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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1882
Page
4
Dixon Sun items report notable visits and illness among residents including Dennis Doyle and Francis Hudson. events mention Masons meeting, decoration committee for the 30th, and a lecture with 200 pupils. Ottawas court class results and a St. Thomas Episcopal festival with receipts over 80 dollars.
Boquets and lemonade were in great demand and in full supply. The success at the bouquet stand was largely due to the disinterested efforts of J. B. Craves.
Farmers near completion of corn planting. J M Jaques shells his corn. Band boys perform next Friday. Miss Eliza Conner improving after sickness. Mrs James M Swan of Peru City visiting sick sister Mrs Walters. Rev W A Spencer of Sterling to lecture at M E church next Tuesday for Rev E Breen. Mrs Firman Shepherd of Rock Falls visits sister Mrs Geo Walter who is recovering. Berlin Bros store broken into last Friday by cutting door panel. about $25 in goods stolen plus seven cents cash.
The report details livestock counts and crop conditions in Lee County as of the first of the month. Winter wheat and rye are above average. spring wheat area down about one fourth with potential yields over three quarters of average. Oats area up. meadows fair. fruit damaged by late freezes. Cattle numbers lower with average dairy stock and weaker horses. mules normal. hogs near average. sheep steady. Prairieville notes storm and frosts in April with a mid month aurora.
Rhubarb beds thrive with annual manuring and annual division of old roots. Plant in autumn or spring, four feet apart, with pieces bearing buds. Do not reset every three years, some beds last twenty years. Remove flower stalks in summer. Linnaeus variety recommended. seeds yield family plants in two years.
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