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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1886
Page
6
Old soldiers recall Fredericksburg and a lone dead man in the rifle pits. A tall rider with a torn flag lies wounded as he clutches letters bound in faded ribbon. His child’s simple note, “I love you, papa,” softens the brutal scene and gives him a final human hope.
A captain contemplates punishing the wayward Lyman after a year apart. Faced with deep personal history, he recalls shared battles, wounds, and family ties, while Lyman reveals enduring love for Nellie and Chloe and vows to stand by him.
In this reminiscence, E. P. Steed recalls second lieutenant Lyman, his brave comrade and lover, whose courage and character redeem him through hardship. The two rise from camp life to holds of rank amid the Wilderness battles, ending with companionship, marriage and a veteran’s memory as they return home.
General Breckinridge orders a guarded midnight removal of the Richmond treasury from the railroad depot to wagons for transport toward Washington Georgia. General Duke oversees a guard of 50 to 200 men as they transfer gold and silver, with payouts to troops and a final handover to Mr. M. H. Clarke the next day.
In early 1862 the First West Virginia Cavalry is sent from New Creek to Sheet's Mills on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. A small scout of thirty men and one lieutenant departs at short notice, eager for the chance to engage. They ride through mountains and valleys with no enemy sighted, and spot fifteen fat cattle in a field, deciding to borrow them.
A Civil War reminiscence highlights fatigue duty as essential as any task. It recalls a Dutch worker who refused to quit, a corporal’s threat of arrest, and the harshness of swamp corduroy work. The narrator recalls rabbits, camping song, and daily labor at Napoleon, Ohio.
A survivor recalls Morgan's 1863 raid through southern Ohio and Kansas towns. After rumors and delays, Confederate horsemen entered Dunkinsville and Waverly, forced entry, demanded a pistol, looted stores, and fled toward the timber with horses and taken goods.
General Stoneman's cavalry operated near the Etowah River in spring 1864. A twenty man scouting party found the enemy’s camp and was trapped inside their lines. They disarmed the surprise defense, overpowered a sergeant, and escaped with their horses and men to safety after a cautious exit.
Information for the farmer stock breeder poulterer nurseryman and housekeeper covering practical tips and seasonal advice to improve daily farming and household tasks. Useful guidance on crops livestock poultry and garden management with concise observations.
Potatoes require ample potash as they absorb much of this nutrient. The alkaline potato juice stains skin when peeled, and oxalic acid removes the stain. This suggests a fertilizer need for potash, explaining why potatoes fail first on soils deficient in this element.
The Professor of Botany and Horticulture at the Agricultural College of Colorado reports on grasses tested last year. Early vegetators included meadow foxtail English rye tall oat alfalfa and orchard grass providing early feed. They were followed by meadow fescue blue grass red-top and timothy in regular order with five clovers mammoth and medium red clover alfalfa alsike and white clover completing the rotation.
The piece notes broom-corn cultivation in Central Illinois has been unprofitable for years with multiple crop failures on the same land. It explains the tendency toward rusts, blights, and pests after several harvests, leading to price spikes and a potential shift as farmers seek substitutes like castor oil beans.
A swine raiser notes the challenge of distending pig stomachs in pens. Green clover fed when in season can mimic clover pasture, as pigs will eat it clean. They will also eat clover hay in winter with meal or grain, though not as simply as other stock.
A Harper's Magazine article notes four thousand thoroughbred pedigree short-horn breeders across the United States and Canada, with herds across North America. It highlights superior marbling, early maturity, and high beef quality, plus longevity and strong dairy traits. exports to Europe surged in early 1885 and the breed remains valued for both meat and milk.
The article argues two approaches to fruit improvement: selecting hardy varieties suited to local climates or trying to harden less hardy types. It notes that a variety killed by severe conditions cannot be made hardy and compares plant hardiness to human endurance, emphasizing progressive approaches in adaptation.
Dr. B D Halsted argues to develop tree hardiness by gradual exposure rather than wholesale testing. He notes seeds from mountain and subtropical climates vary in hardiness and suggests introducing Arctic-tolerant varieties and then improving them. Time and deliberate selection shape reliable orchards, the Michigan Horticulturist summarizing expert views.
The dairy discussion notes that cream yield per milk varies widely, with tests showing 2 to 3 percent cream content. Factors like feed, milk temperature, and setting conditions affect butter-fat output, making the cream gauge an unreliable measure of a cow’s butter-worthiness.
Mr. J. N. Muncey of Jesup Iowa argues that skim milk from daily separator milk is not inferior for calf feed when the milk is cooled to 60 degrees before leaving the farm. He notes cold weather cooling lapses and says creameries must enforce cooling to preserve skim milk quality and prevent patronage loss.
The article provides methods to destroy turkey vermin, recommending warm washing with carbolic soap and kerosene. It advises feeding hatchling turkeys with bread and greens, then gradually increasing portions, and notes yearly profits from turkey sales between $20 and $30, with dressing before marketing being more profitable.
A farm note compares ducks hens geese turkeys and breeds by feeding needs and profitability. Turkeys forage well and can pay for themselves with abundant corn and peanuts. ducks forage widely and lay many eggs. geese are expensive to feed but can be profitable if managed. hens remain highly profitable with liberal feeding, especially if well bred like light Brahma Plymouth Rock and Leghorn Black Spanish.
Professor Cook notes sweet clover is beautiful in foliage and blossom and a valuable honey plant comparable to white and Alsike clover. It grows slowly to maturity, is easily extirpated if desired, and is biennial requiring seed renewal every two years.
A fragment notes a safe valuable plant for waste lands by roadsides. Farmers urged to grow it for beauty and value. Seed sowing timing varies by season. early fall yields bloom next year, while later sowing can even succeed on snow.
A Daily News correspondent describes Egyptian bee practices. Hives travel in pyramidal boats along the Nile from upper to lower Egypt, then back to their districts with careful registers of origin and numbers. Bees reportedly recognize their own hives with astonishing memory.
A housekeeping tip explains repurposing paper bags and boxes saved from groceries. Use them to cover lamp chimneys after cleaning to deter flies and dust, cap bread or cake during fast oven baking, top canned fruit jars to prevent darkening, and cover pitchers with ice when patent pitchers are unavailable.
The article extols distilled water for coffee flavor, notes tannin effects from earthy water, and offers household guidance. It advises painting floors to reduce scrubbing, renewing woodwork, and decorating lamps. It also shares a glycerine hand ointment recipe and stain remedies for coffee and fruit on linen.
The veterinarian T and Cowper credit successful calving with avoiding grain, feeding timothy hay and water, using wheat straw and meal, and as calving approaches giving saltpetre diluted in water twice weekly, plus a dose of Epsom salts with ginger and gentian shortly before birth.
The Harrisburg Telegraph reports Pennsylvania's three year effort to curb pleuro pneumonia through state controlled inoculation. Diseased animals are killed while healthy stock is inoculated with lung virus under the tail skin. Inoculated herds show lasting immunity and reduced costs. plan adopted in New York, Maryland, New Jersey and Delaware with similar success.
Smithers describes being shipwrecked once burned out twice and paying three friends bills as security. He mentions a broken leg from a hole in the pavement and a stint in Olloway Jail on his wedding night. He bore these trials without murmuring but says his wife forbade smoking in the parlor.
An elderly man advises a boy to save for a rainy day while the boy jokes that money is useless in bad weather since his mother keeps him indoors, highlighting a humorous clash between prudence and childhood practicality.
Public sentiment sharpens against John Arensdorf as the Haddock murder case widens. Eyewitness recollections from neighbors at the brewery recount strange noises and groans on Aug. 23, while Albert Kaschinski claims he was hired to kill Haddock and named a shooter. A traveling stranger reportedly identified Arensdorf to the State's Attorney as the gunman.
Judge Thomas Courtland Manning of Louisiana, about 55, named as the new Minister to Mexico. Born in North Carolina, he moved to Alexandria Maryland as a lawyer in 1855, served in the Civil War, and held chief justice and other high offices in Louisiana before his diplomatic appointment by President Cleveland.
A Toronto dispatch reports Rev. Messrs. Sam Jones and Sam Small will hold four daily services for ten days. Attendance remains high as controversy swirls over Sam Jones methods with Canon Warrell of Oakville denouncing him as irreligious and threatening to withdraw his subscription if his sermons are published.
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