Morning Advertisement Rates and Subscriptions
The notice lists pricing for Morning by James McCafferty at one dollar per year for a single subscriber, five dollars for a six subscriber club, and ten dollars for a twelve subscriber club paid in advance. It also details advertisement rates: fifty cents for the first insertion of one square and twenty five cents per continuation, with different rates for weekly, semi monthly, and monthly continuations, plus a ten percent annual discount.
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James McCafferty
Snow method for fruit trees and insect control
The Maine Cultivator notes a snow like method for raising fruit trees by planting scions to bear in three to four years. It also describes Proecine Trets a sulfur injection to destroy caterpillars by boring a hole and filling with sulfur flour. A wash of ashes or potash is recommended for young tree bodies to kill moss, lice and eggs and is preferred to lime wash.
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France
Maine
Remedy for Grapes and Corn From Crude Agricultural Aids
The text details a remedy for grape pests using sulphur lime and hot water to be applied with a syringe. It then explains a method to estimate corn volume from bulk measurements and a separate home remedy for a head ailment in horses involving skull incision and salt.
Efficient Vine Pruning Scales for Small Fruit Vines
The guide describes a concise pruning routine for grape vines while fruit is forming at about one third pea size. It can be repeated twice or thrice weekly for two to three weeks, with the entire process for one or two hundred vines taking about half an hour.
Vermin Destroyer for Caterpillars in Fruit Trees
A method uses a long reed or pole with sponge soaked in spirits of turpentine to reach nests and kill caterpillars. Spirits penetrate the nests and destroy the pests within ten minutes. One gill cleanses five trees with no harm to the trees, per the author.
Treating Cabbage Lice With Tobacco Liquor
A New England Farmer notes success in ridding cabbages of cabbage louse. By removing outer leaves and applying a diluted tobacco liquor soap-suds spray, he claims to have killed all lice on about a quarter acre last year.
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New England
William Phipps
Massachusetts
Boston
William Gifford
the Quarterly
Cucumber Beetle Threats and Illinois Agricultural Value
The text warns cucumber and melon cultivators about the yellow striped bug and suggests quick lime on vines as a remedy. It notes Illinois agricultural product value from the last census at 22,398,185 dollars.
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Ilinois
Athenian Soldier Defies Lameness Inspires Army
A crippled Athenian joined the army and, mocked for his limp, declared I am here to fight not to run, signaling resolve and courage to peers. The anecdote reflects ancient military discipline and morale.
Heroic Corday and Revolutionary Resolve in Europe
A fragment from Allison's History of Europe recounts Charlotte Corday, Rouen native, killing Marat to halt French revolutionary anarchy. It portrays her courage, austere virtue, and belief in liberty, followed by a moral about using spare hours for study from the Cuarter for Young Men.
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Marat
Charlotte Corday
Rouen
Paris
France
Palais Royal
Caen
Maraj
Barbaroux
Allison
Europe
David Aitenhouse
James Ferguson
Phil
Sat. Courier
Economic Reform Through Community Child Rearing
The Social Monitor urges voluntary, local efforts to train youth so they contribute to society rather than become a burden. It argues against idleness and vice, favors placing children with better homes while respecting parental ties, and warns against later poverty or crime. Public virtue is public wealth.
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Social Monitor
Traveler Uses Relative Ties To Avoid Stable Bill
A country gentleman visiting Boston stays with a cousin’s family and leaves a large livery bill at Hanover street stables. The merchant husband promises payment, asking for an order from the relative. The visitor then departs for Long Wharf claiming his kin will settle the bill.
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Cousininé
Boston
Hanover Street
Kep
Long Wharf
Wife’s Cousin Disputed Bill Over Horse Payment
A man claims payment for his keeping at a merchant’s shop. The merchant replies he knows the man is his wife's cousin, but warns that the cousin’s horse is not. The exchange implies a dispute over settlement and rightful charges involving kin.
Animals React to Solar Eclipse Observed by Arago
In his academy account Arago notes birds dying after a July solar eclipse and recounts experiments. Five linnets in a cage stayed lively until after the eclipse. three died. A dog ceased eating during dusk while hungry earlier. Cattle grouped fearfully and mice halted as darkness began.
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M. Arago
Academy of Sciences
M. Fraisse
Chlorine as antidote potential in rabies and poisons
The article discusses chlorine’s ability to decompose the rabies poison in bitten animals and humans, detailing a 12-step practical wash using chloride of lime and arguing for early application within six hours. It mentions hydrogen’s role in poisons like prussic acid and suggests keeping chloride of lime in homes for urgent use. It also notes a Baltimore widow inheriting part of her brothers’ property worth about half a million dollars.
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M. Coster
Fontana
Silliman
Wixpratt
Baltimore
Rich rascal refuses aid to poor relative in sharp reply
A witty exchange pits a rich rascal against a dependent kin. The rich man warns others against leaning on him for help while the poor relative retorts that any such support would be lean. The brief exchange captures social tensions in a clipped, humorous line.
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