23 May 1839
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Newspaper
Freeman And Messenger
Location
Lodi, New York, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1839
Page
1
Poem from the Baltimore Patriot describing voluntary confinement to escape habits, with grim verses on crime, poverty, and family ruin. The speaker, Milford Bard, laments fire losses, unemployment, and the rise of crime among youths, condemns vice, and reflects on redemption. Written from Baltimore Prison on March 31st.
An essay on farmers gaining respectability and influence, highlighting practical leaders in agriculture, and urging self-respect and knowledge. It notes that professional standing now extends to farming, with emphasis on honesty, industry, and intelligence. It also details root crops security against insects and turnip culture methods.
A mysterious puzzle text describes placing two sticks across a tumbler and a second glass with milk two thirds full as part of a trick. The incomplete note hints at a layered tumbler illusion titled a Ming tester in a Boston paper item.
A reader describes using a piece of linen or cotton one and a half inches wide and long enough to reach from the milk in the upper tumbler to just below the rim of the lower tumbler. The end is placed into the lower tumbler to form a siphon so all water drains from the milk into the lower receptacle. The result appears white due to the milk, but the transferred liquid is pure water.
In a New York Historical Society address PaMEFL Ward discusses how every object bears its history, urging preservation of material memory. He recounts the August 1775 uprising around New York City including the Asia and fort defenses, Captain Lamb and Captain Sears, and the key impact on liberty and posterity.
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