Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1868-03-21

of the fresh article. The color of the
flesh when cooked is strongly pink,
which, however, soon fades on expos
ure to the atmosphere. 5
II After the viands had been disposed
of. Prof. Gamgee arose, and with
II few predatory remarks, described the
process of preserving the meats which
had just been eaten, together with the
objects In view which had led him to
make his experiments. The process is
briefly as follows: as
II A close bag containing carbonic
oxide gas is thrown over the head of
the animal to be slaughtered, when
partial asphyxia quickly ensnns M
| IN. B.-We trust it win be distinctly un-
de stood that the above remarks spring from
an earnest desire to do good. Only unwor-
thy minds will attribute them to cynical
spirit, arising from the fact that we are not
wealthy enough to crafty artistic tastes.
Away to Madison. The Legislature was
Just breaking up and gold watches, canes.
ETC., were slung around to the favorites with
perfect looseness. We have heard so much
of stealings'' that we visited the Superin-
tendent of public property to see with what
the members filed their new pine boxes. We
omit the inventory, but box full would
hardly pay yearly subscription to a weekly
\ paper. Until stealings and stamps are more
plenty than at the last session, we hope our
friends may be persuaded to refrain from
sending us to the Legislature, unless we are
to be the recipient of a gold watch from adj
miring fellow members. We have not time
to chat about the many things of interest at
Madison. OF course we stand with JEFFER-
SON, at the Rasdall House, making frequent
raids upon PM. PARSONS, at the Villas House.
Between these two model landlords we owe a
divided love, or words to that effect, as we
think Miss DEsDAMoNA once remarked about
her father and the Moor. Jefferson had been
sick for some time, still we do not really
assert as a fact that the reason of his legis-
lative guests being so well pleased with the
House was owing to his absence from the
office.
Afer two days delay, caused by damage to
the road by the floods, we left for Prairie du
Chen. Perhaps it was not comfortable
party that made the difficult trip that night
The set we helped make up was composed OF
, Capts. Abe Hutchinson, and Harry Holmes,
Clerks Pole" Hatcher and Billy Mohler
} "Bill" Grovesnor, cosmopolitan by nature
and gentleman by the same divine right
while Senator Fulton supplied the Norwegian
element. Conductor WINNIE called off. A
faithful report of the sayings in that smoking
car, and at the Dousman House, where WILL
; IAMs, the premium hotel keeper. joined the
4 party, would supply humorous paper will
copy" for year.
Across the river to McGregor, where Con-
ductor Sherwn took MS iute his steam wag-
ons, and with merriment which scarcely flag
ged, away TO St Paul.
E Business done, we fingered around st Paul
visited Munger's studio, where the mimic
9 Minnehaha pours its rainbow tinted sheet O
3 water in such perfect imitation that you al
: most hear It's musical fall and feel its shining
) known to the sanity city, and heard Phil.
f LIPS. the great American Agitator, talk o.
O'CoSxELL, the great Agitator of Ireland
OF course we looked through the new and
wen appointed rooms of the Daily Pioneer.
, by the way, Reader, did you evei
, watch the great presses throwing off the damp
sheets faster than the forest drops its frost.
touched leaves 2 1t is one of the wondrous
sights of the world Every one of thOse
sheets is an agency of power. The vitality o
thought-an influence lasting as the life o
God is In them: Did you ever look at the
little types in their narrow boxes Do you
know what strange things they are {? what
power is lying inert within them If you
knew how rightly to arrange handful o
; those type, immortal fame would be yours
handful would express sentiment which
would live in the hearts of men and womer
a household word forever. handful would
clothe poem which would GO singing TO al
coming ages as the joyous lark scars singing
to the sky. Look at those types again, mar.
shslled into columns,and massed into ''forms.
A black. inert mass. looking as dead as the
earth you tread on. But look | The white
sheet has fallen on their upturned faces-the
, touch of the Press has baptized them--the
life that was in them has passed upon paper
and the new creation is pregnant with thought
, instinct 9th feeling-a thing with soul
for it can move the souls of men. That sheet
3 blank moment before, is living power
now. A change has passed over it as mar.
velous as if in an instant the unwritten face
IND of boy should put on the burrows of age, the
- lines of care, the impress of manhood's exper.
phi fence, thought and toll Thus the paper goe
liz out into lie world. No messenger can over.
,a take it. Its utterance, like Persian law, ii
We unalterable. 1t may be explained, but nst
''s erased. The printed word can no more b
recalled, than the departed spirit can be woo.
ed back to the cold body it has left. NJ
reckless hand should guide the pen whose
written words are to be massed into type
ri upon which the baptism of ink and papel
- shall descend.
- And this makes us think that enough
"a -. remembered tribes are written now.
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