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Whimsical Fragments and Legal Notices from a Country Page
An 1850s style column blends quips about Niagara Falls and a dictionary joke with vivid anecdotes of clerks and customers, a shoe boot tale, and a stream of local notices. The long passage shifts to a sheriff sale notice in Dane and Sauk counties, describing mortgages and property bids, followed by a proposals notice for maple wood card purchases.
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Tom Bumkin
Niagra
Tere
Sis
Hfellor
Ifo
Badta
Syracuse
Watore
Franklin
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Lin
Sears
Apollyon
Alt Ny
Sperry
Jie
Buck
Cutly
Davitom
Biibes
Otelock
Sauk
Wisconsin
J.E Donovan
Stern
Stevens & Mines
Sherit
Burk
Baaboo
Atane Aelock
Bniahno
Woorl
B. L. Purdy
Bec
Megal
Sankaw Wey
Snl
Tang
Andy
Lot
Arun
Bose
Wien
ATE OP Wifcorsty
Madivan
Roesgen
I Madison
Uysonels
Dw.jones
Samuel D
Garrist Bouok
Ian
Wen
Tash S Vila
Jens Sil Gies
Rorwel Clement, Nen, 1S U Tl Kispes Hatand