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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1879
Page
2
Poem describes April birth with vivid spring imagery Newsably celebrating April as a time of birds dew violets blue skies and unfolding blossoms. It evokes hyacinths daffodils bees and wind while crediting Harriet Prescott Spofford as the author.
A humorous tale follows Frank Selwyn, a young doctor, as he visits Lord De Bracy's medieval feast at Donjon Towers. The hospitality includes archaic feasts, beaver tails, lampreys, and four noble daughters serving as staff. Selwyn’s caution and the lord’s overeating lead to a comic misread, a half sovereign gift to Ermengarde, and a cautionary moral about chasing antiquated fashions.
A humorous tale recounts Captain Reece of the HMS Pinaforbe era as he amuses and bonds his crew aboard the Mantelpiece. The captain dances, serves treats, and entertains with stories, feasts, and a zoetrope as the coxswain proposes wedding arrangements for the captain’s widowed and related women to marry the crew.
A Western newspaper recounts Henry Sun Bradbury Gilley’s hogs fattened near Colerain on the Great Miami. One hog vanished, later found trapped inside a hollow sycamore after winter, nearly starved yet revived after care and refattened for market. The firm argues a sudden cold snap drove hogs into the hollow as shelter, trapping the missing animal.
A concise biographical sketch of Samuel J Randall highlighting his Philadelphia birth October 10 1828 long Democratic service in the house of representatives his role as speaker and leader of the appropriation committee his opposition to corruption and his enduring parliamentary mastery including the Force Bill episode and his enduring political influence in the post Civil War era.
A historical sketch recounts Joseph C Blackburn born October 1 1888 in Woodford County Kentucky grew from farmer’s son to lawyer legislator and Confederate officer. He served in Kentucky legislature repeatedly declined further offices and pursued law in Versailles later. The piece blends biographical milestones with horticultural notes on geraniums and garden design.
Instructions for cast on sequences, slips, knits, threads over, and narrowings across ten to eighteen stitches. Recipes for pillow shams, pique starching, and ruche patterns with guidance on hemming, ruching, and finishing edges. Includes Columbia Saxony yarn notes, infant shirts, and sewing tips for tired mothers.
A compilation of kitchen instructions and household hints including meat soups, bread cakes, fruit marmalades, doughnuts, puddings, and cleaning tips. It covers meat stocks, pastry ideas, yeasts, condiments, and simple domestic chemistry like stain removal and preserving fruit, with occasional news snippets and curiosities interspersed.
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