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Newspaper
Cambridge Herald
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1885
Page
4
The poem contrasts beggars on sidewalks with respectable poor, noting beggars endure less risk and cling to place and name to avoid shame. It portrays a stark social division where dignity is tied to social perception, and fear and guilt shadow the dispossessed.
Erastus returns from the Slough with Lucy’s consent to marry. He builds a cottage on his irrigated ranch, plans a future with Lucy, and the couple travel home by wagon, surrounded by a thriving peach, pear, and apple orchard and a blooming garden.
In a rustic mountainside scene Lucy and Erastus wed before neighbors at a plain road-side ceremony. They travel seven days to their new cottage near the Slough, dreaming of a shared future, a vineyard and orchard, and a cozy home with furniture arranged by love.
A young couple on a Slough claim near a growing rail line chase a government patent under the Homestead Act. They endure poverty yet relish health and love, anticipating a prosperous fruit and vegetable ranch as frost never comes and irrigation from the river guarantees water.
The article argues horses thrive on a strictly muscular, not fattening, diet. It cautions against overfeeding corn, stresses milk as primary for colts, details mare milk composition, and suggests supplementing with cow’s milk if dams underproduce. It recommends two quarts daily for two-month-olds and early introduction of oats and linseed meal for colts.
The article discusses moonshiner Lewis R. Redmond who fought back when cornered and shot, noting the danger of attacks from behind. It praises the trusted dead shot as defense, cites detectives catching criminals, and argues sportsmen fear kidney disease more than other risks, urging readiness and self defense.
A Texas youth Sam Benson fails in business yet keeps trying. His uncle discourages honesty as unsafe for money or goods. The column cites Indian reservations, a playful quarrel about art, wooden slippers, Dr. Pierce remedies, and a sales pitch for an electro magnetic belt with a 30 day trial.
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