Degeneracy and the Echoes of Ancient Strength
The piece argues against physical and moral decline while contrasting modern tastes with classical prowess. It cites Homer, Virgil, Shakespeare, and others, noting admiration for past masters yet insisting present society, inspired by free government, will produce worthy minds and deeds even if contemporary stars seem few.
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Olntey
William Wallace
Robert Bruce
Scott
Richard Cour de Lion
Saladin
Worals
Greece
Rome
New Column Contributor F Welcomed to Our Pages
To Correspondents we welcome a new contributor F hoping he will send more often. The week’s mail yielded interesting pieces from H GP R I M Ned Emma Wethank A Delegate for his clear defence of our position on the apportionment question.
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I.M. D
Ned Sod
Emma
Wethank
Correction of a Supposed Error by Gentlemen
A nasal debate frames the correction of an alleged error as the motive for addressing a modern correspondent. The writer asks for a courteous reckoning of mistakes, noting mutual subjectivity and a readiness to accept correction from the other party.
The Wisconsin Farmer August Issue Promoted
The Wisconsin Farmer offers an agricultural monthly with valuable information and practical suggestions. It thanks readers for its columns and invites subscriptions through J Powers & Co in Madison Wisconsin.
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J. Powers & Co
Madidon
Wis
Hypographical Advertiser and Trempealeau Wheat Growers
Hypographical Advertiser notes a beautiful quarterly sheet for crafters with presidential cuts and a portrait of Lawrence Johnson. Includes wheat acreage figures from Trempealeau County farmers, highlighting Thomas Russell with 135 acres and others between 40 and 100 acres. comments on infancy of county farming.
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Lawrence Johnson
Fam
Borders &E
Johnson & Co
Sansom &T
Philadelphia
Tremphaleau County
Thomas Russell
Messrs. Healey
Molmes
Nicholls
Trempealean
Smith
Bidwell
Kennedy
Beaver Croek Valley
Messrs French
Clark and Johnson
Vermont Quarterly Gazetteer enters Ludlow imprint
Abby Marin Hemiway edits a new Vermont Quarterly Gazetteer with Addison County focus in its first issue. The 120 page number contains four steel engravings of ex Governor Slade and aims to provide a comprehensive county history across civil, educational, religious, geological, and literary topics. Fourteen volumes will cover all counties with multiple pricing options and club offers.
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Vermont Quarterly Gazetteer
Abby Marin Hemiway
Sve
A.M. Hemingay
Ludlow
Slade
Addison County
Green Mountain
A.M Heminway
Reverend Frothingham to preach at Court House next Sabbath
Martine announces Rev J Frothingham will preach at the Court House next Sabbath with services starting at 1 A M. The piece praises the harvest weather and asks farmers to submit acres cultivated yield per acre and crop statistics for publication.
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J. Frothingham
Court House
Boys drownings steer weekly exchange reports
Our weekly notes recount drownings among boys while bathing, with brief particulars of incidents and responses recorded by local exchanges.
Town Caucus for Gale to Decide Delegates at Convention
A Republican caucus for the Town of Gale will convene in the Court House on Thursday afternoon the 16th at 4 o'clock to appoint delegates to the County Convention. The convention will meet at the same place the following day with due notice already given.
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Gale
Court House
Beauty of nature and sky in a rural region
The narrator extols a picturesque county with hills, prairies, and abundant scenery. He urges readers to look up to the skies, marvel at cloud forms and sunlit horizons, and find spiritual meaning in nature while reflecting on divine creation. He cites Wordsworth and notes the enduring beauty of heavenward gazes and God’s pictures in the heavens.
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P’shaw
Earth
Wordsworth
Life Reflections on Nature and Mortality in August
The piece links August beauty to a moral message about life’s decline and rebirth. It compares harvest glow to a fading year, then to human life, linking death to a bridge to immortality. It asserts the soul’s enduring germ and ongoing growth beyond earth life through divine light and love.
Republican County Convention Notice Revisited
A week earlier readers were alerted to a Republican County Convention notice copied from the Representative, prompting a polite remark that an apportioning error had occurred. The item signals ongoing confusion over party event details and calls for correction.
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Paulisue
Geo. Gale
Galesville
Davies Wasting
Yeondont
Ofiman
Omer
Ronal
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