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Newspaper
Bluffton Banner
Location
Bluffton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1894
Page
12
Stewart asserts genuine horned Dorsets have black noses and lips with tufted foreheads and white legs. He contrasts Pink Nos ed Somersets as less valuable, notes Dorset ewes can breed twice yearly and lambs yield six pound fleece, with turnips as diet.
A two year old western mutton Merino ewe weighing 133 pounds earned praise for form and heavy even fleece. The animal was among prize Merinos at the World’s Fair, noted for its long full body, straight back and meaty quarters.
Advice from the St. Louis Republic corneter on humane driving. Understanding a horse’s disposition and condition, avoiding unnecessary whips, and maintaining steady gait. Emphasizes proper feeding, small water doses, and warming up before long driving to preserve vitality.
The Philadelphia Press advises leaving the sow alone during furrowing, keeping the pen orderly, and avoiding interference to prevent gifts. After pigging, feed warm milk with bran for three days, then barley and wheat bran mix, then gradual outdoor exposure. Wean at eight weeks and perform operations a week before weaning.
Advice from a 1890s agricultural note urges farmers to raise calves now for the 1895 96 dairy, warns against overfeeding hens hogs and warns against eating rot ten meat, plus tips on stock care. It notes wool duty debates, marketing crops on foot, and improving livestock with thoroughbred stock.
A contemporary analysis outlines Parisian mobs and the two to three rough classes in the city. It describes broussards and rodeurs as prowlers near barriers, with pickpocketing and murder as potential actions. It cites a large population, including 20,000 idle wits and 70,000 to 80,000 rag-pickers and scavengers, enduring harsh wages and living conditions.
A magazine author argues that victory in war rests on the officer who directs a ship from a small armored tower. Intelligence, learning, experience, skill, courage, and nerve determine fate, influencing life, death, and national outcome. Superior invention cannot substitute for human intellect at sea.
A German legend tells how an angel seeking shelter on earth slept beneath a rose. As a token of mercy he blessed the rose. leaf by leaf moss and green growth formed a cradle for newborn roses, a sign of divine power and love.
The piece defends full and truthful press reporting of business failures despite public fear. It argues that timely, accurate news helps the nation find remedies after disasters and that sensationalism harms more than it helps.
The Turkish and Persian rugs sold by carpet men are all handmade with no looms. The craft demands great skill and patience, justifying high prices. Some rugs take one person six months to a year to finish, while the finest pieces may be worked on daily for three or four years before sale.
The narrative sketches wives and partners of notable men, detailing their strong personalities and the clashes with husbands or society. Notables include Dr Cadogan, Alboin of Lombards, La Bruyere, Dants, Heenan, Titian, Barclay, Kirty Clive, Dayden, and Lady Elizabeth Howard, with anecdotes on marriages, tempers, and wit.
A collection of humorous quips and moral maxims. Jokes cover lawyers promises to pay bills with a twist, patient and doctor tongue twister, a door mat mishap, a bequest to a blind asylum, and a uncle’s cautions about luck. Ends with sleep on a good bed pun.
A collage of statistics highlights disease death rates in cities and regions, population counts and professions, age related pulsation rates, and ancient agricultural observations. It notes Brussels cancer rates, European and US insanity counts, Shanghai heart disease deaths, and Britain domestic servants earnings. It also mentions Russia farming, Stockholm drink deaths, a tiny French hamlet, Nineveh fortifications, Aztec pyramids, and ancient Egyptian plows with shallow furrows.
A traveler reports a Tule Mexico tree covering vast ground with a troop rest under its branches. Some 529 soldiers and their families gathered beneath, with vendors, animals, and a surrounding wall, the branches overhang the wall by about twenty feet offering extensive shade.
A historical reflection on the Indian rupee's value and its social reach, comparing it to the American silver dollar. It notes the ruler’s par value for officials, widespread depreciation for ordinary people, and the mahajan banker who handles high-interest loans with a bustling street-side setup and nightly coin storerooms.
An excerpt from Harper's Monthly portrays the Arab horseman as a superb companion and trusted partner. The desert horse, deeply loved and trained, follows its master through danger and fire, sacrificing for him and displaying remarkable intelligence and devotion.
A man with a red face presses a smaller patron toward trouble in a restaurant, waving a threat of five years in prison. The smaller man pleads to avoid conflict while a bystander witnesses the tense exchange and a shaky apology is offered.
A New York Sun comment contrasts high priced urban hotels with country inns. It argues urban hotels charge for many services and expect tips, while country hotels with six dollar weekly board offer inclusive comforts and generous landlord assistance.
A collection of humorous anecdotes and witticisms about love, work, and social quirks. Jests range from a Civil Service clerkship interview to marriages, aged banter, and a jailhouse guard’s fond farewell. Names and places are generic, with light, old‑time humor throughout.
A compact clipping presenting quotes from Bacon Curtis Swift Hamerton Antoninus Carlyle and Addison on faith civility curiosity wit and virtue. The selection contrasts personal integrity with public opinion and highlights the value of inner judgment over external praise.
A digested set of varied facts notes unsold U S postage stamps, bonds sold in London, France liquor permits rise, a grain-sized gold piece, Delaware National Guard disbandment, Pall Mall Gazette beer consumption in Europe, and Brunswick yellow fever mortality disparities. Names and figures from multiple sectors illustrate 19th century stat notes and civic actions.
A historical note claims London consumes over 400000 oxen and 3600000 sheep annually. It also records 500000 calves 760000 hogs and 9200000 gallons of milk as part of the citys large appetite for animal produce and dairy.
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