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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1887
Page
4
Poem reflecting spiritual blindness and remorse. The speaker pleads for sight and mercy, acknowledging how tears and missteps blur judgment. The Brooklyn Eagle voice laments wandering, mocks, and seeks enlightenment, ending with a plea for the Light of the World to have pity.
In early Niagara County a Mohawk hunter Kondiarock nursed seven year old Pick Danvers back to health after the boy vanished from his pioneer family. Mohawks later guided the child home to his grateful parents, aided by Joseph Brant’s tribe and a Thayendamgen decree pledging lasting friendship.
The article notes Prof Milne on the vast attention to earthquakes with 60 Dijon memoirs and a 1,837 work catalog by Alexis Perry in 1856, plus Mallet's list of hundreds in 1858. It remarks on Eastern and Western interest, including China and Japan, and warns cataloging all writings would take years. It also cites post mortems of drunkards with liver and kidney pathology and ends with a Cicero quip on insatiable desire.
Information for farmers and homemakers covers potato improvements led by Goodrich Seedlings and the rise of dry mealy potatoes. It explains nitrogen changes in grassy versus plowed soils, and notes how grass crops enrich soil nitrogen while plowed fields deplete it. Also details smut prevention in oats using copper salts and other agents and outlines sheep grazing patterns and herd management for midland ranges.
A compilation of rural and domestic guidance on horse care diet and work, sheep raising in Montana, bedding construction with hair mattresses and substitutes, pillow and sheet care, and home sanitation tips. Includes feeding routines for horses, rolled oats, water timing, and avoiding fatigue, plus lambing and overall wool-growing practices, and practical room and bed maintenance such as mattress halves, linen covers, airing routines, and simple household cures.
Simple historic recipes describe Nudel Soup using milk eggs and flour dough dried in oven then added to stock for a quick boil. Salmon Salad combines canned salmon with celery onion vinegar salt pepper and optional onion for a tangy mix. Also notes a large butter sugar milk and flour batter with eggs and cornstarch to bake into a cake or dessert.
Western Rural notes that rock bottom grain prices push some to fuel use, while many farmers churn low quality butter for seven cents a pound. The piece advocates superior butter quality, modern methods, central markets, and honest pricing to lift standards and curb bogus butter.
A periodical note argues the siting hen remains essential for hatch success, urging proper nest design, feeding, and water. It contrasts incubators with hens, warns against mistreating the bird, and covers nest theft, egg color selection, and humane predator control with Guinea fowls, dogs, and pot pie usage.
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