22
About scnoolnouses and Grounds.

AS I was driving along the other
day, on my tour of inspection, met
one of the most prominent and thrifty
citizens of the town of Bristol. Being
school official, he naturally began
talking about school affairs. He seem
ed much pleased about something and
on my inquiring the cause asked me if
had noticed the Improvements and
repairs made on the schoolhouse. |
assured him that / had. Driving up, |
found that the fence had been repaired,
the house painted, the grounds put in
order and everything wore clean and
pleasant look. Going in, found the
teacher, Miss Julia Portwine, smiling
and happy. The children were iull of
life and good work. The blackboards
are the best Of slate. An cir of quiet
cheerfulness filled the room. felt as
though I had made 2 call in some neat
and plain parlor.
Next, | drove on to the village of
Bristol. Here l found that the house
had been repaired and made comfort
able. Mr.. Karnes, the teacher, was in
a joyful mood. | said to myself, Now
if a person should wish pleasant
home, place where he could enjoy the
society OF intelligent and moral people;
he would first notice the condition of
the schools and churches" Surely
place without either would be a very
poor location in which to enjoy life.
Judged by the above standard, the
village of Bristol is good community.
The improvement of the sch0olhonse
shows the wisdom and liberality of the
school board, and the progressive
sentiment Of the people.
In these days, our sociologists tell us
much of the influence of heredity and
environment. Beautiful and artistic
surroundings distinctly tend to advance
morality and civilization. There is no
dweller in the worst sllm of Chicago
who is not made somewhat better by
wandering through Lincoln park or
gazing upon a grand cathedral. A
we'll built, neat and Hastily arranged
oOuOOAAOuoO 40 SiOoo OAAN0VAOh0A
force.
am pleased to say that many dist
riots in Kenosha county have good
buildings and pleasant yards. In a
few there is room for improvement.
Clear off the yard. A good fence is
economical as well as ornamental.
Plant trees and flowers. The children
will take the greatest delight in caring
for a flower bed. Provision for flower
pots in the windows can easily be
made. A thing of beauty is joy
forever" In osher states have passed
schoolhouses built onEsome .stony hill
or near some marsh, where land was of
the least value. An air of desolation,
the spirit Of gloom pervaded the place.
No fence, no flowers, no trees, no life,
nothing that could make either child
or teacher love i" the good, the beauti-
full, the true" Are any such to be
found within so progressive and intelli-
gent community as Kenosha county?
WILLIAM GRIFFITH.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1898-09-22
TRUESDELL.

LabOrers are hard to be found
And the farmers happiness has no bound
For it's tie unusual heavy yield
That's causing delay in clearing the field,
Grain and hay are all slowed away
And potatoes and corn are happily on the way
Mrs. J. Beland, of Thompsonville,
spent few days with her son, j. Ell.
Beland.
Henry Wynhof, of Racine, spent
Saturday and Sunday with relatives
here.
G. Frecker celebrated his birthday
by giving a party, inviting only init
mate friends. The evening was spent
in games and dancing. At twelve
O'Clock an elegant supper was served,
after which dancing continued until a
a late hour, when the guests departed
wishing him many more such happy
birthdays.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. Driver and family,
of Racine, were guests of Mr. and Mrs.
j. Fl. Beland Sunday.
Ye Scribe is greatly interested in
some of our young couples, and is all
prepared to make an exciting report.
What's the cause of all this delay, and
Why are wo kept in suspense? You
are happier than those that cannot find
their equal.
We congratulate Miss Minnie UNI
land on being the first lady in town to
own a bicycle, and nope to see some
more of our wide awake ladies join her
in the near future.
Several of our prominent boys at
tended the dance at Schnuckle's Fri
day evening, and report having had a
jolly time.
Our station platform is somewhat
improved by the recent repairs.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1898-09-22

Narragansett Pier, r. l., Sept. I'll
1t has been decided that the body OF
Miss Winnie Davis, after brief serv-
ice here, shall be forwarded to Rich
mond, Va, on the train leaving hereaRt
1910 o'clock Thursday morning. The
journey should be completed at sos
a. N. Friday. When the body reaches
Kingston Junction, R. l., Thursday
morning, it will be placed on funeral
car of the Pennsylvania railroad, at
tached 10 the colonial express of the
New Haven road. The body will reach
Washington at 9:45 a. m, and leave
that place for Richmond at 4:30 a. m.
Friday.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1898-09-22
wHEATLAND.

Maggie Epping, of Salem, spent
Sunday with her friend, Frances Luke,
of this place.
Mrs. John Fleming and son Matte,
of Randall, visited relatives here last
week.
Mrs. Willie Peterson entertained
company from Chicago the past week.
Joe Quirk took a trip to Burlington
last Friday.
Emma and Florence Runkel visited
Frances Luke Sunday.
Maggie Kochanek left Wednesday
for her home in Milwaukee, after spend
ing two weeks here with relatives.
August Harm and sister Hulda, OF
Fox RIVER, visited with Frank Swart2
and family last Sunday.
Mamie Schilz, of New Munster,
spent Monday afternoon with Katie
Richter.
Wilk Worth spent a few days at
home last week.
Caleb Worth attended the Lake
county fair at Libertyville, ILL.,, last
week.
Mr.. Ripley, of Salem, called on old
time friends here last week.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1898-09-22
FAN to Fix a Wage Scale.

Pittsburg, Pa, Sept. 21.-The wage
scale committee of the windowglass
cutters and manufacturers met Tues
day, but adjourned without having
reached a decision. The cutters asked
an advance of 91A per cent, or 2712
cents per 100 feet, for single strength,
and 2 per cent, or 80 cents, for double.
The manufacturers refused the adj
Yanc, but agreed to pay 2774 cents for
single strength and proportionately for
double. No time was set for another
conference.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1898-09-22
PLEASANT PRAIRIE.

The next regular meeting of the
Pleasant Prairie Forum will be held at
the residence of Companion William
Crosby on Thursday evening, Sept. 20.
A church fair will be held in the
Woodmen's hall Thursday evening,
Sept. 22nd, under the auspices of the
Ladies' Aid Society. A New England
supper will be served for 15 cents. All
kinds of useful and fancy articles will
be sold, also lemonade, popcorn, pea
nuts and home made candy. Every
one is invited to attend.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1898-09-22
EAST sOMERS.

Jack Frost has made bis appearance
but we did not see or feel him.
Uncle s. is looking for the boy
who carried off his melon patch.
Frank Pedley returned to his studies
at Appleton last week.
j. L. Rogers, of Milwaukee, was
down here en- business Friday.
School opened in Dist. No. 10, Mon
day, with Miss Myra Myrick in charge.
The Caverno boys, Don and Jay,
are attending school in Kenosha this
year.
Mrs. E. Fay spent Wednesday of last
week in Racine.
Mrs. S. Firchow, of Bristol, who has
been visiting friends here, returned
home Saturday.
The No. 2 Somers B. of NJ. branch
", 082, met Tuesday to elect officers
for the ensuing quarter. The teacher
was chosen president; Grace Wells,
vice president; and Eta Pedley, secre-
tary.
Mr.. Titus was around calling on
friends last week. He expects to be
engaged at carpenter work on the
Uihlein farm very soon. Friend Titus
talks of going west before winter sets
in; but the boys are bound to get up a
dance for him to..ssplay at before he
leaves.
The large brick dwelling on the Fox
farm is still vacant, but the orchard is
not, especially on Sunday afternoons.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1898-09-22
Advertised Mail Matter.

The following is a list of mail matter
remaining uncalled for in the Kenosha
Post Office, Kenosha County, Wis, for
two weeks ending Sept. %, 1898, and
which will be sent to the Dead Letter
Office at the expiration of two weeks
unless called for:
Harry Allard, H Blanchard, A Dunning,
James Galligan, Chas Parsons, John Work
man, Sr M De Ricci, Jennie Clapp, Mrs Annie
Haul Miss Edith Lyons, Miss Gladyes Roe,
Mrs w Williams.
To obtain any of the above mailmat-
ter the applicant must give the date of
this list.
A. j. BURG, P. NJ.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1898-09-22
Dreadfully Nervous.

Gents:-I was dreadfully nervous,
and for relief took yourss Karps Glover
Root Tea. 1t quoted .mygnerves and
strengthened my whole nervous sys-
TEN. I was troubled with constipa-
ton, kidney and bowel trouble. Your
tea soon cleansed my system so thor
oughly that rapidly regained health
and strength. Mrs. S. A. Sweet,
Hartford, Conn. Sold by Stark
weather & Co. Il
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1898-09-22

ness man or a useful citizen; a man had
better be dead and done with it than to be a
lifelong invalid, nuisance to everybody
and especially to the woman whom he has
vowed to love, honor and protect.
The trouble with the average man is that
he has not the least conception of the
causes of ill-health or the right way to go
about remedying them. A little indigestion
or bi1iousness in themselves are not serious
complaints, but if neglected they may de-
Ve1op into almost any disease in the nedi-
cal books. DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery cures many serious diseases by
promptly removing the causes. It braces
up the weak and impaired stomach and
restores the appetite. It invigorates the
liver and all the secretory glands. It facili-
tates the flow of digestive juices. It makes
the assimilation of the life-giving elements
of the food absolutely perfect, and thus
enriches the blood. Disease germs are
scavengers, and will not enter healthy blood
or tissue. They must have the inert it's
sues of disease upon which to feed. The
Golden Medical Discovery" by enrichen-
ing the blood, tears down old and inert
tissues and builds up new and healthy
ones. 1t wards off consumption and cures,
bronchial and throat affections which, if
neglected, lead up to consumption. All
medicine dealers sell the Discovery"
Eight years ago my husband coughed all the
time, - writes Mrs. NJ. J. Tedder Of Ellington
ished meal he would throw UP. He was get
ting very weak He took half a dozen bottles
of DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and
the Pleasant Pellets and says he feels better
and stronger than ever before and weighs more.
Everyone said he had consumption"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1898-09-22
BRISTOL.

The Woman's Christian Temperance
Union held a special meeting at Miss
Cotting's Tuesday afternoon.
Madam Getting is in very poor
health.
Mrs. Kate Trafford and daughters
were called to Lake Villa last week to
attend the funeral of a relative.
Nixon's Millinery, Bristol, Wis, have
engaged Miss Morgan, a first class
trimmer from Gage Bros. & Co., to do
their trimming for the fall and winter
trade. Opening Oct. 1st. woo
G.. r. NIXON.
Mrs. Watson Jackson is spending a
couple of weeks in Chicago, working
in wholesale millinery establishment,
fitting herself for her fall and winter
trade. On her return she will have a
formal opening, when the ladies of
Bristol and vicinity can get their up to
date millinery right at home.
Farmers are busy harvesting their
corn.
Fred Lavey's new house is going up
as if by magic.
Bristol can boast of her enterprising
young business men.
Conundrum-Why is Bristol conced-
ed by everyone to be the incest little
town on the line of the K. DE-
Answer Because it has no saloon in
it.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1898-09-22
BRISTOL.

Charles Joslyn, of Jacksonville, Fla,
is visiting Mr.. Epson and family and
other friends in town.
The consideration in the sale of the
James Eddy farm on the Geneva road,
was 81, 700, instead of $4,000, as was
stated in previous issue of the TELE-
GRAPH COURIER.
Charles Meade, former Bristol boy,
is looking up old friends.
Mrs. Williams, of Paris, is suffering
from broken shoulder.
Will Perrigo and wife have been en-
pertaining friends from Milwaukee.
Come out to the NJ. E. church next
Sunday. Bro. Corr willIpreach his last
sermon and will give a review of his
work in Bristol during the past three
years.
The Bristol Ladies' society met with
Mrs. Charles Bishop last Thursday
afternoon.
Charles Bristow and family have
moved to Rockford. The Burdick
place, which they vacated, is occupied
by Mr.. Burrows, our creamery man.
Fred Lavey has his house we'll under
way. When completed he will have
one of tho most attractive residences
in the village.
Miss Clara Bishop has returned from
visit with friends in Michigan.
Miss Morgan, Nixon's trimmer, from
Gage Bros. & Co., has arrived and is
very busy getting things in the millin-
cry line in readiness for the opening
Oct, 1st. Everything will be right up
in style to meet the wants and needs
ofall. Come and see the styles if you
are not yet ready to make your pur-
chases.
Rev. Halsey, of pheasant Prairie, was
in town the other day.
Squire Treat, of Union Grove, had
business in Bristol Monday.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1898-09-22
Notice
NoG1ce
KenOsha. Wis. Sent. rs. 1S9

Kenosha, Wis, Sept. Is, 1898.
Notice is hereby given of the dissolu-
ton of the partnership of Reber &
Martin, who were engaged in the llnmb-
ing and sheet metal business, at Keno
sha, Wisconsin, and from and after the
day and date first above mentioned, said
business will be conducted under the
new firm name of Reber & Oberst.
All bills and outstanding debts pay
able to Reber & Oberst. SGT
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1898-09-22

Excursion Tickets to County Fair, Elkhorn
Via the Northwestern line, will be sold
at reduced rates, Sept. 26 to 80, inclu-
sive, limited to October l. Apply to
agents Chicago g. Northwestern R'y.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1898-09-22

We will pay salary of $15 per week
and expenses for man with rig to
introduce our Poultry Mixture in the
country. Only good hustlers wanted.
Reference. Address, with stamp,
Eureka Mfg. Co., 5O2 Mo. Ave-, East
st. Louis, Ill.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1898-09-22

No man has a
right to marry a
woman and make
her his nurse dur
ing long years
of continued i'll
health. A sick
man cannot be a
good husband, a
good provider, a
successful bust
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1898-09-22

The Woman's Christian Temperance
Union held a special meeting at Miss
Cotting's Tuesday afternoon.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-03-15
skunk Farming TaIls.

Pierre Soucci, the only man in Maine
who ever attempted skunk farming on
a large scale, offers his place. stock
and fixtures for sale at bargain, and
says he is going to the gold fields of
Alaska, where he hopes to make mon
eys more rapidly than by skinning
skunks and trying out their oil.
Though Soucci had plenty of minnows
and whitefish to feed to his pets, and
could catch all the rabbits he wanted
with two spools of copper wire, he
has abandoned the business and con-
fesses that skunk culture doesn't pay.
Last year he took off 200 pelts of his
own growing and caught about 12O
wild skunk. All that time an average
skunk skin sold for $1.15, while a good
black one was worth from $3.50 to SO.
Skunk oil was selling for $4 a gallon,
so when Soucci went into winter quar-
ters with 600 ski nks in stock he felt
as if he was right in the middle of the
highway which leads to wealth.
Last winter after the ponds had
frozen so deeply as to make the fish
seek deeper water he began to give his
skunks a diet of raw rabbits. For a
few weeks they did very we'll, and then
they developed cannibalistic tastes
and started in to eat one another, un-
til half his herd had been killed and
doyoured by the other half. This
spring he raised about 400 young
sliunks, all Of which did we'll. He was
hoping to retrieve his i'll fortune and
get rich in a few years, and he had
good grounds for his hope until he saw
the fall bulletins of the fur trade.
Skunk skins, which have been fashion
able for ten years, are no longer in de-
mand, mink, muskTats, and offers hay
ing taken their place The best pelts
that would bring SO each year ego are
now selling for $1.50 each, and poor,
white marked skins are only worth the
taking oil. Skunk oil has gone down
81 on the gallon, making rheumatic pa
tients feel very happy, but cutting into
the earnings of the skunk fat'm. Souc-
ci could find no profit. He will wait q
reasonable time for somebody to come
and buy him out, and then, if he gets
10 offer, he will kill off his stock
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-03-15

An Irishman was hauling water in
barrels from a small river to supply the
Inhabitants of the village, which was
not provided with waterworks. AS he
halted at the top of the bank to give
blow" before proceeding to peddle the
water. a gentleman of the inquisitive
type rode up, and after passing the
time of the day, asked:
How long have you been hauling
water for the village, my good
man."
"Tin years or more, sor," was the re-
ply.
"Ah! and how many loads do you
make day?"
From tin to fifteen, accordln' to the
weather, sor"
Eyes. Now, have one for you, Pat"
said the gentleman, laughing. How
much water have you hauled altogeth-
err"
The Irishman jerked his thumb in
the direction of the river, at the same
time giving his team the hint to start,
and replied:
"All the water that yez don't see
there now, sor."
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-03-15
THE OLD MANS GAME.


Hadn't Seen n Tenderfoot For Year, But
He Worked the First Along.
"IIullo, stranger, what's yer gamer"
reined in my horse and looked the
old man over.
"Trot her out, shuttle 'em up, bet yer
twenty thet l kin pick out the ace Of
hearts every time!"
l exclaimed.
"Sho, don't git mad! Maybe hits
soap with a ten-dollar bill wrapped
around hit. I'll bet yer forty thet l
kin pick hit out every time!"
81 don't gamble"
"Sho, is thet so? Wul swan, I
took ye fer one of them sharp Alecks
with schemel Wul, stand aside then,
here comes another gent, maybe he's
got some game thet he wants me ter
run against"
The other gent" proved to be more
satisfactory, for when he arrived on
the scene he proceeded to unfold a
small stand, and tLen produced three
walnut shells and small rubber ball.
"See here"-I began.
But the old man would take no ad-
vice.
"Ye shet, stranger, this yere is a biz
ness matter between this yere gent an
me! Now then, shuttle 'em aboutl
That's the stuff" shouted the old man,
as he slapped his leg, "bet yer twenty
thet l kin find the little rubber ball
every time!"
The con man put up his money and
winked at me.
Now move 'em up! Knock 'em
about" shouted the old man, agog
with excitement.
The sharper moved the shells deftly
about and palmed the bail, and then
told the old man to go ahead.
The old man squinted at the shells
for moment and then placing dirty
paw on one of the shells said
Hits thar, amt hit?"
The sharper gasped and looked into
the long barrel of the Al Colt that the
old mar had suddenly thrust into his
fgce with his other hand, and smiling
a sic;ily smile admitted that it was.
"Told ye sol" said the old man, as
he kicked the stand over with his foot,
"row we kin move on, an If ye want
a real soft thing ye kin go over yander
en- try Ter work old Bill Bungs, who
Is half witted and blind in one eye!"
you seem to have a game yourself"
remarked as the sharper moved of
swearing.
Yer right, stranger, I hev, but dog
goru hit feller has got ter make a
Twin somehow, an thar amt bin q
tendelfoot in the neighborhood fer o
whole year."-New York World,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-03-15
"Sweetest of TIE Sweet"

Framed and hung Up in the Agricul-
tural Bank of Paris, KY, is a check
which was made payable to Sweetest
of the Sweet" and so indorsed. Presi-
dent McClue OF the bank tells the story
of the check as follows:
"One of our depositors recently gave
his wife a check for $40, the check be-
ing regularly filled out and duly sign
ed, except that it was made payable
to Sweetest of the Sweet When the
lady presented the check for payment
I innocently inquired:
"'Who is this Sweetest of the
Sweet?"'
"'Why, it's me, she replied.
81 told her to indorse the check,
which she did and handed it back.
"'But, madam, said, you must in
dorse it just as drawn, to the Sweet
est of the Sweet.
"She snatched up the pen and wrote
the words below the name and l paid
the money"
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-03-15
Incubating Pea ches.

Visitors to the new states Of the far
west are generally prepared for any
phenomenal showing in the line of ag.
riculture, stock-raising and the like,
but once in while they are taken by
surprise.
An easterner who was spending his
summer vacation on the ranc of a rel
ative in Colorado, went out one morn
ing to inspect large incubator in
which the young chicks were Matching.
In one corner of the incubator q
neglected peach seed, encouraged by
the warmth Of the atmosphere, had
burst, and tiny sprout, several inches
long was growing out of it.
Great Ceasar!" exclaimed the east
ern man, as this caught his eye, do
you hatch out your peaches in this
country?"
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-03-15
a. HICKS. G. M. w.



Picture of tl.o New Chief Chosen by tho
Kniglits of Labor.
Henry A. Hicks, of New York city,
who was elected at Louisville, Ky, by
the General Assembly of the Knights
of Labor to succeed James II. Sover-
eign, resigned, as General Master
Workman, has been something of
conservative factor in that organiza-
tion, SO much so that until recently he
had been heard Of but little in some
years. He Joined the knights OF La
Dor not long after 1880 and for time
was active in the councils of the order.
He was at an early day selected as a
delegate to District Assembly 40. He
interested himself in the Henry George
campaign of 1856 and since then has
been, perhaps, known more as a Labor
Socialist than as X. of l.. worker.
He is at present National Committee
man for New York State in the Peo-
pies party His belief was in arbitra-
tion rather than the strike as means
of settlement of the disputes arising
between capital and labor. 1t is not
therefore surprising that the Knights
of Labor did not regard him, at the
time of his first prominence, as pro
gressive." When the "progressves"
pushed their ideas forward he retired
from active participation in labor agi-
tation, but has come to the front
again recently.
Hicks is a native American, is 45
years old and is married. His trade
is that of a stair-builder and his pres
ent work experimenting the new
buildirgs. lie was cho en- to represent
the stalrbuilders in District Assembly
253, K. of L., in 1887, as a Master
Workman. He instigated movement
for the consolidation of local assem-.
blles into State assembly and the
project was carried into effect later on.
In 1890 he was selected to succeed
George Warren as Master Workman Of
Building Constructors District Assem-
bly, 253. Afterward he became Presl-
dent of the State Congress of District
and Local Assemblies, Knights of La
Dor. He has been for number of
years delegate 10 the General Assem-
bly,.