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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1887
Page
7
A Civil War reminiscence by W. P. Hughes titled Shot and Shell celebrates soldiers and the boy who carried a gun. The poem highlights family memories, sacrifice, and patriotism, honoring littered losses and steadfast loyalty to the flag and homeland. Notable lines evoke parents, siblings, and fallen comrades as the drum rolls fade.
The narrator recalls late May 1863 marching from Brashear City Louisiana toward Port Hudson. After fighting at Bisland and Irish Bend, his unit ferries down the Mississippi, endures heat and raids, and camps near Springfield Landing before joining heavy combat. He describes wrecked supplies, a brutal march, and the bombardment as the fortifications tighten, with Weitzel and others central to the siege. The tale includes a vivid incident of a dubious comrade, the sighting of Albert Sidney Johnston’s marker, and a long, personal reminiscence of other wartime experiences and a bizarre hospital tale of a glass-eating patient.
A rider recalls fleeing pursuit along a dry road toward Port Hudson with Confederate cavalry closing in. He narrowly evades capture, returns to the landing road, and reaches the river where a steamer is ready to depart while a guard questions a comrade about a baker.
The narrator chases Baker from the steamer to the forehold, hands him to the guard, and learns he later fights again in Western Louisiana where he dies of disease. The piece notes the moral complexity of a man who survives through perils and still remains a soldier at heart.
An Atlanta Constitution interview recalls Confederate retreat after Nashville. Soldiers trek toward Corinth and Mobile in freezing, shoe-poor conditions, making holes in the snow. The tale details improvised footwear, the care of General Lowery, theater luck in Mobile, and a makeshift coat gift afterward.
Rural topics provide practical advice for farmers and homemakers. It explains why salt helps manure heaps resist freezing, retain moisture, and improve solubility with carbonic acid gas, while noting to avoid rain exposure. It also covers drainage fall design and underdrains, plus detailed carrot growing steps including manure dressings, plowing, row spacing, seeding, rolling, weed control, and thinning.
The article argues for planting the best fruit varieties suited to local climate and soil, noting modern apples currants and berries have improved greatly. It urges replacing old sorts with new, superior varieties to maximize size bearing quality and flavor, ensuring ample, season-long supplies. Farmers' Budget.
A swine breeder explains that gradual weaning is essential to avoid stunting and delays. Removing pigs abruptly before teaching them to eat causes at least a two week setback. Feeding in a separate, accessible area helps pigs learn to eat independently.
The 1885 Kansas State Agricultural College report details experiments on warm water for milch cows. Four cows alternated between well water and 100 degree water, showing an average milk increase of 8.47 percent, with potential gains greater under normal winter conditions. The study notes cold water costs and suggests using waste farm materials to heat water, reducing stress on cattle in freezing weather.
Cows learn to drink warm water and prefer it in cold weather, with calves quickly adopting the habit. Adequate water intake is crucial to health and thrift, as poor drinking can impair digestion and overall condition, according to Breeders' Gazelle.
The Dairy reports that some dairymen object to brewers grains saying they stimulate cows like beer affects people, causing temporary excitement but weakening the animals over time. The piece notes concerns over long term health and productivity.
A synopsis of three prize essays from the Minnesota Butter Cheese and Dairy Stock Convention at Red Wing covers dairy stock management, feeding, and cheese making. It includes W K Pullman on two farming methods, pasture quality, barn design, cleanliness, feeding regimes for cows and heifers, breeding age, calf rearing, and seasonal milk yields with reference to October versus April calving.
The Orchard recalls that grape prices were higher long ago but profits remain solid. With yields of three to four tons per acre, at three cents a pound grapes still provide a comfortable income and cover labor costs, contrary to fears of ruin for grape growers.
The most successful nurserymen transplant trees twice for best transplanting. First transplanting occurs when trees are small, about a year before the second. Root pruning during cultivation builds a large feeding root mass, explaining why well cared for nursery stock transplants outperform similarly sized trees grown in open ground. Lack of fibrous roots contributes to failure of young forest trees dug from woods.
The article explains pruning timing between leaf fall and bud swelling, warns against winter pruning due to cracking wood, and lists tools needed like pruning knife shears and a broad chisel. It advises sealing large wounds with shellac or melted grafting wax and notes growth proceeds from buds formed last season.
A concise record of Senate and House actions from February 17 to February 24 detailing bills passed or postponed. Topics include dairy and food commission chemists, mechanics' lien law revisions, canal and reservoir matters, state bank supervision, bonds for Hamilton County roads and city halls, ballot box control, gas pipelines, education on alcohol effects, quail hunting rules, voting penalties, and soldiers' orphans support.
Formerly the visit of a friend was a great favor not a right. I endured three months without news of my brother after his arrest in St. Petersburg. Families faced secrecy, denial of contact, and suspicion. Fortitude and famine protests changed visiting rules, revealing harsh secret inquiries and extortion of testimonies in the Troubetskoy bastion.
A Newport mother learned a neighbor’s joke when he called her newborn “Colonel” after saying he was a mate child. The neighbor claimed by Kentucky common law every male child born in the state is a Colonel, which amused the mother.
The Tui Hochi Shinbun lists Japanese army figures by rank totaling 138 , 109 ,496 enlisted. It also notes the Victoria and Albert yacht maintenance cost about 150000 dollars yearly over a decade. A mention of William K. Vanderbilt’s name appears framed as Ki sam, though girls dispute it.
The piece discusses Abraham’s test with Isaac from Genesis twenty two, linking Mount Moriah to the site of Solomon's Temple and the temple tradition. It notes typology with Christ and the faith journey of Abraham, and references Josephus, Jerome, and various commentaries. It closes with lesson truths on obedience, faith, and divine provision.
A Sunday school exchange asks what commandment Adam violated by taking the forbidden fruit. The bright scholar and B S T discuss that no commandments existed for Adam before Sinai and Moses, implying Adam could not break commands given later.
A boy asks if God made a shabby man, and a mother explains that God made him as he is and they will let him pass. The exchange ends with the child wishing for cleaner dust, prompting the mother’s calm reply about acceptance.
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