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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1887
Page
2
Victorious veterans recall Antietam and Civil War memories in verse. The narrator, a Union veteran, honors fallen comrades, tends their lonely blue graves, and prays for strength to bear grief, noting twenty years pass without tidings. The poem blends battlefield recollections, home, and enduring reverence.
The article lauds the 1864 Red River expedition as ill conceived yet highlights the remarkable rescue of Admiral Porter's fleet at Alexandria. It details the army’s eleven day dam and float operation, spearheaded by Lt Col Bailey, to free gunboats and safeguard the Mississippi blockade. Soldiers’ toil, courage, and unity are celebrated alongside the navy’s crucial role.
A young battery boy recalls arriving at Cold Harbor at night and quickly entering position. He describes dawn on June 3, 1864, as infantry massed nearby and officers moved swiftly, while artillery crews fed breakfast and prepared at Napoleon guns awaiting orders. The vignette ends with the narrator watching rebel earthworks and hoping for luck.
A Confederate era battery stream of consciousness recounts dawn artillery fire at Cold Harbor. A seventeen year old narrator describes sponge work, cartridge handling, cannon explosions, and the brutal toll as Union lines assault. He witnesses comrades killed, hears charges, and notes 10,000 dead and wounded between blue lines.
John M Schofield born September 29 1831 in Chautauqua County New York. A West Point graduate he joined the artillery and held a Washington University professorship before rising to brigadier and major general in the volunteer service. He led the Department of the Missouri, commanded the Twenty third Corps under Sherman, fought at Franklin, and Nashville. After the war he led the Departments of Texas the Missouri and the East.
A Southern Bivouac writer recalls the Lookout Mountain assault where Union forces reportedly carried Confederate defenses under fog in a dramatic dawn fight. General A. T. Stewart and Colonel J. T. Holtzelaw observed the clash as stars and stripes waved over captured earthworks. Night rifle flashes lit the cratered slope, described as sparkling like fireflies.
A veteran recounts how the company was divided into large messes and meals cooked together. An old German, Johan, tried to hoard his rations by eating only what others did not, proposing a biscuit by biscuit split that sparked disagreement and humor among the soldiers.
The article advises precise feeding of hogs at regular times to fatten efficiently while avoiding wasteful overfeeding. It describes Essex hogs as black, similar to Suffolk in most traits, thriving on grass and favored in the East. Duroc Jersey hogs, red in color, descend from Berkshires and mature into 400 to 500 pound adults, with nine month old pigs at 250 to 300 pounds.
Mr. S. G. Harrison argued for reducing bulk of market goods to maintain value, promoting fattening of beef, pork, and dairy products. He urged diversified farming to conserve land fertility, cut transport costs, and increase net revenue through careful combination of breeding, cropping, and dairying across multiple farm departments.
A short old concern notes horses, especially older ones, may gulp food too quickly risking poor meals. It recommends mixing clean cobble stones with oats to slow eating and encourage thorough chewing. It adds that cat feed is eaten slower than whole grain and dry meal than wet feed.
The Poland China is a dark spotted breed with drooping ears and quick fattening, maturing heavily by eighteen to thirty months. Berkshires arrived from England, black with white points, early mature, marbled flesh and thin skin. Yorkshire is a white, very dishing-faced breed from England, ears erect and forward. Chester Whites originate in Pennsylvania, large white hogs with forward ears and long bodies. Berslkshires and Chester Whites influence each other. Suffolks are small white hogs with thin hair and pink skin, less popular with western pork producers.
Wisconsin writer W D Howard notes butter costs depend on cow quality with a poor cow yielding twice the price gap of a good cow. He argues money lies in the man, not the times, and contrasts thrift with costly repairs. He cites farmers feeding extra corn hay to seal barns and shows corn fodder yields sixty tons from six acres with close spacing.
A historic dairy critique argues for washing cow udders before milking to prevent contamination. It details how stall conditions, manure, dirt, hair, saliva, and milking practices spread filth to teats and udder, recommending water, clean hands, a dry towel, and thorough washing as essential steps for improved dairying.
Vine grafting requires careful steps. Remove soil from around the stump, cut low, split the stump, insert two scions so bark touches bark, wax the graft, and cover deeply with earth. In spring, partially uncover to help shoots emerge. sap starting in spring is the main challenge.
Fruit growers choose methods from immediate barrel storage to cellar bins. The best approach uses a special apple house with near controlled temperature, shelves, and a timing for selling. Mr Richardson of Pepperill built a hillside apple house with double boarding and doors, storing apples on shelves until sale.
The article argues that peach crops suffer from yellows and cold snaps but can be revived through heavy manuring and especially potash. It notes historic vigor of peaches in the Northern States, links winter kill risk to lack of snow cover, and suggests spreading coarse manure after the first snowfall to protect roots and buds and prevent late spring frosts.
Poultry breeding notes warn beginners about overestimating profits. It stresses that housing fowls is a major initial expense and suggests building modest, properly insulated structures. The article advises interior finishing with paint or building paper to improve conditions and curb costs.
A small poultry house with two or three light windows costs fifteen to twenty dollars, with room to expand by adding a second house later. Keep hen houses separated by yards to curb vermin, and avoid placing them in barns where vermin spread to horses and cattle. If existing houses loom vermin, rebuild parts or entire structures when affordable.
Practical notes on hen productivity and care. Two roost sets rotated weekly, artificial motherhood cautions, feeding waste milk to fowls, and remedies like lime and salt for chicken cholera. Wing clipping or feather removal can prevent overflying fences. Netting runs three feet high is advised. Healthier fowls lay eggs more consistently. shells harden with strong nutrition. Poultry world.
Cornmeal muffins recipe lists ingredients: one and a half cups cornmeal and flour, two teaspoonfuls baking powder, half cup sugar, half teaspoon salt, melted butter, two eggs, and enough milk to form a stiff batter.
Fried hasty pudding or oatmeal should be prepared a day ahead and stiffened in a wet pan. Slice and fry until brown, using lard. Corn meal browns half an hour, served hot with syrup. Grated ham mixed with buttered toast, topped by a warm cream egg sauce completes the dish.
A recipe for stewed Hels including skin removal and simmering in salted water then butter and flour thickening. Also a Graham Gems batter using graham and white flour, egg, milk, sugar, butter, baking powder and salt. Bake in hot gem pans until golden.
A detailed historical method instructs removing the long bone from a leg while leaving at least a pound of meat, mincing with bacon and seasonings including parsley thyme savory pepper or cayenne nutmeg mace salt lemon rind. The meat is stuffed back, skin sewn, knuckle tied, a bone inserted, roasted three hours, basted, and served when cold and firm.
Long paragraph describes a dough based cake recipe for school meals. It details kneading a uarten of dough with dripping or lard currants sugar candied peel spices and hot water. Shape into tins bake two hours for bread like yields or twenty to thirty minutes for small school cakes. Seed cake without currants noted as very good.
Gov Foraker announced and the Senate confirmed multiple appointments to Ohio institutions. Trustees named include David L King for Cleveland Asylum, Ross J Alexander for Feeble Minded Youth, James M Williams to fill a vacancy, Rufus R Dawes for Deaf and Dumb, and John O Winship for the Working Home for the Blind. Population and marriage data show little change. several local incidents and notices follow.
A Harlem yard owner with a tall fence challenges a bill poster by displaying a glare of signs reading post no bills under penalty of the law. The poster defends his work saying he will heed the law on both sides of the sign as the owner protests. The World notes the clash ends with an exchange over street ethics and signage.
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