Kewaunee Enterprize (Newspaper) - August 3, 1859, Kewaunee, Wisconsin KEWA D. D. THE KEWAUNEE WE LABOR FOR PROGRESS AND AUGUST 3, 1859. encouragement is gi AT rn il expiration ot Hie RATES OF B or 0110 Si 00 1 wo Esich subsequent one 13.00 Ono column ono column fourth column One half column six One three 1'oiirth column ihren AUGUST 3, 1859. Front the New York THE DOCTOR'S o it Don John's Passage of the The noble beast that forms the of my had been a bay the richest and most glossy with a lone spot of white hair iu the His tail had been ed to by the naturally and gracefully those of the wild mustangs of the The ample small ankles and proud and the wide prominent eyes and open denoted gentle but the time I saw him old age had whitened his beautiful bay tufts of hair were growing behind his eves were and the few long teeth he possessed were 1 had noticed the care and tion bestowed on him by every in- mate of that Not a day passed that his neck and face were not caressed by soft feminine and had been surprised at how much more so was J. when Mrs. like was the both arms around his nnd while his soft nose rested against her shoulder would call him pet and not her beautiful eyes would fill with tears while thus Don John received all these caresses as if he had been customed to frequently ing one and another of the inmates huge house My ity at length became so great that 1 resolved to become acquainted with the reason why lie was thus honored with the respect and attachment of the Not many days before I became acquainted with the and I assure gentle I considered them sufficient to excuse any of affection which it might please the superior brute to bestow on his low the dumb He had belonged to Dr. of for many years -a practicing physician in that Don John had carried his ter to and from many a bed of 4ind, God help fire had flown from his hoofs as times as his fleet steps had dashed across the Mohawk on the old not heeding the infant's wail that greeted in his quiet cor- master's not that it was the wail for the ad- vent of a human doomed to Us of had acquired a AS all knew he had also his laurels to be proud of- Doctor had been to on with his been absent three During his absence one of those breaking up rains had set in. Mountains of ice were rushing down the Mohawk ing everything before over- flowing the carrying away and alarming many of the as well it for one must sec a freshet to understand its terrible One must hear tho crash and behold the mad waters rushing long and for behold the wrecks of many a dwelling often bearing a of and sometimes a human as was witnessed a few years since on the The night was inky and Don John picked out the way fully and never but with the bridle hanging slack across his aud his nose close to the his master had little fear for They were approaching where a bridge spanned the and Don John whinnied pitifully once or twice till a sharp word from his ter warned him not to show the white On the other he could just through the dense moving and mering and once he fancied he heard a but he little ed aught save getting housed as soon as and sleeping off the fatigues consequent to his step old kany to my own and your has lost many a said the patting his and pushing the wet tangled lock from his They were now ascending the tle eminence leading to the when the horse said the are nearly home Still no attempt at ing and beneath them the angry waters roared and like maddened devils balked of their you hear sir 1 with a smart buffet on the and a gathering up of the bridle into the lirm determined and the animal though the broad back ly shivered from time to and the gait was so measured and that at any other time he would have observed i t. As it he only let him have his own though he may have smoothed his for he had a kindly and his poor beast had labored hard through dreadful weather and he was sadly in need of food and Towards the end of the bridge the steps became and once stumbled in the hind A quick grasp at the and a cheery sir and again the cautious hoofs resounded on the hard They were for the and tossed his head till the Doctor shook in the more mile to poor fellow but I and you want some So riding up to the tavern where a genial light was from the he for the A dozen or more of the inmates came rushing to the door with they held a. where did come broke from their lips almost from from over the What is the matter? Has the freshet carried away any of your Here as dis- he threw the reins to a gaping John thing and dry him off. Keep him wrapped up while he and want a tumbler of red hot said the you crossed the Mohawk and if so on the are you all said the exasperated said the old ed bridge went down the Mohawk this Come with and I will show if you God only knows how you did it A shiver went to the Doctor's lantern in he lowed the footsteps of the men to the margin of the swollen and turbid Where was the God said the horror struck is my My noble beast came over here this backed by on this solitary string and I with this right hand gave him a blow as he faltered the Doctor sank upon his knees in the soft wet and wept like a men ed from his presence respectfully and left him to When after some little time he made his his eyes were greeted by the sight of his surrounded by the entire household contributing to render him some A quart of warm ale was given by another bed his neck and chest with a third dried his glossy hide with warm and others patted his neck or his nose and The Doctor and took the head of his beast against his and warm tears ed up from his as the long grateful tongue lapped his master's John my and I gave you a blow and the words ended in a wailing Men un- covered their and turned their faces from and at length led him where he spent the that he should at his death be buried in his ped in his own rich and in a in the corner of his own burying His wishes religiously and two years after I learned this bones were buried in a corner of the old Mosely Burying Ground at The morning revealed to him the dreadful danger he had from the sagacity of his and again did he grieve for the blow he had dealt him when so nobly he was putting forth more than human never done a day's work from that Sometimes his master rode him forth on a pleasure or drove him before a light vehicle a few miles with some ber of the family but his al labors were Nothing could exceed the care and attention that were ever given him He fed from a manger made of his room was more a parlor than a stable and company to the Doctor's always paid a visit before they Thus lived they many the Doctor and his horse growing old survived his master some years and when the good man's will was there was found a clause which to this that he est daughter she to be as he had MORE THAN THE MOTH D. L. in commencing a series of articles for the Fort Wayne in regard to the Wyandotte makes the comparison between the Wyandotte and Mammoth one of the most extensive and remarkable in the is situated in Crawford county about twenty-five miles be- low New on Blue I have called it a remarkable The Mammoth Cave of Kentucky has hitherto been designated as the greatest known cave in the It may startle your scientific readers to hear me assert the fact that there is one stalagmite alone in Wyandotte Cave more massive than all the and stalactites in the moth Cave put This Cave I have surveyed and mapped a dis- tance of twenty miles in and there numerous avenues I have never penetrated to their though I have visited the cave for scientific and other purposes over a dozen different on one visit four days and nights within its darksome The Mammoth Cave is ed more for its vastness than its Wyandotte for its great its mammoth its lofty reaching frequently to the height of two hundred and en and especially for its ous and beautiful natural which almost continually meet the eye in every A portion of this cave has been known and ed for over forty This portion is about three miles in length and is termed the Old In 1840 a new door from within the old cave was discovered which extended the caves united to about twelve miles in In 1853 a still newer dis- covery of ingress was accidently which has added eight or ten miles and disclosed a plan of formations more extensive and more beautiful than any heretofore The cave contains every kind of formation peculiar to the Mammoth and other besides some very peculiar and unique for- mations found only in Wyandotte TRIALS OF A Reform Convention was in session at 3ST. and was well ed. Mrs. of N. made the speech of the Mrs. of related With evident the many trials and tribulations she sed through in adopting the dress of the Her to number of thirty or left and she felt alone in the When she passed through the streets of her native gentleman would touch his hat to but on many occasions had tually avoided her by popping down an or running up a ing When she passed through the streets the the indelicate the and shrugs of the men on the went to her soul like but she had resolved on liberty or short skirts or less of the loss of she to the She did so because it gave her of capacity to strength and all the desirable constituents of a robust and powerful physical TUB WEST AT cor- respondent of the Boston writing from Saratoga Sprins under date of July The season opens with a fullness unknown for a great length of It is now the 15th Yet the hotels are more full and the merriment and gayety is stronger than it was last year the first day of This is partly accounted for from the early and excessive heat of the and partly from the great number of families the and other western taie the lead for tile The belles of Saratoga at the present are from the young called the White and from the color of their ing are quite pretty and do credit to the fair and good they seem to go into the maizes and joys of the with with a ness that is suggestive of the strength of the DESCRIBING the opening of the London Times makes py allusion to the United States the space allowed to the Diplomatic corps is and blazes at every point with stars and orders of every Conspicuous among them in his plain evening dress and snow white is the American Mr. a striking if we may so call of the simple of the great republic he represents so. economically as. possible Cut down your No ter how large or how small business may no one can be successful who allows his outgo to exceed his The Chicago Press Tribune is responsible for the A REASONABLE day or two since a lady of unusual tude of crinoline got into one of our street railroad She spread her skirts over the adjacent seats to the horror of the who lated on a rush of passengers After arranging and the lady called the con- and many do you think I He was unmarried man and did not care about exaggerating the re- With that the lady handed him over fifteen cents pay for three don't let me be dis- And she Glad to hear of one reasonable one that thinks that others may have some and that the world is not purpose to spread crinoline in. An editor recently a to tast for copying choice scraps for his editorial columns and not giving credit for The con- temporary replied by saying did not do a credit
