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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1882
Page
3
A poem and prose vignette describe miners crowding a circus, a live talking baby stealing the show, then a courtroom scene in New York with jailbirds and a jade facing trial. The juxtaposed pieces blend frontier spectacle with urban satire and legal intrigue.
A Civil War era poem tells of a sentry on watch who longs for his beloved Mary The countersign is Mary and the scene shifts to a daring reunion as Mary travels to find him The poem ends with the countersign confirmed and the lovers united despite distance
A rural poem of springtime in southern dialect describing March winds waking land. Birds, trees and blossoms signal farming chores and daily toil as mules, colters and dawn to sunset work shape the season.
A youth and a merry maiden walk across meadow land and sit beside a river. He folds a fallen willow leaf into her book for a memory. Years later, the maiden recalls him as winter time and storms unfold in the north. The leaf fades as life’s pages are closed.
A speaker rejects earthly love, seeking restraint during the day. At night the heart yearns deeply, dreaming of reunion and being drawn back to a beloved presence beyond reach. The poem contrasts restless restraint with an eventual, intimate closeness in sleep.
Reporter Joe Howard for the New York Herald describes a distinctive feature of the Malley trial. The piece notes the jury’s role in defining and applying the square in this unusual context, calling the setting the Tontine dining amid curious local procedures.
An essay on growing common primroses polyanthuses cowslips and primulas with notes on cultivars wild garden species seed sowing division and care. It covers Primula acaulis Polyanthuses Cowslips Mayflowers true wild primroses and forest plants plus climbers and border maintenance tips.
A Cincinnati case reports a colored wife of a mulatto man slowly whitening over three years under a physician's drug treatment. The patient, Mrs Ball born in Fredericksburg Virginia aged about 67, claims relief from chronic pain as skin lightens, with white blotches spreading from face to limbs and eye color shifting to red when exposed to light. The physician suggests a method that could change Ethiopian skin and notes trials with a young colored boy show similar whitening responses.
The article guides housekeepers in reviving old furniture with step by step methods. It covers reupholstering chairs with striped and damasked fabrics, using beeswax polish, fresh stuffing, and gilt head nails. It also suggests decorating mirrors and frames, portieres, window shades, and even horn decorations as affordable enhancements for country or city homes.
Simple kitchen notes describe boiling corn meal mush with salt for a thick porridge and serving with milk or butter. It also covers bread pudding with jelly topping, Graham and corn meal raised bread, clabber cheese, lobster croquettes and rissoles, preserved hams, crusted pies, stewed apples with rice, rum raisin desserts, and a sharp French mustard recipe.
Careworn persons students weak and over worked mothers will find in Brown's Iron Bitters a complete tonic which gives strength and tone to the whole system.
A Quitman Press profile describes Major B W Bellamy owning a 16000 acre farm near Quitman with about 1000 freed tenants. The plantation includes 6000 acres cultivated, cottages schools churches and gardens. Tenants are taught to save and own land while children over 10 can read and write. Meals reportedly feature a ten gallon oven chicken pie and large beef portions.
President Arthur and Senator Conkling joined by Austin Corbin on a Sunday fishing trip to Long Island after church. The trio, described as among the most striking men in appearance, drew attention on the excursion.
At Mrs Mackay's Paris party Lucy Hooper notes a novelty called tetés deguises where gentlemen wear head makeup to resemble historical figures or epochs. Varied disguises include an ancient Gaul with yellow hair and moustaches and a bridal headpiece, adding comic effect and reducing costume expense.
New York fashions note novelties in ladies apparel from Philadelphia Progress. Cupid's Cordon, a gold band studded with rubies or turquoises, a winged butterfly arm ornament, and a gold gem circle are described alongside hats with vegetables, gilt bird buttons, sunbeam pearl buttons, delicate hosiery, silk gloves, and parasols.
A detailed set of crochet and knitting instructions for a bib with ribbed double crochet, plus patterns for edge trims, feathered braid, fringe, brioche crochet, and a baby’s crocheted sock. It includes stitch definitions and guidance for wider motifs and finishing touches.
An 1832 Boston testimonial for Brown's Iron Bitters touts relief from dyspepsia, indigestion, loss of appetite, and malaria like symptoms. The letter cites a prior lack of relief, then reports improved digestion, absence of stomach burning, and no teeth staining or headaches from this iron preparation.
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