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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1874
Page
8
A poetic meditation on revisiting a house long left behind as memories awaken like a resurrection. Doors open to sunlight and laughter as forgotten dreams rush back, imagining heaven unsealing silent lips and the eternal joy of the revived past.
A discussion on purity of life stresses inner self discipline, condemning acts or thoughts against one’s conscience. It asserts purity benefits character, self respect, and social regard, claiming impurity brings bitterness, distrust, and discontent across both men and women.
A passage argues that without scripture the world lacks healing power for the wounded and bereaved. It contrasts Rome and Greece with Christian consolation, claims skepticism banishes religion, and asserts true religion moves humanity toward God through deeds and devotion.
An ancients of silica and potash as applied to crops explain how ashes and sandy soils coat straw and leaves with elastic glass like protection. When wheat and rye grow near burned ashes the stalks stiffen and leaves become harsher enabling better resistance to storms and disease. Fruit trees show improved skin and flesh with silica rich soil and ash dressings, reducing blight rust and cracks.
The Colorado Stock Journal explains a low cost weaning method for calves. After a week of new milk the calf diet shifts to a gruel made from linseed cake, hay tea, and mixed meal. Two quarts of the gruel are fed twice daily, with supervision to ensure proper execution.
A correspondent to the Indiana Farmer describes a device to stop stable horses from pawing. He built a four foot frame reaching near the manger top, suspended it to swing and strike the horse’s shins when pawing began, after which the animal ceased the behavior.
A Georgia farmer reports diversifying crops boosts profits. On twenty five acres of turnips he harvested 1 552 bushels while averaging 1 000 bushels per acre. He used two pounds seed per acre three feet apart on a clover sod with 1 500 pounds of South Carolina phosphates and 4 000 bushels of stable manure. Ground was broken ten inches deep and sod tilled in June. Clover and cow peas proved strong fertilizers.
A Canada Farmer note explains that eleven pounds of milk adds one pound live weight to a calf while a 1000 pound ox eats 22 pounds of hay daily to avoid weight loss. For fattening he needs double hay and gains two pounds daily. Hay price aims at 50 cents a hundred if fat steers fetch five dollars fifty cents per hundred pounds.
The text instructs farrier practices: avoid touching bars frog or outer hoof with knives. shoe with thin shoes to fit sole and bars. use few nails not exceeding five. keep nail points low on hoof wall. For country service in summer, use toe protection only and leave the hoof ground surface unprotected.
A humorous exchange unfolds at Providence railroad station as Pat tries to buy a ticket to Worcester on the Shore Line. The clerk corrects him that Worcester is not on this route and Pat insists, claiming a “sure train” and debating whether Worcester lies between Boston and New York. The scene ends with Pat allowed to go, leaving the conductor to handle a future challenge.
Sergeant Bachmann visits a Cedar River hut near Lansing and meets Darius Green a fifty nine year old man who fled society after heartbreak and loss. Green lives in isolation in Michigan eating vegetables and corn meal cakes with only a few dollars as he drifts between unseen lodgings. The piece notes his skin and hair, ragged clothes, and belief that all men are liars and all women hypocrites while recounting his failed engagements and solitude. The passage sits among a broader column on The Galaxy magazine contents and other literary notes.
For sale by druggists everywhere the Practical Chemist is offered. Lowell, Wisconsin appears in the notice as the publication locale. The item announces availability of the chemical guide to practical chemistry.
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