The petition of divers inhabitants of the counties of Columbia, Dodge & Marquette in the State of Wisconsin respectfully sheweth: That a large portion of the citizens of said counties suffer great inconvenience for want of a mail route, commencing at Columbus and running thence, north, to Lake Puckaway by way of Polk Prairie Post office.

Your petitioners therefore request your honorable bodies to establish a mail route on the above described line touching at the point aforesaid, and to authorize a mail to be carried on said route at least once in each week

And your petitioners as in duty bound will ever pray.