The Wisconsin Farmer, Volume 16D.J. Powers & Company, 1864 |
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... things may ment increases , the diet may be gradually aug - excite it ; but those things which lead to so much suffering in an inoffensive animal , are under the control of man . Over - exertion being ridden or driven fast , the spirit ...
... things may ment increases , the diet may be gradually aug - excite it ; but those things which lead to so much suffering in an inoffensive animal , are under the control of man . Over - exertion being ridden or driven fast , the spirit ...
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... thing . ” I have used the Lee hive , described in the July No. , the Kelsey hive - many of which have been under my frequent observation the past season — also , the Langstroth hive , with which I am less familiar than with either of ...
... thing . ” I have used the Lee hive , described in the July No. , the Kelsey hive - many of which have been under my frequent observation the past season — also , the Langstroth hive , with which I am less familiar than with either of ...
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... duty set forth , that it carried with it conviction , and being much loved wherever he was known , he thus exerted a large influence in that section of the State . In this , as in all things , he was 26 THE WISCONSIN FARMER .
... duty set forth , that it carried with it conviction , and being much loved wherever he was known , he thus exerted a large influence in that section of the State . In this , as in all things , he was 26 THE WISCONSIN FARMER .
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... things : Either Gen. Jackson was mistaken as to the sincerity with which he supposed he was seeking the right , or , this once , God was on the side of the devil . Notables whom we Saw in Europe . PEN NUMBER I. LORD BROUGHAM . The joy ...
... things : Either Gen. Jackson was mistaken as to the sincerity with which he supposed he was seeking the right , or , this once , God was on the side of the devil . Notables whom we Saw in Europe . PEN NUMBER I. LORD BROUGHAM . The joy ...
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... Things must be done decently and in shape of his head above and posteriorly could hardly fail to suggest to the student of phre- nological science those pure and lofty moral principles which have made him so signally eminent as the ...
... Things must be done decently and in shape of his head above and posteriorly could hardly fail to suggest to the student of phre- nological science those pure and lofty moral principles which have made him so signally eminent as the ...
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Page 30 - In her attic window the staff she set, To show that one heart was loyal yet. Up the street came the rebel tread, Stonewall Jackson riding ahead. Under his slouched hat left and right He glanced; the old flag met his sight. 'Halt!
Page 80 - Gentlemen, it did not happen to me to be born in a log cabin ; but my elder brothers and sisters were born in a log cabin, raised amid the snow-drifts of New Hampshire, at a period so early that, when the smoke first rose from its rude chimney, and curled over the frozen hills, there was no similar evidence of a white man's habitation between it and the settlements on the rivers of Canada.
Page 80 - ... revolutionary war, shrunk from no danger, no toil, no sacrifice, to serve his country, and to raise his children to a condition better than his own, may my name and the name of my posterity be blotted forever from the memory of mankind ! [Mr.
Page 204 - The bird called the nine-killer is an arithmetician, also the crow, the wild turkey, and some other birds. The torpedo, the ray, and the electric eel are electricians. The nautilus is a navigator. He raises and lowers his sails, casts and weighs anchor, and performs nautical feats. Whole tribes of birds are musicians. The beaver is an architect, builder, and wood-cutter. He cuts down trees and erects houses and dams.
Page 45 - I may add at this point that, while I remain in my present position. I shall not attempt to retract or modify the Emancipation Proclamation ; nor shall I return to slavery any person who is free by the terms of that proclamation, or by any of the acts of Congress.
Page 80 - Its remains still exist. I make to it an annual visit. I carry my children to it, to teach them the hardships endured by the generations which have gone before them. I love to dwell on the tender recollections, the kindred ties, the early affections, and the touching narratives and incidents, which mingle with all I know of this primitive family abode.
Page 45 - I repeat the declaration made a year ago, that while I remain in my present position I shall not attempt to retract or modify the Emancipation Proclamation. Nor shall I return to slavery *any person who is free by the terms of that proclamation or by any of the acts of Congress.
Page 214 - And that nothing may be wanting to this land of marvels, the forests are skirted by enormous meadows, which, reeking with heat and moisture, supply nourishment to countless herds of wild cattle, that browse and fatten on their herbage; while the adjoining plains rich in another form of life, are the chosen abode of the subtlest and most ferocious animals, which prey on each other, but which it might almost seem no human power can hope to extirpate.
Page 80 - I fail in affectionate veneration for him who reared it, and defended it against savage violence and destruction, cherished all the domestic virtues beneath its roof, and through the fire and blood of a seven years...
Page 271 - The wax, thua granulated or flatted, is exposed to the air on linen cloths, stretched on large frames, about a foot or two above the ground, in which situation it remains for several days and nights, exposed to the air and sun, being occasionally watered and turned ; by this process the yellow color nearly disappears.