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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1886
Page
2
A veteran recalls Civil War memories from the Shenandoah to the Alleghenies. He speaks of a Georgia volunteer’s grave beneath cedar and pine, a fallen Stonewall Jackson unit member, and the reverent respect for an honest soldier. The verse reflects on duty, memory, and the futility of questions of right or wrong.
Ra Moon recalls enlistment in Ohio and early Civil War service from Coshocton to Camp Chase to Columbus Army to Martinsburg Washington Forts and Bermuda Hundred. He describes Governor Brough’s speech, Confederate pursuit, York River voyage, Cold Harbor heat, and Petersburg line with humorous self-deprecating notes and battlefield awe. Adjutant Fisher Post No 902, Gambville, Ohio.
A Chicago Ledger excerpt recalls a Civil War escape near Nashville in 1862. A Confederate ordnance worker ferried 2000 pounds of gunpowder through city streets as Union and Hood forces clashed. Fire singed the trail, a ford at Brown’s Creek loomed, and a bridge wreck offered cover. The narrator joined an Iowa regiment at Kilpatrick’s request, fought up a hill, and helped wounded comrade Pat Murphy to safety, earning gratitude for measured bravery. The tale closes with respect for the Confederate defenders.
A reminiscence recalls the first wartime rush to form a company and the generous gear sent to the soldiers, including woolen socks and havelocks. The tale shifts to a long march toward Yorktown with funny scraps of gear shed and later retrieved, and a German soldier’s heavy knapsack scene as officers enforce loading discipline.
Colonel Frederic Martin recalls odd war mementos soldiers carried or stole on marches. Cradles, a gigantic looking glass, pianos sunk in mud, rocking chairs, and condensed milk painted soldiers as they trudged. The anecdotes reveal humor amid hardship.
A recollection from the Atlanta Constitution contrasts Northern and Southern views during the war. It recounts a Maine-born Louisiana Zouave posing as Southern, and Major H. Kyd Douglas's notes on Confederate pay and hardships, including worthless scrip and soldiers gambling pay.
Information for Plowman and housewife on oats and peas as feed and ensilage crop. Notes on stone and underdrains, clay land, clover hay quality, and hay preservation in mow. Guidance on clover harvesting, drying, stacking, and effects on dairy cows. Discussion of butter salting, and artificial cheese impact on dairy market.
A domestic article offers guidance on speeding poultry molting with better feed and housing, notes hempseed and sulphur caution after August, and stresses warm clean quarters. It then shifts to home safety, warning about volatile cleaners benzine ether ammonia and oxalic acid, detailing safe storage and handling practices.
A Detroit Free Press excerpt provides detailed advice on proper laundering of fine linens. It stresses avoiding over wringing, drying damp, shaking and snapping fabrics, folding and rolling, and using minimal starch. It also covers ironing technique, pin and line care, and safe sun drying to prevent wrinkles.
General Kerman recalls a march to the sea encounter with a Black Confederate camp observer. A contraband says Yankee forces passed the village six miles away, describing depots burned by cavalry, tracks torn up by infantry, and wells set on fire. The report highlights destruction attributed to Union troops.
The Lumberman notes cypress timber as the South’s white pine in potential. It suits shingles and finish stock, resists weather better than rivals, and rising production will lift stampage values. Cypress is good to buy and better to hold for fortunate owners. Italy’s forests shrink under past destruction, with oak and beech dwindling and beech and chestnut demand local. Parliament imposes protection, promotes replanting, and encourages eucalyptus planting at stations for health benefits.
A 19th century notice discusses feeding raw potatoes to horses to fatten and improve coat, with a mix of bran and corn meal. It explains age-dating cattle via horn rings and teeth, noting variability. It also argues hogs’ natural diet is varied and clean forage, highlighting pasturage essentials for disease prevention.
Guidance on washing salted butter suggests using pickle or brine, not ice or fresh water. Fresh water can whiten butter, remove salt, and sharpen taste quickly. Prepare strong pickle several days ahead by thoroughly saturating water with salt through stirring and dissolving.
A collection of household tips and recipes including lamp shade styling with ribbon, repairing cane chairs using wool twine, a disinfecting mixture with nitric acid and essential oils, an Ohio Apple Pie method, Grandma Telfer's Peppermints, and a coffee brewing rule. The notes mix practical how tos with kitchen guidance and emphasize simple, old fashioned techniques.
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