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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1876
Page
14
The article reflects on rural life and the lure of selling farms for distant lands, urging stay put if comfortable. It recounts Magruder family tensions over prayer time and praises mission-minded men, including David Livingstone era explorers, especially young Cameron who crossed Africa with integrity and aid from natives.
Colonel Finnegan, a generous Florida planter, helps Jake Hartruff a woods squatter who admits his crop failed this season due to not planting. The exchange shows Finnegan’s steady charity and Hartruff’s dependence as winter approaches.
A veterinary style guide stresses extreme gentleness when harnessing a colt for the first time. It warns against rough methods that cause fear, and outlines careful steps to attach the harness and pad, adjust the collar to prevent chafing, and avoid jerking or slamming straps.
A Missouri county gathering notes farmers who bought corn advocate planting white corn. They claim it earns more in markets and yields 15 percent higher than yellow corn, with lower cob loss per bushel. Experts say planting season nears and advice is timely for profit.
A vast 90 million ton rock salt deposit sits on an island 185 feet high amid a marshy Teche river region near Brashear and New Iberia. The site spans over 300 acres of prime land, with vegetation and scenery described as beautiful though its origin remains conjectural. In other notes a veterinary surgeon cites sawdust as superior horse bedding to straw, and cedar helps control poultry lice. A Tusceda girl reportedly has three developed arms, and lime in rat holes is claimed to deter rats for months.
A detailed timetable shows Athens and Parkersburg service on the Short Line with trains leaving Cincinnati and Athens at various times, stopping at stations including Belpre and Marietta. The schedule notes express and limited trains, daily patterns on select days, and connections to the M. C. O. L. P Line with arrivals in Parkersburg and Marietta.
Time Two Express Trains daily except Sunday leave Athens at 4.50 AM and 3.30 PM. Connections at Lancaster to Circleville and all points on the Cincinnati and Muskingum Valley Railroad. Direct connections at Columbus to Cincinnati and all points west and to Buffalo Philadelphia and New York. W A Mills General Ticket Agent Geo R Carr Superintendent.
Train times from Columbus to Crestline Cleveland Buffalo Niagara Falls Rochester Albany Boston New York and more listed for May 28 1871. Through tickets sold at the depot with connections via the Morning Line C and H V BR rail to Springfield and Delaware. Also notes on through cars to Delaware and Springfield and Sunday service to New York.
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