davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-12-25
OUR HIGHWAYS.
Good Roads Indicate Progress-Wide
and Narrow Tires.

Good Roads Indicate Progress-Wide
and Narrow Tires.
The subject of good roads is an all
American subject, but it is one which
should be of most interest to those sec
tons which have given it the least at
tention. Naturally the best built and
the best maintained roads are in dis
tricts where there are many people and
much stone. But good roads do not
come always because the region they
traverse is populous. A region some
times becomes populous because there
are good roads. Then, again, there are
bad roads in thickly settled districts
in districts where the roads ought to
be good. Good roads in a neighborhood
Indicate progress. They result from
progress and they promote progress
They are both cause and effect Well
kept highways constitute a theme
which has engaged the attention of
many more persons in the last decade
than in any previous one.
Improved highways have promoted
the extension of rural free delivery,
and this delivery has aided in the de-
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-12-25

velOpment of better roads, saws the
Washington Star. The buggy was q
benefit to highways. A road good
enough for mounted horsemen and
horsewomen, as SO many of our prede-
cessors Travelled, was not good enough
for a buggy. Then the bicycle i'm
proved the roadways. A highway good
enough for a buggy was not good
enough for a bicycle, and thousands of
wheelmen rolling through the country
did campaign work for the betterment
of roads. They told the country folk,
and insisted on it, too, that their roads
were not as good as some others. This
was missionary work, because it is a
phenomenon of country life that man
always thinks the road he lives on is
very good or at least not so bad as
some others.
AS the bicycle helped along the good
cause, so will the automobile or the
traction carriage. Automobiles want
better roads
Every farmer should help a little by
using broad tired wheels. These wheels
not only do not rut the roads, but help
to maintain them. A broad tired wheel
ought TO bear more eight without
strain than one with a narrow tire.
There is no more friction in the use
Of broad tire on a smooth road than
in the use of a narrow tire on a rough
one. A committee of automobiles, re
porting recently on New York roads,
said:
1T is worse than useless to create
expensive and valuable highways only
to have them cut to pieces by the use
of narrow tires, as now used for the
hauling of heavy loads in this state
When you have got a good thing, it
costs money, and you must take care of
it and change your methods to main
tain it. Wide tires are of the greatest
value in preserving ordinary dirt
roads /"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-12-25
RESULT is SATISFACTORY

Official Test of the New Pump at the Water
Works Shows That 1t FuIf1IIs Contract
The following is the statement pre-
pared by the City Engineer North. cf
the official test of Barr Pumping En-
CINE at Kenosha Water Works Dec.
Is, 1902.
Size OF Steam Pistons $1,000. 10 in and So in,
Size OF Water Plungers. ..........I8 1917 in.
Common Stroke. % in
Plunger Displacement. 49,. :. 50. SO gals.
Duration of Test. 9 hours and 80 minutes
Average Steam Pressure at Boilers. IS lbs.
Average Steam Pressure at Engine. 1907 lbs
Average Water Pressure. .............. 81 1 lbs.
Average Receiver Pressure. ...s........ g IL lbs.
average Vacuum. .............."..... " 81 in.
Average Suction Lift =. (gauge) 49,. 10. OF IT,
Total Suction Lift. 30 SO #.
Iotal Heau. l6I ~ IT.
Temperature OF Discharge ............3 dig. p,
Boiler Water Used. II, 081 lbs.
GOAL USED .E,6b5 lbs.
Number OF Revolutions ............ g, $50
Revolutions per Minute Observation-Disclosures
Total Water Pumped. ....l 1874 1886 gals.
Water Pumped per Pound OF Coal. .6lS. s gals.
Duty Developed during Test. 49,. 120 2S6, 800 1t.
pounds per 1000 pounds Of steam.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-12-25

chickens, and in their season wild
turkeys, geese aud duck. The streams
and lakes abounded with fish. Herds
of deer, numbering from half dozen
to dozen, were daily seen. The
beauty of Southern Wisconsin, the ex-
ceeding fertility of the soil and the
fineness of the climate surpassed be-
lief and those who told their story
we're credited with drawing largely on
their .imaginations. But that these
rich lands could be pre-empted and
bought for dollar and quarter an
acre was not matter of belief but a
matter of fact. These are sufficient
reasons for the immigration to Wis
consin from 1885 to 1889 inclusive.
The Land Sale.
The sale of government land in
March, 1889, will ever remain record
of one of the most exciting events In
the history of Racine county, which
then included Kenosha county. Tech.
nically the sale was opened to bidders
the minimum price being 81 Is an acre
but terrors to the man who dared tc
bid over the settler. A majority of the
settlers made the journey on foot te
Milwaukee, where the sale was to be
held. and some got there before the
day when the sales were to commence
Before daylight on the morning
of the eventful day the settler.
began to gather about the
door of the land Office. MANY
stood all day in position awaiting
their turn and some stood in line all
night. A feeling Of great relief and
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-12-25
NO TROUBLE IN ZION
DIR. Dowie VIII Have No Chance to Block
Electric Railway to the Southwark


The general supposition that Dowie
had checkmated the move of the Chi
cago, Waukegan and North Shore rail.
way to go through Ziou's domain
seems to be incorrect unless the claim
of the promoters of that railroad is at
fault.
1t will be remembered tha. the
Chicago, Waukegan and North Shore
company started condemnation pro-
ceedings affecting Dowie's Zion City
property, but prior to the fling of the
suit Dowie placed on file in the county
recorders Office plat of the property
in question. It was considered a
bombshell, effectively placed in the
camp of the enemy.
The condemnation proceedings are
still pending and it is understood that
the issue will be the non-acceptance OF
the plat by the municipality of Zion
City prior to its being filed for record,
ia which case lively legal battle is
likely to result.
The Chicago, Waukegan and North
Shore Railroad company is obliged tc
do over considerable of the work OF
acquiring right of way which had been
previously done, by reason of rights
extinguished by lapse of time. For
instance, formerly the company had
rights of way over the Ferry and Dur
kin properties which are now void. TIC
perpetuate them the company was
bound to the performance of specific
things which have not been done.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-12-25

One man has been found who is en-
tirely satisfied with the tax levy. He
states that his taxes are six dollars
less than they were last year.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-12-25

Experimenting With Wood Pavement
An experiment is to be tried with
wood pavement in Brooklyn. A sam
pie street or two is to be covered with
pine which has been treated with creo-
sote oil and rosin, the process givinf
hardness and endurance The blocks
are set up edgewise is, the grain
Of the wood runs in the same direction
as in the growing tree and they are
laid on concrete in the same manner as
asphalt. The advantages claimed over
asphalt are silence, elasticity, endur-
ance, facility Of repair and triding
gain In cheapness.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-12-25
HIGHWAY ACROSS COUNTRY
The Macadamized Road From New
York to Chicago.

The Macadamized Road From New
York to Chicago.
The movement for the building of a
macadamized highway from New York
to Chicago is certainly deserving of
success, says the Cleveland Leader
Anything that is designed to improve
the country roads of any part of the
United States ought to be encouraged,
for the greatest obstacle in the way of
the successful development of the ag-
ricultural regions of the country today
is the difficulty experienced in travel
ing over the highways in certain sea-
sons of the year.
The movement for good roads was
given considerable impetus several
years ago, when a great army of wheel
riders began to clamor for improve
ments in the highways, and much was
accomplished in various sections Of the,
country through the efforts of the
wheelmen's organization. The craze
for bicycle riding has abated, however,
and one force in the good roads move
ment has been lost.
The men back of the New York-Chi-
cago highway project are, of course,
interested in automobiles, either as
manufacturers or users of horseless
vehicles, and they cannot be said to be
free from an interested motive That
should make no difference, however.
The contemplated improvement would
be of great benefit to the country, and
if ways and means can be provided
the project should be carried through
This country ought some day to have
as good country roads as are to be
found in France, Germany and other
European countries in which the build
ing of highways has been carried on
scientifically for many years.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-12-25
Beginning to Live.

The little provisions the pioneers
brought with them we're soon ex-
hausted and the only immediate source
Of supply was Chicago. There they
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-02-28
Distance Between Apple Trees.

would like to say word about the
distance between apple trees. Prac-
tically wherever the limbs touch we
fail to get any fruit; therefore it is a
natural conclusion that they ought to
be far enough apart so that they will
not grow together The cider apple
will keep at respectable distance. but
take the Baldwin or White Pippin, and
forty feet is too close for them to be
planted.-I. j. Blackwell. New Jersey.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-02-28
Improvement of Soils.

Any scheme of rotation should have
the growing of at least one leguminous
crop in its plan. BY this means large
gains of nitrogen may be made from
the air. Potash and phosphoric acid,
unless already in the soil, must be sup
piled by commercial fertilizers. In the
case of very poor soil it is not advisa-
BILE to remove the crops unless the ma
nure is returned until fair state of
fertility has been reached. Stock rails
ing, dairying and poultry raising are
profitable lines of agriculture to carry
on in scheme for improving the fer
tility of poor soils.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-02-28
The Working Cow.

In some parts of Europe they make a
practice of working cows in the yoke
as we do or used to do oxen, excepting
that possibly as they want milk they
are careful to feed well and not over
work. This led to series Of expert
ments at Stockholm, Sweden, in test
ing the milk of cows so treated, and
they found that the milk was reduced
In quantity by the exercise, but its
quality was so much richer in butter
fat that the working cows actually pro-
duced more butter than cows equally
good that had no other exercise than
they found in gathering their food in
the pastures. This opens up new
possibility, remarks American Cultiva'
tor.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-02-28
RIDING ATTACHMENT FOR pLows.

tachment detached from the pillow,
and if it is TO be used for a harrow or
other implement where there is no fur
row larger wheel is substituted for
the small wheel, which would make it
run in leaning position. This wheel
is attached by set screw and can be
removed easily. and the shaft is long
enough so the large wheel may be put
on the extreme end and thus make it
less liable to tip over.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-02-28
A BOX OF BALDWIN APPLES.


the California bushel box. In packing
he graded to three sizes and packed the
sizes to fit the box tiering the different
sizes to fit the boxes. AS they We're red
apples he used white paper and put it
only in the bottom of the box, letting
it come about half way up on the sides
of the box. After the box was filled the
bottom was nailed on, the box turned
over and marked for the best apples
XXX, those next smaller XX, and the
smallest ones Y. In shipping three
boxes were counted to the barrel, and
in figuring the price per barrel three
bushels were counted per barrel.
In boxing white apples this shipper
would use some bright colored paper,
as a red, blue or green. 1t may be well
in boxing a red apple to use a cleaf
white or bright yellow.
Many times people living in the
crowded city have not the room for a
barrel Of apples, but they could put a
box in the corner or some out of the
way place, or if they could not afford
to buy whole barrel they could buy a
box, and there are many people thus
situated financially, enough of them to
consume many hundreds of barrels in a
season, and thus almost open up new
market for us. 1t IS more work, be.
cause they have to be graded carefully
in order to pack nicely, but not as much
trouble as one would suppose. After
you get used to it it can be done quite
rapidly. The cost Of the box is about
the same as barrel
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-02-28

An interesting illustration in Nee
orange trees or a few trees only are
sometimes protected from frost in
Florida. The board removed from the
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-02-28
FARM AND GARDEN.
BOXED APPLES.

The New Method of Mnrketlng-Items
From One of It's Advocates.
The boxing of apples for market finds
numerous advocates nowadays. Fol
lowing are some items CLEANED from
lengthy communication on the subject
to Rural New Yorker by successful
apple shipper. He has packed apples
as illustrated. The dimensions Of the
box are 11h by ~ by %, what is called
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-02-28

A Convenient PlOw Attachment.
The device figured is a riding attach
ment for plow, which an Iowa Home
stead correspondent says he devised
and patented a number of years ago,
but has concluded to grant the public
the free use of.
Fig. / shows the attachment attach
ed to walking plow and shows how
it is attached Fig. 2 shows the at
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-02-28
ORANGE TREE PROTECTED FROM FROST

top and the doors on the side allow cir
culation of air and some light The
young plant in the Enclosure is just
coming into bearing and is one of the
farthest north in Florida at the present
time.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-02-28

Grass Seeding on Irrigated Lands.
l prefer drilling alfalfa seed with
small grain for the reason that it can
be put into the ground about two
inches deep and thus find sufficient
moisture to bring it up. SO far have
had much better results than from
brOadcasting. For timothy, redtop
and bronze grass / prefer broadcast
ing, as know of no drill that will han
die these seeds properly. l use
wheelbarrow seeder, costing about So,
with which l can SOW twenty acres a
day. l always sow these grasses in
early spring. writes correspondent to
Orange Judd Farmer.
For alfalfa plow the ground in sum-
mer or fall, grade it well and irrigate
before seeding. The seeding Is delay
ed until all danger from frost is past,
say from May 10 to June 1. l always
see that every inch of land has been
irrigated Then when the ground has
dried just enough to work well l go
on the land with a hoe drill. put the
alfalfa seed in the grainbox and let
it run down through the pipes. Set the
drill to cover about two inches. Use
sixteen to twenty pounds of seed per
acre. When the ground is dry enough
not to pack, go over the land with
roller or planker. Seeded in this man
ner every alfalfa seed will come up.
get better results from ten pounds by
this mode of drilling than those who
put in twenty pounds of seed broad
cast.
l consider broadcasting very waste
full in this country, whether it be grass
seed, grain or peas. This is an arid
section, and all seeds lying on or near
the surface of the ground either sprout
and then die for want of moisture or do
not sprout at all.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-02-28

No Reasonable Man expects to
cure neglected cold In day. But time
and Aliens Lung Balsam will overcome
the cold and stave of consumption,
Cough will cease and lungs be sound as
new dollar.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-02-28


%' ssSnsss
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-02-28
SMALL FARMING PAYS.
Experience of n City Man with On
ions and Some other Things.

ions and Some other Things.
The experience of a man who leaves
business to get back to the land and
make a living possesses a peculiar in
terest, especially if he is successful.
The following narrative of New
Hampshire man given in the Clare
mont Eagle is case of bringing up the
production Of small farm to a profit
able basis:
l was a city man, but five years ago
my business was so dull l thought l
would try farming. l had very little
money, but have been successful. 1
have paid for my farm and own all my
stock and tools and think if all farm
ers did as 1 have done they would not
be preaching that farming doesn't pay.
l began the first year to work out for
my farmer neighbors, but soon found
this would not pay. l and all the
men l worked for were no better off
than when we started. l thought: 81
have farm as well as they. Why
can't 1 get a living at work for myself
if they do and can afford to hire helpY
After the first year 1 began to work
LOT myself anu lOuuu DelteT results. l.
have n small farm of fifty-seven acres,
which cuts double the hay it did five
years ago. l think man can do better
on a small farm than he can on big
farm, for he cannot cultivate the whole
of big farm, and one acre of good
land is better than five acres of poor.
If farmers would work as hard for
themselves as they have to when work.
ing for others, they would get rich.
do all of my own work and hire man
only few days in haying. l have kept
dairy of six cows, young stock, and
poultry and raise between 400 and 500
bushels of onions a year besides a va
riety of other vegetables. l find the
onions are the most profitable.
think it unwise for a man when he
starts on farm to begin fixing the
buildings. He should do it gradually
as he can afford; then he will be more
apt to hold his own.
There are a good many ways Of tell
ing a good farmer from a shiftless one
by the buildings, the bushes on the
walls and line fences, the apple trees
untrimmed, making it impossible to
NOW within fifteen or twenty feet Of
them.
The Newtown bee., 1902-11-21
\ DULL PARAGRAPH.
Yet not Without the Solid Meat of Instruc
 tiQn Wrapped Within 1t.


 tion Wrapped Within It.
 Twill write dull but instructive para graph. It begins with list of bad things, to wit: rheumatism, gout, bronchitis, liver complaint, kidney complaint, affections of the skin, asthma, all forms of nervous ail- ments, pneumonia, epilepsy, insanity well, that will do. The question is, what is the real cause of these ailments? As the children say, what ''ns0kes'' them? The answer is, Poisons manufactured in the di- gestive system. Cure the indigestion and you cure the fruits of it. That is the truth, and it is common sense also. Fail to cure the c0use and you may doctor any of it's consequences through pain cursed lifetime, always in vain. All con- tagious or infectious diseases select their victims from people weakened by bad digestion, or by insufficient nutrition. If you don't believe me ask the plague and cholera experts. At present the lead ing medicine for indigestion, chronic dys- pepsia, sluggish liver, incompetent kid neys and slow cell-transportation is Calcura Solvent, a discovery from the medical workshop of Dr. David Kennedy, of Kings ton, N. Y. It is tremendous fighter of disease, and usually conquers. It is one of the saeso things that make men wonder. The sick praise it with open mouth and thankful hearts. Tell the druggist to give you 8 bottle of Calcura Solvent, Dr. Ken nedy's new medicine-nothing else.
The Newtown bee., 1902-11-21
PLATTSVILLE.

HOYDEN's HILL AND VICINITY.
 Mrs William Relyea and son has vis- ited her daughter, Mrs Dew, of Nich- OlS.
 MT and Mrs Fred Jennings infant daughter has been indisposed.
 Mrs Colton and son have returned to Long Island after weeks visiting at E. B. SherwOOd'S. ,~ MT Miller has been husking corn for l.. A. Jennings.
 James Hawkins has left the old place and gone to EaStOn.
 One of E. R. Sherwood's men have been dismissed.
The Newtown bee., 1902-11-21
A SOCIAL SURPRISE.

A social surprise and serenade was given Representative-Elec J. A. Sher- wood, at his residence, Friday evening, November IA. A drum corps, toot horns and bells of every description, announced the arrival of the merry company. Although an entire sur prise, MT Sherwood was equal to Ethe occasion, and with the assistance of the genial hostess, Mrs Sherwood, en- tertained the company in an agreeable manner. After partaking of cake and coffee and extending congratulations to MT Sherwood, all departed for their homes declaring they had spent an en- ioyable evening.
The Newtown bee., 1902-11-21
WESTON
A JAPANESE TEA.

A JAPANESE TEA. Mrs D. L Coley entertained about 30 guests at Japanese tea on Thurs day. The refreshments were served in quaint Japanese bower, tea being dispensed by Mrs Langatelle in Japa nese costume and by Mrs Punzelt They were assisted by the two small sons of the hostes S, David and. Stanley Coley. The decorations were yellow ohrysanthemums and Japanese lan' terms, the souvenirs being small Jap anese fans. The tea was in honor of Mrs Marvin of Bayonne, N. Y., who is the guest of Mrs Coley.
 Nine dollars were added to the treasury of the Nortield Aid society as the result of the Pound social held at ohe house of Mrs Charles Scoteld, last week,
 Mrs H. A. Coley is spending the week in Norwalk.
 Mrs H. E. Jackson attended the Ma tional Grange meeting in Lansing, Mlcn., last week.
 Mrs John Fitch has been spending several days with her cousin, Mrs Eleanor Turney in Easton.
 Mrs +. P. Warehouse entertained guests from Norwalk over Sunday.
 Mrs H. c. Hurlbutt entertained the Lyons Plains whist club Thursday.
 Mrs McMahon has sold her place to MT Reeves from Colorado, who has taken possession.
 Mrs Loomis Gould entertained friends from Danbury over Sunday.
 MT and Mrs E. Church of Norwalk have been guests of Mrs Sarah Hull.
 The executive committee of Nortield Grange held meeting with Worthy Master, William P. Lockwood, on Sat- urday.
 Mrs Vanderbilt Godfrey has spent a few days wirh Mrs I. c. Fanton in As petuck.
 P. B. Perry has returned from a weeks visit in Somers, N. Y.