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Newspaper
Ripon Weekly Times
Location
Ripon, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1862
Page
1
A scrambled OCR shows a public notice fragment mentioning prices and columns for a business card in a shop setting. It blends stray lines about a passerby and theatrical, poetic musings referencing twilight, candles, and imagined scenes, without a coherent single event or clear subjects.
The letter-writer highlights a neighbor, a widow with six children, who built a successful dairy farm. She improved the property, educated her children, and proved a woman can run a farm as well as a man. Her example shifts the doubter’s view on women in farming and labor-saving tasks.
The fragment argues tree planting pays beyond cost, boosting market price and farm charm. It urges immediate planting near dwellings, noting peaches cherries and stone fruits, tender trees ready by next spring, with apples pears and deciduous shade trees best planned now.
A first person reminiscence recounts courting an Arkansas girl in a rough log cabin setting. The narrator recalls late night visits, a prankish snare, a clash with Sallie, and a sudden retreat after her slap, leaving a remembered romance and a wary stance toward that log-cabin haunt.
The speaker argues farming hinges on brains not brawn and asserts women can be capable farmers. He critiques gendered stereotypes, notes the limits of physical labor, and concludes intellect and planning matter more to farming success than muscle or dress. He cites plantations and general labor roles, underscoring capable women in agricultural work.
In a Henry Ward Beecher tribute from American Agriculture, a class praises women who remain unmarried and childless to dedicate their lives to others. The piece rebukes insults toward "old maid" and extols those who join families, care for children, and perform sacrifices without outward recognition.
An 19th century obituary describes the private June 1 burial of Col Fletcher Webster in Marblehead, with his body brought from Boston in a four-horse hearse. A large local procession attended the service led by Rev. Alden, the coffin opened at a request, and mourners remembered the statesman’s legacy and imperial mind through a somber, national tribute.
Fall planting offers advantages with nurseries stocking more varieties and roots forming before spring. Protecting tender trees in autumn with trenching and burying roots, banked soil, and evergreen cover aids winter survival, while spring planting resumes when warmth returns. Wraps include manure for protection and enrichment, with mouse guards in exposed areas.
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