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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1880
Page
3
Poem celebrating the independent farmer as nature’s nobleman. It portrays his simple home, thriving fields, and devoted wife. The piece contrasts rustic labor with worldly worry, praising faith, family, and contentment across the seasons. It evokes pastoral imagery of plowing, fruit trees, and a homestead bathed in calm, sunlit bounty.
Article discusses infusion of thoroughbred blood for top performance in trotters, contrasting cold blood and racer crosses. It cites Messenger progeny, Narragansett pacers, and theories on fifth crosses, questions stud-book rules, and warns about cart-horse blood affecting racers. Also explains splints, their causes and treatments, and notes on feeding horses new hay and oats.
A narrator recalls a decades old case of a Scotch collie trained to drive and protect a sheep flock. From six weeks, the dog learned voice and motion, avoided harming sheep, and worked with independent judgment. The piece extols patient, respectful training, courage, and tailored routines to suit an American setting, with broader notes on pure-bred stock and geese as guardians.
Geese contribute to sustenance and profit in suitable localities. Varieties include Emden Toulouse and China with distinct traits. Geese graze well on waste land, require light evening feeds, and are hardy and easy to raise. goslings take thirty days to hatch and grow quickly with oats corn and greens.
A seasoned gardener argues fall ploughing and proper drainage for early crops, detailing ridging, grading, and manure top-dressing. It covers fall ploughing timing, water offshoots, weed seed control, and trench or pit storage methods for cabbages, mangel-wurzels, turnips, ruta-bagas, pears, and squashes to maintain quality through winter.
The London Telegraph reports that two American steamers carrying grain reached Revel to discharge, marking a unprecedented shift as northern Russia imports wheat from the United States. The piece notes Russia’s chronic agricultural decline, Germany’s preference for American wheat, and rising concerns over future grain supply. It also offers practical tips on vermin control in animals, raspberry cultivation, and butter packaging and storage.
Health column discusses chapped hands from wind and exposure with home remedies using borax water and a glycerine ointment. It covers a scented coconut with almond oil and spermaceti, and celebrates perfumes increasing atmospheric ozone aiding health. A Vermont correspondent credits eight months meat abstinence with relief from long standing ailments and dyspepsia.
The Astorian reports on magnets placed under the grain line that capture stray iron from wire bands and reveal that about one third of iron scraps in the grain are larger pieces, more damaging than binding wire, aiding industry efficiency and reducing labor and costs.
A plan to store sweet potatoes involves chopping vines as frost nears, digging and drying the roots, selecting undamaged specimens, and packing them in half bushel boxes with newspaper dividers. The boxes are kept in a warm dry place to preserve the harvest.
The New York Mirror notes how actresses Modjeska Lucille Weaton and Parepa Rosa used makeup and devices to hide scars birthmarks and a vaccination mark. Modjeska shifted corsage bows or lace, Lucille wore a large cross on a scarred chest, and Parepa Rosa concealed an armband scar with ribbons wax powder.
London Atheneum reports Mrs A T Stewart, back from Saratoga, animated and youthful at over eighty, with an extensive wardrobe of over a hundred gowns. She is generous, kindly heard without ostentation, entertains well at Saratoga, and is often seen driving a neat coupe with two chestnuts. Letters of Jaguasy about Stewart's body attract more notice than his life.
Andrew Jackson writes to Sam Houston in 1829 letter reprinting Houston’s marriage, exile, and rumored imperial ambitions in Texas. The missive questions Houston’s plans to ally with Indians and seize power, while urging career path choices and expressing friendship despite misfortune. The dated tone and antiquated script echo Jackson’s public stance on Texas and Houston’s trajectory.
Philadelphia Times reporter describes Franklin Landers as a farmer turned cattle trader who built a fortune in business and politics. The piece notes his forceful will, honesty, liberalism, and intelligence, seeing him as a strong yet controversial gubernatorial candidate with a capable, educated wife and international travel experience.
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