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Newspaper
Galesville Transcript
Location
Galesville, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1860
Page
4
Grace Greenwood edits The Little Pilgrim a Philadelphia monthly noted for graceful language and fresh thoughts. Each issue has sixteen pages with cuts and is offered to subscribers at 50 cents per year. Special club rates apply for multiple copies and premiums.
The university invites all to attend the class examinations on Monday and Tuesday December 17th and 18th. A detailed exhibition is scheduled for Wednesday evening following the exams.
The Union and Democrat reappears minus part of its name and local editor with Border. Mr Pomeroy laments the Republican victory and mocks the outcome while Virr notes a fire at 9 J Varria’s home on the night of the 12th, saved from serious loss. H W Maughmer sends thanks for a communication.
The excerpts summarize contested views on Union dissolution risk and Slavery politics. They cite fear over northern interference, Fugitive Slave Law enforcement, and presidential duty to execute laws. Also notes South Carolina's resistance, potential defensive orders, and calls to stabilize Kansas and Cuba relations.
Onystan Varin notes Crystal Valley near Galeville four miles from Beaver Creek. John Martin, a Prussian settler, helps establish the German Dutch community. Uhle brothers report yields of 450, 605, and 30 laghels per acre with an expected valley average around 33 1/3 bushels. Threshing finished, granaries full, hopeful for 1861. Mentions Baron Alphonse and a Prussian coast general appointment in Paris.
The writer travels by northern route from Paris to Brussels at night, noting quiet landscapes, clear skies, and a Romish student conversation. He describes Belgian plains, windmills, canals, and Delgian roads, with passport checks at the frontier and Brussels as Paris in miniature, including the Hôtel de Fille and gothic town hall.
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