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Newspaper
Galesville Transcript
Location
Galesville, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1861
Page
4
The piece argues against secession and criticizes the milk and water approach to enforcing laws. It notes Northern and foreign views, cites London's dispatch, references a North Carolina journal advocating state sovereignty, and contemplates Lincoln's upcoming inauguration with cautious expectation.
Rev Joan Frotmxenam will lecture at the Galesville Lyceum on Saturday evening at six past six before the Court House. The subject is George Whitfield and his career with accompanying exercises and an anticipated well filled house.
A fragment from the Atlantic Monthly presents a bold Quaker poet whose trance and graphic pen evoke natural imagery in verse. The piece highlights original poetic craft.
A rapid blaze at a 23 by 56 foot wooden two story building owned by R. Troggers and occupied by University students and merchant R A Odell consumed the structure in about an hour. The drum stove started the fire, no insurance covered the loss, and goods including trunks belonging to Misses Cadwell and Spaulding were ruined.
The February issue presents contributors Harriet Martineau E P Whipple Jas Russell Lowell Oliver Wendell Holmes Miss Prescott J G Whittier and Paul Akers Its political piece E Pluribus Unum is judged sound pertinent and just.
Our genial friend Samuel Bartlett arrives from the eastern part of the state bringing several fine horses and carriages. He will now be able to serve those in want of a good team in style.
The column page announces H. M. K as a new contributor. It notes he writes in his native tongue and has gained a fair knowledge of English idiom, joining the publication to offer his expertise.
Reverend John Prob ham will preach at 11 A M in the Cowt Mouse church this Sabbath. Reverend T D Cledenning preaches at 7 in the evening. R A Odell moves his goods to the store formerly occupied by A Button on West table to continue serving customers.
A Telegraph Dispatch reported from La Crosse on Tuesday that Port Sumpter has been reinforced by three hundred soldiers strengthening defenses amid ongoing tensions in the region.
Several citipans on the occasion of the late fire prohibited, and courage truly commendable as residents aided neighbors and reported the incident to authorities.
The piece extols Good Samaritans and spontaneous acts of charity across Christian and Muslim followers. It argues benevolence is a natural virtue, rewarded by happiness and aligned with humanity's exalted place in creation, not driven by selfish motives.
Jd. Nicholls, Esq. presented a wild cat caught by Daniel McClary of Beaver Creek. The animal, described as a light spotting cat with creamy belly, measured just over four feet when stretched. It had previously raided a henroost, devouring one fowl, before being trapped. The creature will not attack unless cornered, and avoids pursuing hosts when a safe retreat exists.
Yesterday marked the coldest day of the season with the thermometer recording a frigid 22 degrees below zero, signaling extreme winter conditions across the region. The cold snap prompted weather warnings and requests for residents to take precautions against frost and exposure.
The narrator, with a young English companion, tours Ehrenbreitstein fortress opposite Coblenz. They cross the Rhine by boat bridge, climb the hill to the impregnable stronghold, pass lunettes ditches and bastions, and are halted by a severe musket barrier manned by a mild guard.
A narrator climbs Rheinfels near St Goar and traverses its vast subterranean magazine and covered way. He notes fortress ingenuity and the Rhine valley’s many medieval ruins along the castellated river.
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