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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1883
Page
3
A midwinter column discusses American restlessness to rise in life and social ambition. It critiques elbowing for status, warns against neglecting inner development, and quotes James and Emerson on finding contentment in the present and fitting into society.
Harper s Bazaar highlights a favored midwinter costume pairing cloth with another fabric featuring long pelisse and great coat shapes. Designs include a straight cloth polonaise with front opening and back fullness in six pleats, paired with ottoman silk vest and skirt, collars, and decorative silk trims.
The passage outlines popular fabrics such as Echoes silk muslin and brocade, with satin surrah and ottoman silk. It details remnant sales during stock clearances, jackets and busts like Louis XV, Watteau backs, and Jersey basques. It notes lace, flowers, pearls, feather clusters, and floral garlands as favored embellishments, plus new colors like Alexandria blue and home-made hat ideas with velvet, feathers, and rhinestone buckles.
A garment description details long flowing ends tied at the back with sleeves reaching the elbow. It notes lace trim, a bow on the inner arm, and a liee fabric element.
Instructional crochet pattern describing constructing a baby's jacket with raised pattern rows in white, blue, and collar details. The method covers starting at the lower edge, alternating long trebles, raising key rows, shaping sleeves and collar, increasing and widening, and finishing with edging and cord.
Step by step directions for crocheting thick slippers using two color combinations. Begin with a chain of fifteen stitches at the toe, work upper loops, and create ribbed hems. Alternate colors across seven to eight rows per color, then finish the lower part, add open work, a scalloped edge, and a ribbon tie. Attach to a cork sole with fleece wool inside for comfort. Suitable for older adults and invalids.
Crochet a 120 stitch chain then turn and work the first stitch. Wrap yarn around the hook and left fingers to draw through each stitch. Alternate rows plain and loops until the hood top measures about six inches. Crochet a wider back crown pattern, join top and back, turn wrong sides out, and sew. Finish with zephyr ribbon bows and strings.
Four panel screen in satin with each season depicted in silk embroidery. Spring shows primroses snowdrops violets and ferns on light blue. Summer features roses ferns smaller flowers and butterflies over a flowered background. Autumn presents dark red convolvuli leaves blackberries nuts and golden corn with a sickle. Winter renders a robin on a twig with a distant cottage and holly snow on black satin. Ebony and gilt mounting enhances the artistry.
Hints for making curtains using oatmeal cloth unbleached sheeting scrim or Toile Colbert as foundations. Add garniture with red and pink roses leaves and light grass in gold flloselle. Edge with coarse lace antique or torchen or applique flowers birds from cretonne with silk buttonholing. A country house bedroom curtain idea uses unbleached sheeting with cretonne stripes across top and bottom.
The article describes assembling a decorative looking-glass frame using a plain 14x1 1/2 inch frame. Attach fir cone scales as a border and fill gaps with nut shells acorns small cones and moss. Leave unvarnished for best effect and apply similarly to picture frames brackets and other foundations cut from mill-board.
A vintage crochet guide outlines a star motif using No 16 crochet cotton and a medium hook. It details an eight chain round, then two double treble with repeats, plus long chain rows to form a star, and instructions to join stars with satin stripes and aged dark red satin and gold canton flannel backing for various projects.
A frugal pudding recipe uses any fruit either fresh or canned. Stew fresh fruit with water and sugar until cooked. Line a pudding dish with stale bread, layer strips around it, then add the hot fruit. Serve soon after assembly.
The method describes layering bread and pulp with skins and stones at the bottom, adding juice last, then covering with diced stale bread. A plate and weight are used to press, drawing juice above the plate, and the dish is kept in a cool place until needed. When pressed well it turns out and is said to be good.
A recipe for a hearty cold beef pie using mashed potatoes as a crust. Slice cold beef and season with pepper and salt, lay in a pie dish, cover with a potato crust, bake until browned, and serve hot. Suitable for a small family with no dessert following.
Cut up rabbit and simmer with a ham bone and sweet herbs until tender then cut meat into neat squares and return bones. Simmer until meat falls to rags, strain and thicken with butter and flour not browned. Add red currant shrub, season, and serve hot.
A historic recipe for Shrewsbury cakes using a quarter pound each of butter and sugar, six ounces of flour, a teaspoon of powdered cinnamon and mace, one egg. Cream butter and sugar, beat in the egg and spices, stir in flour, roll thin, cut with a cutter, add a teaspoon of cold water to prevent sticking, and bake in a hot oven.
A historic recipe lists ingredients as one pound flour three quarters pound sugar half pound butter four eggs one gill rose-water. Cream butter sugar and rose water then sifted flour gradually, beat eggs light, fold together, drop spoonfuls on a buttered sheet, form round cakes, bake quickly until brown.
A simple soup method uses two heads of celery, one quart of milk, a cup of rice, and veal or chicken broth. Grate celery and simmer in milk with rice until soft, adding more milk if thick, then mix in an equal amount of broth with pepper and salt. Serve hot with pasty cut dice celery.
A historical cooking note describes combining one pint of milk five eggs half a pound blanched almonds half a pound sugar quarter pound butter with boiled milk beaten yolks and whites boiled until curd forms squeezed dry mixed with almonds sugar and melted butter flavored with rose water added eggs then baked in small patty pans or ser.
A simple recipe for corn muffins using one pint corn meal one pint sour milk two eggs two tablespoons sugar three tablespoons melted butter salt and soda. Stir soda into milk mix with meal add eggs melted butter sugar and salt beat briskly and bake in cups in a hot oven for a very nice breakfast cake.
Peel and cut potatoes into small pieces boil until tender. Drain and serve with milk gravy made from boiled milk and flour dissolved in cold milk. Cold boiled potatoes may be served the same way.
Take the desired quantity, wash them in several waters until clean, soak overnight and cook in the soaking water. Add about two pints of water to one pint of prunes, cook slowly for two hours in a covered pumpkin, and sweeten to taste. French prunes require no sugar, Turkish prunes do.
Take a shoulder of veal, remove the bone, cut into small pieces and simmer in water until tender. Remove ristle, mince finely, return to the liquor, add chopped cold boiled pork, salt, pepper, mace, sweet herbs, and beaten eggs. Bake in an earthen dish covered for one hour and serve cold.
Slice cold beef or mutton seasoned with pepper and salt, dredge with flour, and place in a stewpan with cold gravy or a little water. Add finely sliced onion and some potatoes, then simmer until tender. If no gravy exists, stir in butter rolled in flour a few minutes before serving.
A dated kitchen instruction details cutting two young squirrels, simmering in five quarts of cold water, seasoning, and boiling until tender. It instructs straining to serve a small pieces of meat with butter flour and cream, then adding the meat and finally the beaten yolks of two eggs and parsley before serving.
An excellent clear soup can be made from scraps and bones of game or poultry, boiled with bacon and vegetables such as carrots onions leeks turnips tomatoes celery parsley and spices and sweet herbs. When well boiled and strained serve plain or with mace or crackers.
Cut the meat in pieces, put the trimmings and bones in a saucepan with pepper salt ham and onion. Simmer half an hour then thicken with butter rolled in flour. Add meat and simmer briefly. Squeeze in lemon juice just before serving.
Amid Hayes-Tilden stalemate fears, Atlanta men rushed to convert greenbacks into gold, with about 100000 dollars stored for emergencies. Notable buyers included Colonel Bob Maddox, Rice, and Mitchell each at twenty thousand. Frank Rice reportedly buried his gold in his garden, joking with neighbor Bill Newman about finding money beneath his lot.
A historical health ad notes poverty of blood causes anemia and linked ailments such as scrofulous sores debility and throat disease. It promotes Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a nutritive blood enricher and cure, claiming it outperforms cod liver oil and is harmless in any condition. It urges purchase from druggists.
An elderly Campbell county resident, Stephen Shell, became convinced a gold deposit lay on his land and began digging. A rock collapse trapped him fifteen to twenty yards beneath a hill. His family freed him with effort, and the incident halted his obsession with gold.
The Frederickton reporter notes persistent enterprise by St Jacobs Village owners in keeping the name in public view. It mentions a big send off in the House by Hon. Mr. Perley who warned government colleagues about dangers of Bear Killers obtaining two bounties for one nose amid unclear remarks from the Indians and a confusing rapid geertu.
A Tribune excerpt recounts long past injuries and how immediate bandaging with linen and rum or salt and vinegar baths aided healing. It claims rapid closure of cuts, reduced pain, and preserved finger function, alongside cautions to avoid delaying care and to use local remedies as preventive measures for inflammation.
The article argues that digestion of starch and refined foods leads to fatness and weaker vitality, while lean people suffer from feverish dyspepsia when consuming such fare. It cites cases of weight gain and loss through diet shifts, promotes a normal diet of whole grains, milk, vegetables, fruits, lean meat, and warns against artificial diets, stimulants, and unhealthy living.
Eminent doctors including Dr. Carl Seller urge that many illnesses stem from mouth breathing. He argues the nose should handle inhalation to moisten warm and purify air, while mouth intake can irritate the larynx and lungs. He demonstrates nasal versus mouth air flow with diagrams and cauterization methods, claiming mouth breathing leads to dyspepsia and consumption-like symptoms.
The writer offers practical winter dressing guidance for children focusing on warmth and health. Suggestions include a flannel shirt, all wool loose garments, long sleeves, high neck, two pairs of drawers with the inner layer matching the shirt, long wool stockings, and garments designed to reach over boots. The text notes options for a second pair of drawers in canton flannel or wool, gathered at the waist.
A fragmented ad claims Brown's Trep Bitters offer health benefits and efficiency in medical use. The text urges readers to use the tonic to protect health and maintain vigor, presenting a historical medicinal claim without detailed evidence.
Guidance on child winter dress specifies loose woollen outer clothing and mittens, thick boots with minimal heels, and a warm hat with ear coverings. For children under three, footwear has no heels and outerwear stays loose to reduce risk of catching a cold.
Harvest time weakness is countered by a thin oatmeal gruel praised as the best nourishing cheap drink for laborers. It surpasses beer in sustaining effort in sun exposure, with methods to prepare by mixing meal with cold water, stirring, then boiling and settling. Whey milk and tea are noted as better than beer but not equal to oatmeal.
The text explains how to distinguish regular versus jetting blood flow to identify vein or artery damage. It prescribes applying a tight bandage between the heart and wound for veins or above the wound for arteries, and offers a makeshift tourniquet using a handkerchief and stick until a physician arrives.
Remedy for chapped hands mixes camphor sweet oil and white wax to melt together. Clean the hands and wipe dry before applying this preparation at night.
A historical recipe describes making a lip salve by mixing equal parts almond or olive oil with white wax. Melt the wax in a clean vessel beside the fire, then add the oil to create a useful balm for chaps and dry lips.
Advice for treating chilblains includes applying a brown sugar plaster at night when severe and washing feet daily with brown soap and water. The guidance emphasizes simple home remedies rather than medical treatments.
Winter evenings bring a playful game where two children choose Oranges or Lemons and form an arch as others join hands and chant bells rhymes. The arch passes over each child, who then chooses a name and moves behind the keeper of that label until caught.
A party game described like a school exercise where a leader, facing players, adds a verb to a noun to form a new noun. Examples include catnip from shave a cat, bed that can spread or cover, and lamp shade serving in phrases. Players who fail move to the foot of the class, and correct answers swap places with the leader.
In a quiet parlor amusement guests take turns naming items to pack in a carpet bag for a trip to Washington. The leader asks what to take and neighbors answer with correctness or forfeit. The correct items align with the initials of each player, such as Miss Smith choosing elk or suspenders, Miss Evans suggesting an elephant, and Mr Pope proposing a patent.
In a social game the leader borrows a beggar persona and begs for ease while circling players. He accepts only gifts beginning with the letter e such as egg eel evergreen or elephant and rejects all others, prompting forfeits until the deception is exposed.
A playful party game prompts guests to guess seats after informally banishing a few members. Chairs are arranged in a circle with each left vacant for the absent players. Returnees choose seats and receive lavish bows while misplacing a chair invites loud cheers and mockery.
A disguised entertainer proclaims magical powers and offers guests a chance to request a creature. A dare leads to cakes served with hushed warning that the eater will see the corner reveal all. On returning, the victim is told the entire magic menagerie is open if they obey and eat in the corner of the dwelling.
The article describes a playful variation of a toy game where players occupy room corners while a cat stands in the center. Players must repeatedly swap corners with neighbors as the cat tries to claim a corner. When a player exits the hole they occupy, they retire from the game and holes marked as stopped cannot be used. The game continues until all players are banished.
In an acrostics game a participant steps out while the others ponder a celebrated figure. The remaining players focus on a real or fictional character, building clues around the chosen name.
Players select a word and assign each letter to a person who represents a famous figure. The guesser asks questions like Are you still living and Are you a poet to identify the initials. The process continues until the word is revealed or all participants are questioned.
A short description of a children's counting game following Pat-a-cake. The director taps a palm and calls number one while players stack hands, counting to six. When six is spoken, hands must withdraw quickly while six attempts to catch a hand, and the owner pays a forfeit or is counted out.
The article describes a polite variation of Blind Man's Buff. A blinded Buff stands center while others form a ring around him and march. Buff uses a wand to touch a ring member who then imitates an animal sound and Buff guesses the creature. If correct, they switch places. if not, the game continues.
A party game described for a jovial gathering where players pass a line of poetry folded to reveal only the last word. Each participant adds a rhyming line, building a humorous joint verse. Then a lady thinks of a gentleman and, by asking about how the thoughts resemble him, elicits amusing, imaginative comparisons from the group.
A game requires one player to leave the room while others pick a word for her to guess. Upon return, players pantomime rhymes to the chosen word. For heat they act eat feet heat stick meet and more, each using ingenuity to convey rhymes before the final guess ends the performance.
A two person guessing trick uses confederates and recall to name a target. One leaves the room while the other suggests a question that always yields No until the agreed person is named. The trick hinges on choosing a person with white hair first to create surprise at the reveal.
A long pursuit ends at the Paris Court of Assizes where Cabello is found guilty of involvement in a heavy bond theft from Mme Boulant. Larcher and Manglano face trial, with Larcher acquitted and Manglano acquitted after Nadege fainted as verdicts are read.
A New York Sun piece describes Whoop Up as a border town with a whiskey stockade built by traders. It details three-acre log fortifications where Indians were supplied cheap whiskey to incite fights, while traders later aided the wounded and profited. David Akers, the owner, portrays himself as reformer, claiming to temper drinking with water and avoid expulsion of customers.
Mrs. John Welfoot of St Johnsbury Vermont gave birth Saturday to two daughters and a son weighing six pounds thirteen ounces total. She has had twelve children in all with two sets of twins. The paper invites any region with a stronger record to respond.
An advertisement claims Ayer's Cathartic Pills cleanse the system stimulate appetite and digestion vitalize blood and renew the golden age of you. The copy emphasizes restorative effects and youthful vigor as a selling point.
A testimonial extols Brown's Iron Bitters as the best preparation built on scientific principles. It claims rapid blood assimilation, healing and strengthening effects, and lasting health restoration without whiskey. A railroad engineer reports relief from dyspepsia heartburn and weakness after use.
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