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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1879
Page
6
Irish born James McCarroll claims a fourth law of motion shows bodies in straight lines change distance to gravity, and that tangential force alters weight in curves. He explains a vertical wheel in motion and a horizontal ring pivot as the gyroscope’s weight shifts with rotation and gravity until the mass tumbles.
A fragment from Papers of Animals discusses which creatures perceive ridicule. It notes dogs and horses show empathy and amusement in human interactions, while cats and birds rarely grasp human feelings. The passage cites a pony that reacts angrily to disparagement and suggests parrots may miss joy in social play.
A speaker known as the oracular figure addresses a crowd about horse breeding and dispersion. He contrasts large, fat horses with lean, vigorous types, arguing that size alone harms refinement and that wild stock provides a foundation for successful breeding amid practical farming concerns.
The Celtis Latignage society founded in Dublin two years ago reports to the London Tablet on its progress in promoting Irish language and literature. The council notes over two hundred members, three hundred associates, and many foreign linguists, with branches in Ireland and societies in the United States. Professors in Berlin, Paris, Leipsic, and Copenhagen study Celtic work. a Boston Sanskrit professor teaches Irish to German students. and a French philology editor lectures in Paris on Irish grammar. The society’s primary aim to introduce Irish into schools has been achieved, placing Irish on a footing with French, German, Italian, Greek and Latin, with similar fee structures for modern languages.
Observers report a peculiar growth pattern in apples this season with clusters appearing fully fertilized yet aborting growth. Varieties such as Sweet Bough, Golden Sweet, Greening, Swaar, Roxbury Russet show dense clusters packed into small spaces, spreading across several trees.
Dean Stanley recalls the Virgin Queen era and Virginia founders. Sir Walter Raleigh is named as statesman poet historian and colonizer with a Westminster grave but Virginia as his monument. John Smith is praised as the driving force behind the settlement, saved thrice by influences with Pocahontas and other depicted legends. Pocahontas lies buried at Gravesend as Smith rests in St Sepulchre London.
In southeast France the hot plains of Provence force seasonal migration similar to Spain, with Merino crossbreeds and artificial fodder keeping stock productive. French interest notes Algeria as the origin of the breed, while others discuss goitre rates, blindness, and synagogue and mosque counts in Calcutta and imperial lineage of rulers.
The essay traces gown history from calico gowns to modern robes, noting a shift where fashion and beauty center on women while men discard ornamental attire. It laments the decline of the powdered wig and towing gown as judges and lawyers adopt practical dress, reflecting society’s change in roles and aesthetics.
A Newport correspondent of the Boston Transcript notes a local tradition that tomatoes arrived in the United States about 1823, in Corne and Mill streets. An Italian painter Michele FeLive Corne reportedly lived in a converted stable on that corner. Before 1823 tomatoes, called love apples, were thought poisonous and were treated with suspicion, though 1819 reports show they existed in South Carolina yards as curiosities. By 1835 tomatoes were still deemed poisonous in Connecticut.
The article warns breeders to balance pedigree and form when selecting animals. It argues that relying solely on pedigree or pure inspection is flawed, favoring animals with solid form and character while not neglecting bloodlines, especially for lines bred for repeat breeding to avoid unknown ancestry.
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