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Newspaper
Galesville Transcript
Location
Galesville, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1860
Page
4
A fragmentary poem recalling a little maiden named Jennie. The speaker hears her cheerful spring songs at the cottage doorstep and remembers her laughing eyes and happy year. It evokes nostalgia for a departed child, with imagery of birds, the old elm tree, and a heavenward song now heard by angels.
The article extols home schooling over public and private institutions, praising grandparents parents and mothers as moral and intellectual guides. It argues early education begins at home with virtue and duty shaping character, dismissing claims that mere machinery or external stimuli can forge genius.
The piece argues that lack of formal schooling need not bar mental cultivation and cites self-made figures like Burritt the Learned Blacksmith and Hugh Miller the stone-cutter. It urges home study at the kitchen table, farm, or workshop to compensate for hardship and build wisdom, virtue, and happiness.
The Crane Co Medical Society met in La Crosse on March 17 1860 with Vice President Johnson presiding. George Gale was unanimously elected landary member and the society resolved to urge Galeavitla University to place its Medical Department in La Crosse and to aid its establishment. The secretary was tasked to send the resolution to the Trustees. The Trempealeau County treasurer holds the due town funds.
A village notice recounts Isaac Clarkey presenting a nest of hens eggs with the largest at eight inches in circumference. The piece comments on typographical mistakes, announces Ryland Poker’s retirement, and outlines upcoming university examinations at Galesville University. Local advertisers and a census cost estimate are mentioned along with a request for legible manuscripts.
Judge Gale leads efforts to establish a first class university in Galesville with four to five hundred capacity, endowments, and a mixed gender enrollment. The plan emphasizes rational discipline and Christian ethics while offering a normal department and practical teacher training.
The Lacrosse community debates city leadership in a coming election. Vying for mayor clerk treasurer alderman marshal and justices of the peace, candidates are scrutinized by friends foes and public circles as the political process tests morality and public opinion.
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