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Newspaper
Galesville Transcript
Location
Galesville, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1860
Page
5
The party arrived about forty minutes late but were warmly received. After the quarterly conference, they shared hospitality with New England friends and noted local farms and industry. A sermon by Rev. C. Smith followed tea, then Rev. Fallows spoke at ten thirty, ending with a love feast before returning home.
A fragmentary reminiscence recounts a preacher's sermon on Babel builders and a critic’s remark on fruit trees in New England. It recalls a neighbor’s indifferent grafts, a land exchange giving hillside property, a crow's nest image from old trees, and the lesson Triumph by defeat guiding pruning and fire defense ideas.
The excerpt emphasizes trials in cultivating fruit trees and forest seeds, advocating careful placement in checks of a red square with seedlings set in corners. It suggests using decayed leaves or compost, avoiding sprinkling rock, and notes that experimentation and small accidents spurred key improvements such as the steam engine and the Spinning Jenny.
The piece describes a vast display of cabinets and dressing-cases with native-wood inlays and silver fittings. It praises the polished surfaces, pearly inlays, and elaborate trimmings, noting porcelain ware, wash bowls, and punch bowls. Oddities include a duck dish with wings that lift and a fish dish with fins extended, among many toys, puzzles, and bird cages.
A Winona Republic report states a gentleman's yard trial of quassia for vine and plant protection. Mix one pound quassia in a barrel of water, stir daily, and water plants at night or early morning to deter bugs. Quassia available at drug stores. low cost and potentially beneficial.
Statesman Bulwer and his son Owen Meredith publish a co authored poetry volume titled Volume of poetry by a father and a son. The elder Bulwer contributes St Stephen and the younger contributes Luine.
The seventy year old Rev Alfred Brunson of Prairie du Chien has served forty two years as a Methodist minister. A Detroit sermon referenced his early life as a soldier under Gen Harrison, his 1822 Michigan ministry, and ties to Gov Chase and Major Rowland. He has been active in Wisconsin Territory politics and public trust roles.
Axyoturr Polar Expuorizon notes renewed zeal for polar discovery with multiple nations, including Sweden planning a scientific Arctic voyage led by Torres. The Swedish expedition sails in May from Spitsbergen aiming to reach the pole via open northern routes, contrasting routes from American barriers.
Dr Merrick of Adrian Michigan reports a battle on Main Prairie between the Sioux and Chippewas. Five Sioux killed and three wounded. Hole-in-the-Day present, slightly wounded in the leg, and said to hold the head of a slain foe, four scalps, and Sioux weapons. The fight occurred Monday the 14th. St Paul Times.
Our readers learn the recent rains have swollen the northern streams enough to allow log driving after weeks of waiting. All lumber cut on Snake river is now floating toward the Bt. Croix, and other lumber regions anticipate driving as streams rise further.
The Mobile Register notes the drowning death of Mrs. Joanna Morrissy in Troy and her connection to a prize fighter. It criticizes the glorification of “shoulder hitters” and the media’s eager reporting on champions. A steamer passenger learns of her death en route to Liverpool for a champion match, and he comments that authorities should bury her quietly. The piece denounces media whitewash and public fascination with brutal boxing in the nineteenth century.
In a Pittsfield Otsego County letter dated 1860 E H Hawley shares a beer method. Mix 2 quarts boiling water with 60 drops oil then 6 quarts cold water. Add 1 1/2 pint molasses and 1/2 pint yeast. Add equal parts spruce oil sassafras and wintergreen to taste and let stand in sun 12 hours then cellar overnight for ready product.
Miners at Pike's Peak seek marriageable help and discuss exporting young women to the territory. A lyceum resolution announced for the seventh inst proposes Western philanthropists supply brides to those seeking the married state.
The contract to carry Sioux annuity goods from St Paul to the Sioux Agency has been awarded to Cunver & Warnixeton of St Paul at forty nine cents per hundred. If the Minnesota river does not rise soon, the goods will be carried by land at a loss to the contractors.
Week ending May 15 reports 427 wagons and 279 men passing through Omaha City toward Pike's Peak. For the month ending May 7, 27 wagons and 2,534 men were recorded.
A Bloomer convention reports that its attendees resolved to wear short dresses or nothing. The note laments the possibility of choosing not to wear the short dresses, describing it as an awful prospect.
A brief quip has Paddy telling a joker to clip his ears for being too long for a man. Pat fires back that Paddy’s are too short for an ass, turning the barb into a cheeky exchange.
A humorous snippet shows a traveler asking why the bar is centered on the boat and the passenger asks why not move it to the side. The response explains it would imbalance passengers, implying practical boating balance concerns.
The dialogue describes a farmer who thrives by selling hay in fall for cash and later selling cattle hides from animals that die from hay shortages. It notes the repeated income as a clever, if harsh, seasonal livelihood strategy cited in a peasant exchange.
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