Letter from Major Downing laments war and Union fate in 1863
Apache-like missive from Beaver Dam recalls Washington visit, critiques Sumner and Greeley, and mocks wartime leadership. The piece uses quips and parables about Lincoln, Union, andDespotism while recounting Downingville events, a hero’s reception of Insine Stebbins, and local civic mood amid Civil War strains.
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Jack Downing Downingville
Caweashin
Lars
Washington
Kernel
Ginneral Jackson
Sumner
Greeley
Linkin
Jenkens
Jerusha Matilda
Port Royal
Wal
Sol
Pendergrat
Bel
Adam
Ile
Ol' Sol
Adam Pendersrast
Linkin Sed
Manny
Matisra
Gineral Jackson
Wenaman
Insine Stebbins
Gothom
Downingville
Col. Doolittle
Insine
Hutin
Colonel Doolittle
Old Elder Dusenberry
Caplin
Eldeg Dusenberry
Aga
Tfi
General Jackson
Use and intent in routine gear and choices
The text questions practical purpose behind everyday items and actions. It asks what value remains in trimming, grappling with, buying, or rocking if the underlying need or readiness is never pursued. The tone challenges preparedness and use.
My Piano Drives Neighbors to Despair in Comic Tale
A narrator laments a new piano invading domestic life with thunderous noise and farcical misgivings. The Count and a friend parody opera grandeur as the instrument assaults ears, while the narrator plots to discard the device and banish pianos from the neighborhood.
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Count Runaway
Tie
Bronso Hills
Christopher Morth A Universal Enthusiast of Many Sides
A portrait describes Christopher Morth as a towering, muscular, ambidextrous figure with flowing yellow hair and blue eyes, a blend of poet and philosopher. He is depicted as a champion of the arena and a lover of beauty, fierce yet tender, a cosmopolitan thinker with a fiery temperament and generous charities.
The Lifetime of Man in Creation’s Tale
A fable recounts how different animals seek life spans from Nature. The ass asks for eighteen years, the dog twelve, the ape ten, and finally man pleads for more as he sees plans for family and home, only to be granted eighteen plus the ass’s eighteen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
St Anthony
Salerno
Naples
St. Antonia
Lower Oders
Indies
Nature
Asa
Wisconsin Laws Heavy with 1863 Provisions Across Education and War
Wisconsin law notices detail amendments to 1862 acts on teacher certificates and re examination by state superintendent, payment of war survivors relatives, and grants related to land donations for agriculture and mechanics education. The text covers fees, timelines, commissions, and effective dates with multiple chapters approved in April 1863.
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Wisconsin
Senate
Assembly
United States
Secretary of State
Congress
Senate and Assembly
Corallvisionera
School
University Janda
Board of
Regenta
Secretary of the Interior
Shell
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Beaver Dam Argus
Gero d
Dodge Co
Goulding
Breca
Ups
Front Street
Beaver Daw
Wis
Sherman & Gowbey
Trane
Aks
Zoel
Teese Abet
Lewe Gonatitute
A. M
Masome
Beaver Dam
Beebe
N.A Mayer
W. C.twe
Hander & Dick
Urbe Ty Counesiure At Law
Dodge of
Nea Othee Overariuere Bank
Pie
Edwald Llwell
Sloan &McFetridge
Beaser
Stevens
Feuure
Et Erler
Impact Heaita
A.B. Lawrence
Presisvone
Front St
Cilmi
Faruaut Stree
Beaver
Reed
Newb
Chalde J. & Hostimn
F J
Ate Batan
Dorge County
Dodge
Trery and Sale Stable
Justice of Tecesp
Spring Street
Harneeess
Mer- II N. Sustice
Daguerrean Rooms
Erways
CLARK
Reaver Dam
Ives
Subre
Pagtubers
Ante
W. D. Babcock
Alvin F.ordway
Milwbright and Machinist
Ermerty
Lradford
Permont
Mit
Haven
Milwaukee
Aliin & Go
Wig
Moepwari
Hiweruen
Fond du Lac
Wiserson
Tomeh
Axe
Tracy Lake
Kurt
Kemer Dan
Beood
Wan
Chicago
Wie
Dan Pease
Palmer & Parmington
Beever Dam
Beaver Dam, Wis
Christopher North
Hercules Apollo
J. D. Howard
The
Atlantic Monthly
Foctrs
Christopher Morth
Man
Nashville
Philo. Press
Times
Jeff
Davis
Gurad
Nelson
Darkey
Beard and
Vine Streets
Mr. Lincoln
Col. Gillem
Petigru
South Carolina
Petigra
Asid
Teddy
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