... scenery of the State. Three hundred and fifty thousand souls have, in a day, as it were, found a happy home in Wisconsin. But her millions of acres, equally beautiful, and all untouched, are still courting the hand of cultivation, and the adornings... Wisconsin Gazetteer: Containing the Names, Location, and Advantages, of the ... - Page 22by John Warren Hunt - 1853 - 255 pagesFull view - About this book
| Industries - 1853 - 666 pages
...courting the hand of cultivation and the adoraings of art. EDUCATION. — The bounty of Congress has set apart the 16th section of every township in the...income of which is to be annually devoted to the great purposes of the grant. This magnificent foundation has been •wisely enlarged by constitutional provisions,... | |
| j.d.b. be bow - 1853 - 658 pages
...courting the hand of cultivation and the adornings of art. EDUCATION. — The bounty of Congress has set apart the 16th section of every township in the...source, nearly 1,000,000 acres will accrue to the slate, the proceeds of the sales of which are to constitute a permanent fund, the income of which is... | |
| 1853 - 468 pages
...courting the hand of cultivation, and the adornings of art. . EDUCATION. The bounty of Congress has set apart the 16th Section of every township in the State for the support and maintainance of common Schools. From this source, nearly 1,000;0(JO acres will accrue to the State,... | |
| Industries - 1855 - 778 pages
...courting the hand of cultivation, and the adornings of art. EDUCATION. — The bounty of Congress has set apart the 16th section of every township in the...of the grant. This magnificent foundation has been wisely enlarged by constitutional provisions, giving the same direction to the donation of 500,000... | |
| James S. Ritchie - Superior, Lake - 1858 - 360 pages
...The system of Free Schools was early established in Wisconsin, by the appropriation of the sixteenth section of every township in the State for the support and maintenance of common schools. From the proceeds of the sectional and overflowed lands, donated to the State, it is estimated that the... | |
| Samuel Adams Drake - Middlesex County (Mass.) - 1879 - 534 pages
...bequeathed the sum of $20,000, a part to be used in building within the grounds a chapel, and the remainder to constitute a permanent fund, the income of which is to be expended in care and improvement of the cemetery. The Catholic Cemetery was consecrated in 1857. War... | |
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