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Newspaper
Galesville Transcript
Location
Galesville, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1861
Page
3
A reader describes water lime and linseed oil as paint for out-buildings and notes durability varies. Gastar has a long lasting tar based finish. Europe uses a chocolate color for farm sheds. The wash recipes mix lime, skimmed milk, whiting, and coloring to create a durable, odorless coating that can be applied like whitewash and built up with multiple coats.
Tun Prarie Farmer reports soaking seed in chloride of lime and copperas before planting 60 acres with Brown's Corn Planter between April 27 and May 4 1860. Despite soaking the corn came up green and strong, but squirrels still caused losses. The writer recommends a double barreled shotgun and strychnine kernels for quick pest control, noting storms in the Black Sea.
A detailed home recipe explains a lime based white wash using slaked lime, galt, rice paste, whiting and glue. The mix is heated, preserved five days and yields a durable, oil paint like coating for wood brick or stone. Color options include Spanish brown and lampblack to create red, slate or pink tones.
The Windsor farm five miles east of Stockton, 880 acres, is owned by Mrs Mary Rhodes. The property includes a seven room cottage, a 35 by 50 foot barn, a 20 by 32 foot granary for 5,000 bushels, an orchard of 500 trees, and vineyards. Volunteers yielded 9,834 bushels of wheat and 6,994 bushels of barley from various plots, with strong wheat and barley harvests and substantial hay. The note praises Mrs Rhodes as a capable businesswoman and supervisor of her farm.
A settler before two justice in Australia, heavily intoxicated, refused to answer questions and kept repeating Your honor is very wise. The judge ordered him rocked up, and the next day the defendant claimed he must have been drunk indeed after repeating the phrase.
In a conver tium dated April 1 Jas Barbour closed his secession speech Mr Treadway urged a Virginia ultimatum Montague opened a secession appeal Southall read Albermale county resolutions urging secession and noted shifting local sentiment Bedford Amelia and Madison counties also backed immediate secession.
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