19 Apr 1871
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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1871
Page
1
A call to farmers to contribute writings on Stephenson County farming. It argues the nation’s wealth comes from labor and that employment should fit each capacity. The piece urges using all talents from unskilled labor to skilled craft for national progress and prosperity.
The writer argues for a city and rural plan of composting in every department to reduce fevers and flies and boost food production. He criticizes hillside farmers who waste barnyard waste, letting runoffs flood roads and streams, and urges cement walls and proper muck piles to nourish crops and prevent drought.
The American Stock Journal describes methods to teach a horse whoa using a strap around the right fore foot, a halt jerk with a war bridle, and guiding techniques. It advises driving to the door, snatching the foot to enforce standing, and moving in a carriage with the family aboard after the horse remains steady.
Dr James Ja Johnson of Scotland explains salt as a daily essential in blood bile and cartilage, urging free access rather than irregular dosing. The piece notes Gano’s cheese method tied to moon phase and boiling, plus hints that Grealey and Tabor should watch for their laurels in press circles.
Hair brushes cleanse best when washed in salaratus or soda water. The alkali unites with the oil to form BOaD, aiding the cleansing and removing the oily coating.
Edmund Hathaway argues for humane treatment of farm animals, detailing cruelty from careless collars and freezing coops to brutal slaughter. He links animal kindness to Christian duty, personal virtue, and national prosperity, urging training from infancy and daily compassionate practice on farms.
The article surveys life spans across species from wheel animals to sea anemones and sacred crocodiles. It notes a sea anemone living 43 years in Scotland, a carp 160, a pike 267, and a 350-pound, 19-foot pike caught with a 1230 inscription. It cites parrots to 120, elephants and whales to 150 and 300, and common domestics: horse 20 to 25, ox 15–20, pig 20, sheep 12, dog 10–12 (one 34), cat 8–10, rabbit 7–8, with occasional exceptional ages referenced.
A historic guide extols whitewash for health and preservation, detailing lime preparation, salt mixing, sand thickening, and optional wheat flour paste. It notes color via pigments, durability on exteriors, and recommends annual coats for farms and outbuildings, claiming 25 to 33 percent permanence gains.
The Nashville Union reports a Confederate soldier who fled to Brazil with his wife and two daughters. Strapped by debt, Brazilian law sold his children to the slave market for $1,200, with the option for him to reclaim them by paying the sum returned.
A long string of playful quips and oddities covers language jokes about Gaul and bitter fils the wood chop danger and the bird in hand. It includes nursery rhymes and a comic tale of a doctor chalking a prescription on a door for a poor boy and the tale of Marys sheep in a gutter.
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