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Newspaper
Galesville Transcript
Location
Galesville, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1860
Page
2
A fragmentary verse ponders the closing day of the week and the fleeting moment of creation. The speaker hopes the period brought gentle thoughts and memories of divine rapture, even as the week cannot return. Ex.
The speaker recalls a rural scene by a stream where Kate Ryder, the farmer's daughter, shares a drink of water. Years pass like flowing water as the narrator vows to continue drinking life’s stream with Knute the farmer's daughter.
A story follows Mr Meddler as he meddles in others travel misadventures aboard a train. He mistakenly ejects an empty carpet bag thinking it belonged to a passenger who had alighted to Middleport. A stranger reveals the old man aimed for Middlebury to see a dying son, underscoring the perils of meddling in others affairs.
A brief, damaged excerpt shows a person blaming another for spoiling a funeral and jeopardizing a marriage, with crude language and a disrupted wedding plan. The surviving text depicts accusation and emotional tension in a strained social scene.
James K. Paulding, former Secretary of the Navy, reflects on a political life worn by constant public pressure. He laments endless solicitations in Springs and cities, as well as from relatives at home, noting the cost of civility amid fame and relentless requests for favors.
George Hynes of Ludlow Massachusetts, serving since 1793, recalls the French campaigns from Austerlitz to Borodino. He fought at Lodi and in Egypt, with three brothers killed, and left Napoleon’s service after Moscow then settled in the United States. He endured wounds and desertion before arriving in this country with thirty five others.
Arratpo or Syaxes relates the tale of a cowardly newcomer in Calhoun who boasted bravado against snakes after moving from the East last spring. He bought a farm, barely slept, and planned to inspect a vast oats patch with a scythe in hand, bracing for danger as he rode into the field.
A man on a farm flees a large snake that slithers through a oats patch while he rides his horse to escape. The chase circles the field as the animal tires and the man realizes the danger came from the shadow of his own scythe.
Old Dr Cooper of South Carolina tells students not to fear dirt. He claims dirt is just a mix of elements that reveals soap when treated with alkali and water. He says gypsum makes dirtless and notes corn bread meat and a kiss as outcomes of dirt.
A young lady entered a dry goods store and asked for stockings. The clerk hinted at silk alternatives, prompting the customer to insist she wanted stockings and remark about a tow headed seller nearby, leaving the shocked clerk to recover.
The health of Mrs. Fremont has not improved at her mountain home and she has moved to a residence near San Francisco where the air is milder and access to comforts is easier.
Two early American poets, William Cullen Bryant and John Greenleaf Whittier, serve as members of the Electoral College and will vote for Abraham Lincoln for President in the upcoming election.
One of Sir Boyle Roche's invitations to an Irish nobleman was equivocal. I hope, my Lord, if you come within a mile of my house, you'll stay there all night.
A quotation on how true greatness emerges from hardship and restraint. It argues that a wise man yields to opponents, learns from wounds, and remains invulnerable to praise. The speaker asserts confidence in enduring criticism and caution against flattery.
The report lists 3,254 practicing homeopathic physicians, with 1,12 in America, five colleges in Germany, one in London, and two or three in the United States. It adds 506 practitioners in Germany and tes hospitals, plus counts for France 403, Hugland 244, Spain 94, Belgium 26, Holand 7, Switzerland 34, Italy 14, Sweden Norway and Denmark 12, Russia 67 with one hospital, Danubian Principalitice 4, Portugal 47, Asia 4 and Africa 6.
While performing on stilts in Troy last Tuesday, Blon din attempted a somersault. The rope crotch failed causing him to fall among seats and crowd, injuring him and leaving one arm potentially paralyzed by impact with a seat’s hard backing.
In Avansta, November 21, the conservative sentiment condemns ongoing sectional wrangles and calls for Northern Legislatures to repeal unfriendly laws. They urge a convention of all states to meet promptly to save the Union from bankruptcy, anarchy, and ruin.
A New York fashion writer forecasts stark winter headwear with minimal decoration. Dark velvet caps with flat fronts and plain crowns may feature only rich real lace, while feathers and flowers vanish from sight.
The piece explains that every breath uses two pints of air and about sixty hogsheads of air daily for the lungs, stressing the need for well ventilated houses and avoiding small, close rooms. It quotes Sam Slick on laziness and tavern fronts as a humorous aside about idle neighbors.
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