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Newspaper
Galesville Transcript
Location
Galesville, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1861
Page
3
The case involves an appeal from a justice of the peace and whether notice is required for trial at the current term. The court cites Section 276, Chap. 120, R. S. and concludes the appeal may proceed at the regular appellate term with proper notice and calendar placement, and is not repealed by the 1890 General Laws. The matter stands for trial.
In November 1860 the case, brought by the plaintiff against La Crosse as issuer and Charles Nagle as indorser, questions whether Nagle is liable as an ordinary indorser on city orders protested for nonpayment. The orders were drawn by the city council and endorsed by Nayle, payable by the city treasurer, a demurrer is overruled.
Dr Benjamin Baston of McHenry County reports success with Chinese sugar cane using a Cook evaporator producing 10 to 12 barrels of syrup sold at 50 cents a gallon. Neighbors plan larger plantings, with Syrup favored over Southern molasses and used in pies and cakes. Minnesota testimony praises the syrup as a strong local product, while cautions stress seed quality and early varieties for best results.
The article notes belief that sorghum varieties will yield economical syrup and perhaps sugar, feasible for farmers to produce themselves or hire others. Cook's Evaporators are well received in the state, with many makers reporting satisfaction. The writer seeks sorghum makers’ experiences, seed availability, and opinions to inform the public.
Mea Bprion urges immediate planting of fruit trees to build home orchards. The article stresses choosing hardier varieties from northern nurseries and cautions that East and North regions have fruit shortages unless people act now to plant apples, pears, plums, and cherries.
A farmer urges care and proper efforts to shield apples from cattle rats mice and rabbits so you may speedily have your bin of apples for yourself and your friends.
A columnist argues against longing for the past and praises present progress. Comparing Elizabethan England to today, the piece notes diet, housing, and living standards were harsh then, while science, enterprise, and arts have advanced. The author urges contentment or further improvement toward the “good time coming.”
The writer notes Auguste Comte’s dismissal of sentiment and religion as imaginary in his Positive Philosophy, then recounts how he later acknowledged sentiment after falling in love, and turned to religion for consolation following his beloved’s death.
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