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Newspaper
Galesville Transcript
Location
Galesville, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1860
Page
1
A defunct loafer recalls his days lounging in a dry goods store while Seth Grimes toiled to pay for meals and boards. The poem contrasts their fates as the loafer rises to wealth and loses it while Seth ends as a U.S. Senator in Washington, reflecting on luck and labor.
Summer events near Prairie du Chien headline a dramatic pursuit as a Sioux prisoner raced for life against Winnebago pursuers. Lieut R supervised a disciplined hunt with runners and horsemen. the prisoner, calm yet haunted, sought safety behind a planned swift dash across the prairie, but a fatal shot altered the brutal wager.
A sly quip ponders whether a single eyeglass is a spectacle and if such a sight yields a poor show. The remark plays on language and humor about vision aids.
A fragmented passage critiques those who deem poetry and refinement unnecessary in daily happiness. It argues happiness depends on both masculine rectitude and feminine tact and virtue, warning that neglecting these “varnishes of life” harms the self, though the text is garbled and partly unclear.
The school fund of Connecticut stands at 2 044 072 dollars with last year’s income totaling 183 159 dollars.
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