17 Jan 1885
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1885
Page
1
Poem recalls a boyhood attic space in a hill country farmhouse. The speaker describes rough chairs, a creaky bed, drawers, apples stored in a pantry, peppers, a stubborn green curtain, and a stove pipe barrel. The fond but imperfect room is a joyful, peaceful nest where dreams persisted.
Major Weatherton, aged sixty five, visits a brownstone mansion to call on Miss Margery Wheatcroft. He reflects on age, recalls friendly exchanges with a boy and a passerby, and admits his admiration in a scene rich with humor and restrained passion. The encounter unfolds with delicate social wit and age‑tinged self awareness.
A dramatic scene unfolds as Miss Margery flirts with Major Tam amid crackling cedar, planning grand outings and declaring eternal affection. Ned’s engagement is revealed, and Poll vocalizes exasperated joy as the couple inches toward a pledged future, with rain looming as the pine forest sighs.
A Tribune and Farmer reader recounts using a homemade plaster from white pine drip, lard half walnut size, and flour sulfur boiled ten minutes. The paste is spread like a plaster and applied below the afflicted joints including wrists back knees and feet seeking relief.
The article argues enjoyment comes from harmony with our nature through moderation and shared acts. It contrasts excessive pursuit of pleasure with the joy of giving, especially through helping others, and highlights the season’s Christmas giving as a practical example. It then traces human sustenance from hunting and fishing to agriculture, placing fishing as the earliest continuous food source and fishing as foundational to early society before farming.
The belief that grain is largely diverted to spirits is challenged by the Internal Revenue report for the year ended June 30, 1884. It shows less than 19,000,000 bushels of grain used for distilling, about one bushel per 105 of the current corn crop, meaning whisky production has a minor impact on the farmers' market.
In 1556-7 Oliver Cromwell prohibited all fiddlers or minstrels from playing or making music in inns alehouses or taverns. Those offering to make music were declared rogues and vagabonds and to be prosecuted accordingly.
Guidance suggests three days before cooking and beating Well again, add more milk if required. If made into two puddings, boil four hours.
A poem echoes stark social contrast between the ninety nine who toil in hunger and cold and a single owner in luxury. It envisions desert blooms from their sweat and forests bending to labor, predicting a morning when labor triumphs and the ninety nine receive justice and reward across the land.
A sleepy telephone girl explains a misunderstanding to her beau who forgives her. An old German speaker, overhearing the scene, demands a kiss and a five dollar bill to the post office by morning. The tale ends with oysters eaten and proof of the bill.
A long-winded excerpt blends kitchen instructions for chicken and turkey pies with custard and plum pudding, followed by miscellaneous quotes on luxuries, domestic life, jokes, and advertising blurbs. The piece shifts from recipes to vignettes about cooks, a Parisian dancer, a French writer, and a hair product advertisement, ending with a boast about Parker's Hair Balsam.
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