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attorneys.
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YOUNG dr FITCH,
Attorneys at Law ; All business entrusted to
their care will lie promptly attended to.
»«- Office over City Bank Prescott.
Prescott. May 15, 1861. * n2tf
WHITE <t JAY,
Attorneys at Law ; Will practice in all the
Courtsoi this State and Minnesota.
Prescett, May 8. 1861. nltf
JOHN L. DALE,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law ; Collec
tion made, taxes paid and -abstracts of title
furnished.
Forestville, W is., May 4,1861. nltf
CLOUGH BAKER,
Attobneys and Counsellors at Law, Hud
son, St. Croix Co. Wis,. will attend to Pro
fessional Business in Wisconsin and Minn.
May 6.1861. nltf
A. MORSE,
Attorney at Law and Notary Public ; Col
lections promptly made.
Hirer r nils, Nay 4,18 f 1 nltf
PHYSICIANS.
A. D. ANDREWS,
Physician and Surgeon ; Office at the Drug
Store, corner of Main and Maple Streets,
River Falls.
River Falls, Nay 4,1861. nltf
S. M. DAVIS,
Physician and Surgeon ; Office at his resi
dence, on Second Street.
River Falls, May 4, 1861. nltf
MERCHANTS.
BEARDSLEY <t LYFORD,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Dry Goods
and Groceries; Store on Broad and Levee
Streets.
Prescott, May 15, 1861. n2tf
J. W. PRATT,
Dealer in Dry Goods, Groceries, Cloths,
etc. All articles of Clothing made to or
der.
River Falls, May 4,1861. nltf
O. S. POWELL,
Dealer in Dry Goods, Groceries, Ready
Made Clothing, Boots, Shoes, etc.
River Falls, May 4, 1861. nltf
G. J. AP. ROBERTS,
Dealer in Staple and Fancy Dry Goods,
Boots and Shoes, Clothing, Groceries, etc.
Store corner of Main and Maple Streets,
River Falls, May 4,1861. nltf
S. D. DODGE,
Dealer in all kinds of Stoves, Agricultural
Implements, Tin and Hardware. Custom
Work done to order.
River Falls, May 4,1861. nltf
HOTELS. .
KILBOURN HOUSE,
J. McD. Smith, - - - - Proprietor,
Levee street, Prescott, Wisconlin.
Largest and Best Hotel in the City, and
convenient fur all travelers going to or com
ing from the Boats.
Prescott, May 12, 1861. " n2tf
AMERICAN HOUSE,
V. P. Barn*rd Proprietor. Supper, Bed and
Breakfast for 50 cents Single Meals 20
cents. Board $2,50 per week, to be paid
weekly.
May Ist, 1861. nltf
FLINT HOUSE,
i arker Flint, Proprietor, Main Street, River
Palls, Wis. Good Stables attached to the
House.
R iver Falls, May 4,1861. nltf
MISCELLANEOUS.
OLIVER GIBBS, JR..
fi> : ors, Wisconsin, will buy and sell lands
Commission, pay taxes, and attend to
intwests of non-residents generally, buy
etc Warrants, negotiate Loans,
Commissioner of Deeds for all the
-'wihern States,
yvwott, May 6,1861. nltf
n C. B. COX,
; .fe, ER ? g «ain. etc Custon Work
wnt« ° The best brands of Flour
n,. v°ii l arts of the country.
ltHe r Hll 9 , } lav ÜB6lt rTtf
B IT S IN E S S CA RD S.
CITY DRUG STORE
Is Doing a Brisk Business, where all kinds of
Drugs. Medicines, Paints. Oils, Perfumery,
and fancy articles can be bought at ex
tremely low prices. As I pay cash down
for my Goods I can sell them Cheap tor C '.sk'
only. Call and see for Yourself.
Prescott, May 12,1861. W. J. Whipple.
WHIPPLE,
Physician and Surgeon, Prescott, Wis., w 11
attend to Professional Business in the coun
try as well as the City from this time. Par
ticular attention given to diseases of the '
Eye and Opthalr.de Surgery. Officeat City
Drug Store, on Thiid Street.
Prescott, June 12,1861. n6yl
FARMER’S HOME,
Peter Bott, Proprietor ; Corner of Broad
and Orange streets, Prescott, Wisconsi :.
Peter Bott begs leave to inform his friends
that he has just completed his new building,
and has good accommodations for eating,
drinking and sleeping weary travelers.
Prescott, June 12,1&61. n6tf
Young Men, RcadThis!!
i
WISE Councils for the Young can be had I
in “ The Invalid’s Medical Confidant.’ '
published by the undersigned for the benefit
of persons who suffer from Nervous Debility, |
Premature Decay, etc., supplying the means
of cure. Imprudent Maturity of Youthful |
Indiscretions are summarily dispelled. Thou- ;
sands have hailed this little work with delight,
and date their restoration to usefulness to so
ciety from their first perusal of its interesting ,
jiages. Send your address lor a copy, with a
three cent stamp for return postage, to
Dr. John B. Ogedn A Co.,
nsm3 Nos. 64 and 66 John St., New York.
THE BEST
BAItGUkIST YET !
ACRES OF TIMBER AND J9Q
Prairie Land
One-half mile apart—each side of Trim
belle River—H, Felt's Mill Lot lying be
tween, on which is a good Saw Mill wuich
has been in successful operation for four years.
Roads, bridges and school houses are built,
so the purchaser will net have that tax to pay.
The timber on the land made into lumber,
rails, or staves will pay
Ten Dollars per Acre.
If more land should b« required, there are
two 80’s adjoining the prairie which can be
purchased low. I will sell for $2.50 per acre,
and if required, will take part down and the
balance in one, or one and two years, as the
purchaser may choose. *
Enquire of
L. IL MERRICK,
On the Levee.
Prescott, May, 6. 1861. nltf
ST. CROIX HOUSE!
AND
Lager Beer SalooN
LEVEE ST., PRESCOTT, WIS.
J. REICHERT- Proprietor.
WILL announce to the Traveling Public
that he has fitted up Dunbar’s Buil
ding in a neat and superb style, and will be
happy to wait upon his
Numerous Customers
Who may give him a call. Good Stabling
attached to the House.
Prescott, Wisconsin, June 12, 1861. 6tf
TURNING SHOP!
rpHE subscriber is prepared to do all kinds of
TURNING PF WOODWORK !
Such as
BROOM-HANDLES,
HUBS, BANISTERS,
NEWELS, <frc. Ac.,
At my Shop in River Falls, Wisconsin,
Chairs and Bedsteads
Kept on hand or made to order. All work
furnished as cheap as can be
HAD IN THE COUNTRY.
Please call and examine. Shop at Fos
ter’s Mill.
THOS. B. CORNISH.
River Falls, May 15,1861. n2tf
SMITH, SHERWOOD& 00.
COMMISSION AND
FORWARDING
merchants,
ST. LOUIS, - - - MISSOURI.
W ill give prompt personal attention to the
sale of all kinds of I roduce and Provisions,
and make quick returns of sales of the same.
REFER TO
The Merchants and Shippers generally of
Pi escort, Hudson, and St. Paul.
May 4, 1861. nlm6
FAIRBANKS’
/U " STANDARD
C A L JE S
OF AIL KINDS,
FAIRBANKS & GREENLEAF,
172 LAKE STREET, CHICAGO.
KT ■CT ONLY THE GENUINE.
REGULAR TRI-WEEKLY
ST. CROIX RIVER PACKET,
EC- S- -A. Ta L E ISTJ
ISAAC GRAY, Mastkr,
WILL leave Prescott Mondays, Wednes
days and Fridays. Leave Taylor Falls
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, forming
a direct connection with the Railroad and St.
Louis Packets.
Prescott, May 22, 1861.
PRESCOTT, PIERCE CO., WISCONSIN, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, 1861.
Editorial Corresjwmdvnc
A Trip to Lake* Bear Trap,
Being a faithful record of things felt.
heard and seen in a Sporting
cursion to Polk County.
leaving these incongruities to settle the: i- i
selves as b--f they may, I will picceed
to tell you about
OUR PARTY.
You know Mr. Byron once wrote
some verses about a child by the name of I
Harold, in which very pretty piece he
makes the following statement—
There is a pleasure in the pathless woods ;
There is a rapt nre on the lonely shore;
There is society where none intrudes,
and so on and so forth, and it was to test
the truth of this assertion, to have an op
portunity to wear out old clothes and to I
live for a few days in an altogether care- ’
less and free-and-easy fashion, that the
Bear Trap Club was organized Rt Rivei
Falls three years age, since which time
its members have made yearly pilgriwn
ges hither. At present there are but five
on the ground, Esculapius, Palinuri s
Guttenrurg, the Professor and the
Elder. Esculapius, of course is one
of the pill-ers of society. Palindrub is
in the main a worthy individual,but man
ifests some little peculiarites which lead
us to fear that he will eventually slop
over and spill out, as did his namesake.
Guttenburg is a printer-editor, and
we devoutly hope be may become a
great and good man. The Professor
is a long chap, with a face sparsely set
tled by slender whiskers, and has won his
name by a slightly scholastic style of
“table-talk,” calling for chrystalized sac
charine matterand the extract of bos, to
mitigate the pungency of the beverage
distilled from the Mocha berry. The El
der is an editor also and it has never
been definitely ascertained why this title
was bestowed upon him. Though not
an expert in gymnastic exercises, he is
great on a sling, and is easily susceptible
to the charms of a pretty face, a muslin
dress, or a jaunty hat So much for the
party, now for
THE COUNTRY.
There can hardly be a region in the
world which offers better inducements to
the sportsman than this. This lake, Bear
Trap, is in the South-Eastern part of
Polk county, and withiu a distance of two
miles from it are six other lakes, varying
from one half mile to four miles in let..
while Northward to Superior, the whole ;
country is dotted with similar Jakes, fill
ed with the finest of fish, the resort of
myriads of deer, while the woods abound
with all varieties of game. When the re
sources of this portion of the State be
come known, it cannot fail to be a favor
ite resort for sportsmen. It is impos e o
to describe the ebaim of simple exist
here
"LET ALL THE ENDS THOU AIM'ST AT BE THY COUNTRY’S, THY GOD’S AND TRUTH’S.”
tn th«i city it seenis someway as if tt
i-uulight had got dirty mid partially fa
ded out, but here each day is as fresh ns
if none had proceeded it. You are intox
icated with loveliness, and not know ng
a hat else to do you—smoke and sleep.
Hut there is one little annoyance whic; as
n faithful chronicler, I must expose. The
niusquetocs are terribly strong and vigor
ous. In the daytime they are not trouble
some, but at night, when you lie in utter
helplessness, they come muttering their
dolorous whine, and perforate your skin
with stinging daggers, and the best man
we ever knew will roll over and half au
dibly groan and quite audibly cuss.
Civilization is making advances here.
W here first we camped under the shelter
ing tent, now stands a hotel, and there is
another on Eagle lake, half a mile dis
tant. I give the sign of one exactly as
painted. It is on a little square board
which is nailed to the gable.
beartrtF
LAKE HOUSE
KEPT BY B M L AN E
The sign is not very pretentious, but
the table-spread was of unexceptionable
whiteness, and the provision clean and
wholesome.
The country is rich in pine. Through
one dam alone on Apple River, about
two and one half miles from here, over
35,000,000 feet of pine has passed this
season. This dam was’built at a cost of
about $9,000 to obtain a Lead of water
for driving logs into Lake St. Cruiz, and
the booinage, 25 cts. a thousand, this
season alone amounts to over SB,OOO. —
But let me leave descriptions of the coun
try and come right down to regular
a-Ater-A-ta*. j. p .. -
AN EPISODE.
.A little episode by wny of yariety, oc- I
curred one day, which was worthy of
the painter’s skill, but which description
cannot picture. One of those sud
den thunder storms which sometimes
’ belch like a volcanic eruption out of a
summer sky came upon Is. At first we
thought the danger was not imminent
and paddled leisurely for the landing.—
But the cloud swept up with terrible ve
locity, black, angry, muttering, lit up by
‘jets of lightning, while the lake looked
black as a pall, and the pines like strick.
en mourners, and a shivering terror res
ted on all the lake. The poles were
dropped, and every paddle pushed fer the
nearest shore, and just as the boat was
turned up for a shelter, the storm blast
drove the waters into raging fury. Wo
lay safely sheltered, and called it a good
joke on the storm.
THE INDIANS.
A tril e of Chippewas, about 150 in
number, still live in this section of Polk
county. The chief, Ciia-saw-bon, with
a few others, was camped on the shore of
the lake. He .is esteemed by the set
tlers, as ho will neither steal nor drink
whiskey. The Indians were “ Fire hun
ting” with good success. They go out
in the lake in their birch canoes, and sit
in the darkness until they hear a deer en
ter the lake —then the torch is lit, and si
lent as a breath and swift as an arrow,
they glide close to the wondering deer
and can hardly fail of securing him.
The chief has a large family, among
whom is a daughter, about seventeen
years of age, of a rare type of beauty.
Clean, neatly dressed, with regular fen
turds, a large clear eye, and cheeks in
whose hue no tell-tale blood betrayed
her dusky parentage, she seemed like
a fair exotic taken from some
nyi»lent home, and needing onb to have
... i native intelligguce and grave iofiuod
duration, to be the peer of any lady
n the land.
“ A form more fair, a face more sweet,
Nee’r hath it been my lot to meet,"
and I only regret that the musical caden
ces of her polysyllabic name r’p
phd out of iny memory.
•ial Meeting of the Board of
Supervisors.
Court Room, Perry, Juno 11, 1861.
2 ocluck, p. m.
The board mot pursuant to call, and
was called to order by the Chairman, I
Mr. Akers. ■
Present —Supervisors Hodges, Cox,
■ Copj), Minor, Quimby, Akers, Fertig,
Holt, Hurley, Yotmgman, Schaser, Cheo
ny, and Williams.
The object of the meeting having been
explained by the (hair. Mr. C< x was
ailed to the chair to enable Mr. Akers
| t > report as chairman of building com.
On motion of Mr. Cheeny, Sups. Mi
nor, Quimby and Holt were appointed
an investigating committee on report of
building committee.
The following resolution offered by
Mr. Cox, was adopted :
R solved, That n committee of thico
be appointed by the chair to take into
consideration the matter of erecting
county buildings an! any other matters
pertaining to said buildings as in their
judgment they may deem necessary, and
report at their earliest convenience to
this meeting.
Messrs. Cox Fertig and Hodges were
appointed such committee.
Sup. Copp offered the following reso
lution*, which was adopted.
Resolved, That the sum of dollars
a year be appropriated for the support
of such of the families of our volunteers,
while said volunteers are absent in the
defence of the country and who may
need such support.
Sup. Cox moved that a committee of
three be appointed by the chair to con
sider the subj ect of the above resolution
The motion prevailed.
Sups. Copp, Sliazer, and Youngman
were appointed such committee.
The minutes were read and approved,
and the Board adjourned till 9 o’clock
to-morrow morning.
Second day June 12, 9 o’cfocfc A, M.
The Board met.
Sup. Whitney appeared and took his
sent.
Mr. Minor of committee of investiga
tion offered the following report.
We the undersigned committee have
investigation the accounts of the Building
committee and have f ound the same to
be correct
E. Minor chairman of said committee.
The report was accepted and adopted
and the Building comnr.ii ie discarded
Sup. Copp following Res
olution.
Resolved, that the sum of five dollars
ner month be appropriated for the sup
port of such of the families of the Pierce
Countv Volunteers as may need it dur
ing the absence of sueh volunteers as
soldiers in the service of the G vern
mfnt.
( TERMS: $2,00 per Annum-
INO. 7.
And that a special tax be levied to
meet such appropriation, and that no
commission to pay be allowed to any
Town or County officers for the assess
ment, collection or disbursement of the
same.
Rcsohed, That the County Judge of
Pierce Coyjity is hereby appointed and
hu’.c'..Zed to disburse and appropriate
quarterly to the respective families afore
said such money ivben collected, and he
is hereby authorized to draw on the
Treasurer of the county for such funds
and it shall be the duty of the Judge to
of the Judge to report to the county
Board at least once a year all the facts
connectetl with srfeb disbms tnent.
Resolved further, That any such fam
ilies ns aforesaid can upon application to
such Judge receive such assistucn if in his
judgement the case comes within the pur
view of the object of these Resolutions.
Resolved, That thesuin needed to
carry out the foregoing resolutions be
raised or assessed at the regular time ot
raising the annual taxes of the county
and be collected with them.
Snp. Williams moved to amend by
striking out in the first resolution tin)
words who may need such assistance.—
The amendment was ’ost.
The oiiginal resolutions were then
adopted.
Mr. Cox on committee of county
Buildings made a report which was ac
cepted. Recommending the erection of
ft small fire proof building for offices and
and a frame building for a temporary
court room with an estimated cost of
One thousand dollars.
Sup. Copp moved the adoption of the
report.
Pending which motion the Board ad
journed till half past one o’clock this af
ter noon.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
At half past one the board met. The
business in order being the disposal of
the resolution pending on adjournment.
The ayes and noes were called for, and
Sups. Hodges, Cox, Minor, Akers, Fer
tig. Whitney, Holt, Hurley and Young
mar: : Nine; voted no. Sups. Copp,
Quimby, Schaser, Cheertey and Will
iams: Five: voted aye. The motion
was lost.
Sup. Hnrlcy offered the following res
olution :
Resolved, That the sum of six thou
sand dollars be appropriated in addiiton
to the appropriation heretofore made for
he purpose of erecting county build
ings, and that a certain percentage of the
taxes of the present year be set apart for
the purpose of redeeming said orders.
Sup. Cox offered to amend by inser
ting four thousand five hundred in place
of six thousand. The amendment was
adopted. And the resolution was then
ado t ted.
Sup. Hurley offered the following res
olution, which was adopted :
Resolved, That the appropriation of
two thousand dollars made at the last
meeting for building purposes be levied
and become a part of the tax of this
year, and that it is the intention of the
board to set apart at the November
term, a certain* percentage of said tax
for the purpose of redeeming the afore
said orders.
Sup. Coup offered a resolution, which
was adopted —appropriating two hun
dred dollars for the current year to the
clerk of the Circuit Court.
Sup. Cox offered the following reso
lution :
Resolved, That James Akers, O. C.
Whitney and Enoch Quimby be hereby
appointed a building committee, to pro
ceed as soon as practicable to erecs such
building or buildings as in their opinion
may be expedient and requisite, and that
said committee are authorized to expend
the sums raised for that purpose, subject
at all times to the supervision of the
board. The resolution was adopted.
The following resolution offered by’
Mr. Cox was adopted :
Resolved, That it will be the duty of
the board at the November session, to
make the estimates for the coming year
largo enough to cover all indebtedness of
the county, deducting all doubtful dees
to the county.
Sup. Cox offered the follow ing resolu
tion, which was adopted :
Resolved, That we hereby instinct the
Chairman and Clerk to issue orders on
tho appropriation for building purposes
at such times as the convenience of the
building committee may require.
On motion seven 30-I*oo dollars was
appropriated to each of the paper* in the
county to pay for publishing the u»in»
utes of this session.
On motion the Clerk was authorized
to make out the per diem and mileage
of the members.
The minutes were read and approved.
On motion adjourned to meet on the
Bib day of July next, at 2 o’clock p. m.,
at the Clerk's office.
•A Pretty Picture. —The Richmond
Enquirer speaking of the Fcder-i owps
thus a^#oor Nortbcru volunteers:
‘•Take them *ll in all, their forces am
as precious a set of rnseals as could bo
scraped together with a fine tooth comb
from the pot bouses and bell holes of the
North. They Lave been fertil zed by
fikb and grown up crisp, fredi and un
mitigatedly wretcl od from the mire ot
uiuncip 1 corruption.”