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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1879
Page
2
A fragmented verse titled The Flown Bird presents a narrator reflecting on memory and heartbreak. The poem depicts wandering, repeated searches for a lost love, memory that won’t fade, and a final farewell as winter and death loom. The speaker laments forgetting to forget and longs for the nest of a vanished partner.
American traveler John Bartram, born 1699, transformed botany through extensive plant collecting and a self built garden near Philadelphia. He trained himself from Latin ledgers to map North American flora and shared seeds, specimens, and knowledge with Europe, aiding royal and scientific networks.
Distiguised micologist Dr Von Thumen reports two new fungal forms attacking crops in Old Franconia Bavaria. The more destructive fungus is Helminthogperi dim named Melanthosporium vertcoto Siti. The findings cite rain dampness as a key factor in wide crop destruction.
A historical text explains cumulus stratus and cumulo stratus clouds and how their formations indicate different storm types. It names four classes: cumulus, stratus, cumulo stratus, and conus. The description links warm and cold air currents to cloud patterns and storm progression.
The Parish Visitor urges boys to become gentlemen through character not wealth or status. True gentleness comes from truthfulness, self respect, courtesy, and fear of God. Money and clothes cannot create a gentleman, only steady effort to do right and keep commandments.
A breezy Washington anecdote recalls Dolly Madison and R B Lee with Payne Todd in a calico gown. The moment features a sudden entrance by General and Mrs Washington and a runaway settee escape. The Spanish military authorities have resolved on the use of carrier pigeons.
A collection of older cooking instructions includes suet puddings such as Queen of Puddings and puddings with bread crumbs and lemon, a broth for a sick person with beef and rice, a rich cream cake method, and a grilled steak recipe with parsley butter and careful cooking notes.
A crustacean from 1 500 fathoms depth in the Atlantic, named Bathynomus giganteus by Milne Edwards, shows a new isopod family with a four thousand facet eye. The animal clings to reefs, seems carnivorous feeding on cephalopods, and may illuminate fossil crustacean history.
Practical engineer discusses improving the use of Bessember steel for ships and boilers by reducing blow holes. Tests show three remedies with welding heat and sand coating best. compressing steel is costly, hammering needs steam hammer, welding proves cheapest and effective. Also notes John G. Saxe suffers chronic melancholia, affecting his literary output.
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