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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1880
Page
3
A plantation hymn by William H M'Gee uses raw dialect to describe spiritual warfare over sin and salvation. It blends gospel refrains with stark images of labor, judgment, and victory through Jesus at a revival, naming Ker ish tuns and de debbel in a vivid rural context.
Practical April guidance for beekeeping including hive setup cleaning and queen checks, plus crop notes on corn grass clover flax sugar beets and asparagus. Advice covers handling colonies for strength proper ventilation and storage of combs amid broader tips on plantings fertilization and pest control.
Agricultural notes stress soil humus and drainage for rich potato crops and detail fertilizer mixes including potash, phosphates, and lime. It cites notable yields, seed handling, and methods for cutting eyes, planting, and mulching, with southern climate considerations and the value of stable manure and ashes.
Northern farmers can grow peaches despite disease and market doubt. Use disease-free pedigree seeds from untainted orchards, plant on new land, and avoid infected pits. Control peach borer with lime, tobacco lye wash, or soapy treatment. Rotate crops, avoid cereals, and prune toward mature wood for best profits.
A farm and fireside tip sheet discusses moult timing in September and October, proper feeding, warmth, and cleanliness for canaries. It warns on air drafts, suggests remedies for scales and overgrown claws, and notes canaries thrive with sunlight and regulated diet. warns against sugar, figs, and cakes. It includes a humorous aside on cremation and a list of famous orators.
In a Sunday School Times tale, seven young tigers dine on their dinners but lack sauce. They plan to fry the aged cook Peter Sparmpiper Tupper, who is ninety six, then recruit him as elder brother after he agrees to join them. Their mother prays, and the Widow Gray thanks God.
The Hour reports Theodore Martin omitted domestic anecdotes about Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. A quarrel over a teacup led to doors being locked and a battle of who is at the door. Victoria later kept late hours and Albert trimmed household perquisites, even docking candle ends, among stern Germanic reforms. Servants faced wage changes, fueling posthumous grief at Buckingham Palace.
An educated inmate of the county jail, nephew of a renowned southern congressman, discusses crime, morality, and capital punishment. He admits stealing under alcohol impulse, hopes to return to Nashville to practice law, and views money as the driving force behind his actions. He performs a lecturing persona as “Behind the Bars” and reflects on religion and fate.
A fragmented Detroit Free Press passage depicts a child's blurred narration of kin and likeness. It references Dot and several children with traits such as curly hair, barefootedness, and odd descriptions, hinting at a domestic scene or family characterization. The text presents a rough, dialect-filled voice with unclear context and emotions.
Barbara Tabor, a silent Polish emigrant child found at Fort Wayne depot by Officer Libby, could not speak until a Polish speaker, Schoen eldt, conversed with her. She said her parents live in New York and had sent her from Russian Poland two months earlier. Mr. Kadow will care for her while her parents are sought. Her father is Kantak Tabor and her mother Catherine.
A Georgia traveler in Liberty County meets a lame black preacher who admits he has no text or sermon written. The exchange shows the preacher planning to improvise a talk for the audience, acknowledging his unpreparedness while claiming scriptural justification.
The Gaulois reports a curious tale of a Sicilian duke who courts an American woman in Place de la Madeleine. She proposes a contract to marry after six months if he appears each evening at 10. He complies, but on the final night a mysterious visitor is seen, described as a very virtuous Yankee who turns out to be a goose.
The South Boston Iron Company finished the biggest breech loading rifle for the Bureau or United States Navy, built from an old army projectile gun. It weighs 31,000 pounds without the carriage, has a nine inch bore, and will hurl a 260 pound shell using a 45 pound charge. The piece marks a historic artillery achievement.
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