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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1886
Page
6
The Rev. T DeWitt Talmage denounces gambling in all forms from racecourses to pool halls, arguing it corrupts industry and families, with examples of moral ruin and societal impact, noting laws falter and gamblers deform commerce and virtue worldwide.
A speaker laments gambling’s reach from bank robberies and Wall Street thefts to the ruin of families. He warns of gambling’s lure in saloons, churches, and tenpin alleys, recounting ruined youths and a letter from a doomed son to his parents, urging forgiveness and despair.
A moral sermon warns against gambling's ruin as a man is drawn into a sinful life. The narrator toils through graphic visions of hellish fortune, lost souls, and the destruction of a marriage, urging readers to avoid the first bet and the perilous path it opens.
A short tale from Christian at Work explains how a young wife relies on “glasses” to see her husband as heroic. As marriage deepens, idealized sight sharpens then fades, revealing selfish flaws. The moral urges clear sight before marriage and notes love may endure despite blurred early vision.
A Cleveland Leader reminiscence recalls Ben Butler as a long time anti abolitionist and political figure. It notes his 1852 National Convention role drafting a fugitive slave law plank and his 1861 party switch toward Lincoln era Union support. The tale includes the Charleston Convention episode and the quip about his nickname old pure and simple.
The quote compares fancy to a squirrel in a circular prison and imagination to a pilgrim whose home is Heaven. It warns that depriving imagination of the beauty of celestial mountains is like sealing the tower of fame, surrendering to the wild surge of Capraja and Gorgona.
Information for the plowman stockman poulterer nurseryman and housewife offered in practical domestic agriculture guidance. Tips cover farming chores animal care garden tasks and household management with concise instructions and seasonal notes.
There is great economy in feeding cornstalks cut into short pieces. If cut before frost, cattle will devour nearly the entire stalk. An acre of stalks can feed a cow for three months, with cornmeal or bran slop boosting milk or fattening effects.
A Scottish Gazette writer describes liquid manure conveyed by drains into tanks and then carted to grain lands without dilution. It boosts mowing crops and prompts cattle to graze heavily on grain. An experiment compares two pastures, one with liquid manure and one with lamb and ewe droppings fed on tinseed cake. Cattle preferred grain grown with liquid manure, though the effect is rapid but short lived and reduces meadow fertility after harvest.
An Akron Ohio oatmeal maker warns Oral World of St Louis about Bohemian oats selling in the Midwest and Wisconsin at high prices. He notes widespread fraud with negotiable notes, failed future promises, and no milling use or solid market standing. Farmers are urged to beware sharpers and avoid these oats.
A Kalamazoo correspondent describes open farmers sheds built near the main street to shelter horses and provide waiting rooms for farmers and families. Attendants feed horses, offers tables for meals, and secure stalls with doors. The sheds boost social contact, church attendance, and local business while proving profitable, inspiring calls for similar setups in other New England towns.
The Germantown Telegraph explains slabbering or driveling in horses and cattle as tied to plant energy balance. Early season forage is near neutral, with earth energy acid action, while later season forage leans alkaline. Slobbering linked to plants rich in acidity in late season. overall composition shaped by sun and earth energies.
The article argues for economical farming focused on lighter hogs. It notes debt as bondage and favors keeping cost low. It states smaller hogs 200 to 250 pounds fetch quicker sales at higher prices, while very large hogs are harder to sell, advising breeders to optimize first months of growth and select right breeds.
The article explains how spring pigs gain weight best from March to December, with early spring pigs ready to graze on clover as soon as grass appears. It warns against overheating in hot months, advises slops with wheat bran to preserve health and fat during heat, and limits heavy corn use until September. A Blor, Ind.
J W Adama of Springfield Massachusetts notes a moist gravelly soil favors apple culture. Red apples and late keepers are sought, greenings need space, and Wagner requires less. Large fruit and yields are not desirable. Dark cold cellars preserve fruit. root grafts suit New England. Canker worms treated with arsenic or Paris green spray. A good picker on low young trees could harvest over fifteen barrels daily.
N. J. Shepherd argues in Michigan Horticulturist that thinning fruit on trees and vines when set helps produce larger, better priced fruit. Early, even thinning reduces vitality waste, prevents overloading, and boosts next year’s yield, especially for apples peaches pears and quinces.
The article advocates churning each cow's milk separately to prevent butter yield variation from globule size. It argues daily churns during peak season for multiple cows and suggests separating cows would weed out half the herd in a year, boosting owner profits.
D Curtis in New England Farmer reports butter makers at Western fairs overworked butter due to coarse barrel salt and extra churning. He notes success from cooling to 55 60 degrees, salting while granular, and avoiding second working. Some creamery men push traditional methods, but the practice gains support from progressive producers advocating finer salt and minimal handling.
The author advocates raising chickens of uniform size and color for safety and harmony. By keeping seven broods hatched within a week, all birds resemble each other, reducing pecking and injury when mixed among coops. Uniformity improves care and eases future rearing plans.
Farmers mistakenly claim hens require only corn as food. The article notes food means all materials powering the system and stresses hens, especially domesticated ones, require additional nutrients beyond corn to support their higher production and bone development.
A 19th century Rural Home article urges poultry breeders to use ground raw bone and oyster shell to boost laying and egg size. It recommends grinding bone coarsely, feeding it with soft food, and storing in a side coop box to reduce waste. It also notes benefits for shell quality and diarrhea in green fowls.
A short humorous note on rhubarb pie making from Lowell Coxrier, contrasting sugar and conscience with culinary extravagance. The quip suggests no real economy in pies as the speaker jokes about adding sugar until satisfied, highlighting a playful domestic mood.
Housekeepers should not discard clogged kerosene lamp burners covered with soot and gum. Heat a pint of wood ashes in a little iron kettle with a quart of water, boil burners ten minutes, rinse with a soft rag, dry well, and they will be as good as new for another six months.
The article extols diligent dish washing by Mrs Whitney and criticizes careless servants. It offers detailed tips on cleaning metals, glass, and china, stressing hot water, proper towels, and specific polishes like silver soap, electro-silicon, and Putz Pomade, while warning against overuse of boiling and wrong methods.
A simple baked macaroni dish from a historical kitchen column uses broken macaroni soaked in milk, layered with pepper salt butter and grated bread and cheese crumbs, then baked until browned.
Boil strawberries to extract juice, strain, soak gelatine, mix with lemon juice and sugar, add boiling water, boil briefly, fill a mold halfway, chill. Arrange large strawberries on top, then pour remaining warm jelly over them until set.
The Caterer describes selecting eighteen or twenty large fresh oysters, draining and pounding them, then cooking them with their liquor in a stew pan with sherry four ounces of anchovies lemon rind mace and peppercorns. Simmer gently half an hour, cool, then bottle for use.
Prepare six large tart apples for sauce. Add butter, then when cool stir in egg yolks, cracker robe, milk or cream, salt, nutmeg, and sugar. Bake on rich paste with puff crust, then beat egg whites with sugar and lemon essence, return to brown.
A recipe for Graham Puffs uses graham flour and wheat flour with sugar butter salt milk and eggs. Mix dry ingredients with milk and heat smooth then whip egg yolks separately from whites, cream butter, fold in eggs, bake in buttered cups for thirty to forty minutes until puffed and served immediately.
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