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Newspaper
Galesville Transcript
Location
Galesville, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1861
Page
1
A feathery herald fills the woods with early spring song. The poem pictures winter melting, sunlit beams, and the earth's returning claims to admiration. It speaks of love awakening, hopeful time, and the fleeting joys tied to nature's cycle.
A fragment remarking that true nature is found in old fashioned manners, contrasting a rustic elder's honest warmth with fashionable modern speech. A modern woman also admires the hearthside nostalgia, highlighting how authenticity clashes with refined social display. The piece contrasts natural frankness with masquerade.
A Wisconsin Chief excerpt contrasts two women, one refined and sincere while the other pompous and hollow. The piece derides insincere praise and criticizes schooling that erodes traditional soul and character, labeling it a curse on man and womanhood.
The People of Wisconsin enact circuits by counties. Sixth Circuit includes Crawford Bad Ax La Crosse Monroe Jackson. Eleventh covers Trempealeau Buffalo Pepin Eau Claire Chippewa Clark Dunn Dallas. Eighth includes Ashland La Pointe Douglas Burnett Polk St Croix Pierce. Twelfth covers Marathon Portage Wood Peneau Adams. Seventh includes Shawano Waupaca Waushara Marquette. Portage County judge for twelfth. Trompealeau judge for eleventh. Elections set for April 1862, term starts 1863, governor to appoint others.
The text announces vacancies for Circuit Judge positions in the sixth and seventh Judicial Circuits and sets terms until January 1, 1863, with successors to be elected and qualified. It repeals conflicting acts and specifies effective dates: April 10, 1861 for sixth, eighth, eleventh Circuits and October 1 for seventh, tenth, twelfth Circuits. Approved March 30, 1861. A W Ranpant
A jumble of short notes reports many topics including sugar crop prospects in Louisiana, 31 senator candidates in Pennsylvania, Captain Ericsson's English patent for a hot air engine, England pencil case manufacture from Sebastopol bones, 223,867,270 postage stamps issued in 1860, Empress Eugenie health, religious excitement and spiritualism, Gen. Wool bedridden, Dixie melody copyright earnings, Britons' government support cost, spotted fever in Dauphin and Lebanon Pa., European powers backing Italian independence, Ohio Senate calls for National Convention, oil wells opened with few paying, Abd el-Kader's France visit, no state income tax in Minnesota, and rising European emigrants to New York.
Minutes record the town meeting with opening between 9 and 10, votes received until noon, adjournment for lunch, and reassembly at 1. Supervisors report adopted with modification. Several appropriations approved for road and bridge works, including funds to improve French Creek Road, East Beaver Creek, and North Branch Beaver Creek, and to finish a bridge by mill. Elected road district overseers and approved several by laws governing swine bells and equine restraint. Pledges and fines set. polls closed after afternoon voting.
A severe snow storm hit Virginia on the 16th alt causing widespread damage to fruits and vegetables. Fruit trees were in blossom, and the storm led to significant agricultural losses across the region.
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