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Newspaper
Sauk County Standard
Location
Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1855
Page
2
Sink Co. Standard reports W H Rogers has received a large stock of Spring and Summer goods filled to capacity at the city store. He is noted for selling cheap and advertises heavily.
The article argues for stable money and tax cuts to reward toil as emigrants flood counties. It predicts prosperity if currency is sound, taxes reduced, and government allowances kept modest, with Wisconsin leading in the future. It notes crops look abundant and Keokuk’s Board of Health reports few cholera cases confined to migrants.
A Baraboo Sabbath Union meeting at the Methodist Church on May 2 outlines formation of the Baraboo Sabbath Union auxiliary to the North Western Sabbath Union. Officers named James A. Maxwell president, B. Brier vice president, Dp. C. Cowles secretary, J. B. Avery treasurer. constitution adopted. several resolutions condemn Sabbath violations by public conveyances and pledges to promote Sabbath observance.
A local meeting urges Christians to avoid all appearance of evil and to suppress Sabbath desecration. It calls for expanding public worship facilities to encourage gospel hearing and the sweet influences of the Christian Sabbath as God ordained it. The group requests no copies of resolutions for village papers and plans to reconvene in four weeks at the same place.
A Milwaukee News correspondent recounts comic rural experiments punishing hogs and a Shanghai chicken venture. The pig gate method ends with a bleeding sow flee. a Shanghai scheme collapses amid high costs and an empty treasury after a referenced state tax.
Lake Shore Road signals promise of Milwaukee to Chicago rail completion as early as this year. Mentions Thomas Wiggaworthine, Boston merchant, dying with $2,000,000 estate. A Jonesville railroad accident killed a man struck by a freight car while handling a plough, dying within hours.
A 19th century letter argues both sides see slavery as a great evil but oppose violence. It denounces abolitionist fanaticism in the North and divine endorsement in the South while urging a gradual approach to end slavery without war. The writer predicts Providence will guide a peaceful resolution.
The New York Legislature orders a dock for emigrants at Castle Garden to land and shield them from land sharks. Only healthy passengers will be admitted. diseased arrivals go to quarantine for stricter inspection. Castle Garden’s isolation near the Battery aids health and access to town and conveyances.
The text describes a folk remedy of burying the bitten dog or person in a shallow hole to draw out venom. It cites an example of a young man treated that way, noting pain and swelling subsided after hours. The piece also includes scattered, garbled notes on oranges, a Texas murder, snow in Massachusetts, and local happenings.
A garbled report discusses political clashes during a session, accusing officials of deceit and favoritism in asylum matters. It mentions Speaker Sholes and Parker, alleged contracts, and large sums, with critical language on the investigation and public record.
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