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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1879
Page
3
A new department invites practical farm letters from readers across the country. Readers may address agricultural topics to Tox Wreany Guozx in Boston Massachusetts and submit one side of the page with experiences and rules for crops livestock dairy and farm life.
An English horseman argues for breeding five to six year old weight carrying saddle hunters for export to England. He cites costs from $2000 to $5000 for top stock, predicts profits from American mares and pure blood lines, and warns against overreliance on theory. He notes agricultural distress in Britain and calls for land reform to ease investment and farming risk.
Joseph Harris of Rochester extols Cotswold sheep for hardiness, size, and efficiency, citing Lawes Gilbert experiments and crossing results. He details merino crosses, Ohio to Buffalo trials, lambing success, wool quality, and the rise of American Cotswolds for export to England.
A farmer chronicles daily salt rations for cows to prevent garget and notes the positive effect when salt is consistently available. Additional guidance covers butter formation remedies with salt, bran or meal feeding to boost butter and fatten cows, and cautious milking to avoid udder fever. Also discussed are cow cough causes and general care, plus advice to stop rushing cows during movement to protect udders.
In October the writer, facing surplus beet tops, describes two pits eight by twelve feet and four feet deep where seven loads of damp leaves were packed and trodden. The pits were mounded two feet above ground, one covered with straw and soil, the other with boards and soil. uncovered pit proved less effective.
A new iron screw steamer, the Decatur H. Miller, for Baltimore to Boston, just launched at Wilmington Delaware. It is the Baltimore company's largest steamer with iron decks and water-ways, a sixty foot upper deck passenger saloon, eighteen state rooms, and a saloon finished with hard woods. The vessel measures 250 feet on the water line, 38 feet beam, and twenty five feet hold.
London reviews praise George MacDonald and family for a popular Langham Hall staging of Pilgrim's Progress with Mrs MacDonald Christiana and Greatheart. Critics note bold stage craft, child roles, and blending verbatim Bunyan with narrative passages, while praising actors' delivery and the family troupe's cohesion.
A New York letter to the Telegram’s editor from Epa Burgess defends her and her mother-in-law against Cool Burgess’s accusations of wife misconduct. She condemns his tirade about his “mahoon” and “darling children,” questions his character, and urges restraint until he proves his claims.
A Leadville story reports Gertie Hosner, a sixteen year old ice cream stand performer, elopes with John Hammer. The pair, last seen near Chestnut and Pine, did not return by nightfall, and mother and police searched without success.
A New Hampshire immigrant in a Boston wholesale grocery store offers to prove his strength for a $100 monthly hire. He hoists a heavy coffee sack and carries it twice across the floor without setting it down, then hangs it on a wall hook. The tale ends with him becoming the senior partner and wealthier.
Read as an account from the Virginia City Chronicle describing a dangerous incident at the Julia mine on the 2000 level. A drill hole released scorching hot water and steam, trapping the operator in a flooded crosscut. Co-workers braved steam and spray in heavy gum gear to rescue him, leaving him with severe leg burns.
The Roman Musical Society plans a grand festival to honor Palestrina with an inauguration of a document to the great Maestro. Notable composers are invited to contribute songs and attend proceedings. Verdi, Wagner, Ambroise Thomas, Don Pavio Borghese, and other leaders in music are urged to participate.
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