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Newspaper

Elkhart Observer

Location

Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Aug 11, 1875

Page

4

Farewell to the Sea and Sky in Quiet Verse

A reflective poem fragment recalls farewell at the shore. The speaker speaks of memory and companionship as the sea glistens and wind rises, with sea birds crying against a purple and gold western sky. The tone is calm, elegiac, and nature driven.

A Climbing Gem of the Prairie and Kitchen Vegetables

Household hints praise a Gem of the Prairie climbing rose and advise training vines from old parasols. It extols French vegetable dishes, their boiling method, and the value of vegetables in daily meals, urging cooks to imitate French skill and expand vegetable use at table.

Liberality in Agriculture and Animal Welfare

A colonial-era moral on farming links generosity to wealth and animal health. Josiah Quincy cites liberal barns and warm shelter as keys to thriving livestock, stressing kindness and benevolence in raising animals for strength, flesh, muscle, and happiness.

Josiah Quincy Massachusetts

How Many Oranges After a Dew Bath

A reader asks how many oranges to consume at breakfast after overnight outdoors exposure. The piece describes peeling and squeezing methods to extract juice, claiming benefits for stomach and blood, and suggests consuming a dozen oranges before breakfast.

The Markets and Miscellany Report

The market notes describe flies active lard cheaper with a downward drift thermometers rising whisky declining buyers uneasy dried apples facing potential inflation gloves quiet salt unchanged ipecac occasional demand and rising interest a lively movement in fans noted and a patriotic remark about girls dear to the community.

How a Young Man's Money Goes

A city youth kept a yearlong ledger of personal expenses from July 4, 1874, to July 4, 1875. He smoked at least eight cigars daily at about eight cents each totaling $233.65 and drank about ninety-one gallons of liquor, enough to drown a street official. He says tobacco would fill a beef barrel and the waste could feed twenty five families for the year. Wayne Gazette.

Wayne Gazette

Gough's Global Lectures Set Record in Temperance Career

John B. Gough remains the era's leading temperance lecturer with 7,200 plus talks and 402000 miles traveled. He has spoken in Philadelphia 108 times New York 304 Boston 386 and garners hundreds of applications yearly. He delivers five lectures weekly from October to June, including topics like Lon don and Eloquence and Orators.

John B. Gough London Great Britain Philadelphia New York Boston Redpath

Not all Democrats are dangerous but many are

The article argues that the Democratic party represents dangerous classes and predatory interests, linking it to usury, monopolists, and ecclesiastical dogma. It cautions that not all Democrats share these traits but many do, citing an Italian proverb about Frenchmen to illustrate the point.

Democratic Party

Notable Fragments and Peculiarities From Brief Notices

A collage of short items mentions Wendell Phillips at Long Branch, Jeff Davis declining Texas Agricultural College presidency, a New York population claim, a dropsical case, temperance praise in Veru Republic, a South Bend powder manufactory, and costs of London courts. Also notes wild warnings, reunions, editorials, gifts, and odd curiosities from various locales and figures.

Wendell Phillips Long Branch Jeff Davis Texas Agricultural College South Bend Indianapolis Journal London Law Courts

Zephyr Destroys John Barney House in Floyd County

A strong breeze in Floyd County overturned John Barney’s house, rolled it three times, struck a tree, and tore it apart. Mrs Barney and the children were only slightly bruised. Mrs Barney, partly deaf, kept knitting and calmly invited visitors after the crash.

Floyd County John Barney

Political clash over schools and Bourbonism debate

The Providence Journal cites schooling as a political issue and warns against demagogues while praising critique of public schools. The Chicago Times condemns Kentucky Bourbonism as a repeating, stagnant political groove with no evident reform.

Kentucky Asia Chicago Times

Briton justice shown by swift conviction in hussars assault

A Saratoga letter complains of society manners and dress while the main report notes Col Valentine Baker of the prince of Wales Hussars is convicted for an indecent assault on a young lady in a railway carriage. The piece also presents a quirky NY Grand Union anecdote and county tax assessments.

America Britannia Valentine Baker Prince of Wales’ Regiment of Hussars New York Grand Union Barrett Mr.Barrett Saratoga

Army worms invade Penn Township damaging oat field

The Mishawaka Enterprise reports an army worm outbreak in Penn Township at John Laidlow’s farm stripping a .40 acre oat field and causing an estimated loss of 2000 bushels. Nearby, Boner’s farm also reports worm activity while Holcomb’s displays a sample sheaf showing heads bitten by pests. The oats survive but the pests may spread despite wheat harvest ongoing.

John Laidlow Laidlow Boner Holcomb’s Mishawaka

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