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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1879
Page
8
A collage of observations reports Canadians migrating to the United States in large numbers amid economic and social commentary. It references penny-ante anecdotes, prices, and stray facts from science, industry, and daily life across multiple places.
A fragmented reminiscence recalls Jerome Bonaparte presenting to Betsy at a Baltimore race event. The description notes Betsy’s gown lace fichu Leghorn bonnet and ostrich trim. Patterson family references appear alongside a late 18th or early 19th century social scene as a nostalgic look back.
The article describes historic Chinese fish catching techniques along northern waters. Methods include hand grabbing while wading and diving to seize fish, use of a boat with a white canvas barrier to trap fish, and training cormorants to fish. In Ning Po Shanghai and Foo Chow, birds fish mainly in winter from October to May. Cormorant training occurs at breeding and fishing sites tens of miles from Shanghai.
A St Louis woman finds a wounded chippy and cares for it with her canary. The canary nurses the newcomer and mourns when it leaves. The chippy returns for several days, then departs for good as the canary dies and the cage remains empty. The chippy later brings a worm and then vanishes for the final time.
A vignette shows Horace Greeley entering a shoemaker shop with a peculiar gait. He tests shoes in mismatched sizes and is amused by Broadway price contrasts. A boy brings a basket of unmatched shoes and Greeley explains he wore them as they came.
The General Omnibus Company of Paris uses electricity to calm vicious horses. A weak current applied to the horse’s mouth via a Clarke induction machine makes the animal balk less and cooperate for grooming and harnessing. The method is described as yielding uneasiness rather than pain and is deemed less barbarous than older taming practices. In a courtroom exchange, a witness sarcastically answers about an assault location by pointing to his eye.
President Spofford of the Iowa State Agricultural Society counsels steadfast choice of a vocation and ongoing improvement. He urges farmers, physicians, carpenters, and all workers to pursue study, skill, and honest labor, warning that idleness yields ruin while steady work brings happiness, health, and lasting honor.
A reflective piece contrasts a silent city after a busy week with the bustling home scene. It notes empty shops and halted harbor activity while celebrating the welcoming warmth of family life, memory, and the hope of a cheerful reunion. The tone urges businessmen to return home with a hopeful heart.
A farmer’s wart remedy using fresh hogs lard is shared with claims of curing large and many warts on horses and other livestock after the second application. The note praises lard for wounds and pain relief, and a digressive anecdote about a kitchen scene follows with a playful line about nectarines becoming a drug.
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