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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1875
Page
7
Sunday Magazine reflects on the pain of losing parents and the sudden exposure of one’s life without their guidance. The piece contemplates the deep, irreplaceable roles of father and mother and the enduring sadness when those voices and ends are gone.
A critical meditation on a world without a Sabbath showing workers enduring a relentless cycle of toil across farms factories seas and cities. The prose links loss of sacred rest to erasure of beauty joy health and life itself, imagining a planet stripped of mercy and daily respite.
The excerpt extols Gerrit Smith and Abraham Lincoln as exemplars of liberal religious spirit and broad humanity. It contrasts virtuous leadership with cold skepticism, praising the golden rule as a guiding creed and urging culture to elevate and assist others, while noting sorrow and perseverance as universal truths.
A fragmentary line likens a teacher to a candle that lights others as it burns. The odd phrasing suggests a reflective or critical note on instruction and influence from an unsettled source.
The Farmers of Stephenson County are invited to contribute to this column. Correspondence from Farmers Granges and Clubs is welcomed. Share any subject you know, ask questions, and send your name and postal address with each piece.
The article notes English shelves holding American apples like Rhodes Island Greenings and Baldwins shipped in barrels from the United States. It highlights their excellent condition, surprising English buyers, and the low prices that undercut local fruit. The piece questions why England does not impose tariffs to block the cheaper American fruit.
The Maryland Farmer reports a new European method to kill horned cattle with an iron mask that narrows vision and centers a hollow nail on the forehead. A single moderate blow drives the nail in, causing rapid death and minimizing animal suffering.
Washington dispatch reports the Department of Agriculture has developed a plan from experiments to utilize grasshoppers for oil rivaling fish oil. The pressed pulp yields chemicals and purified material for food. Residue serves as fertilizer. If grasshopper crops meet expectations, profits could be enormous.
A Pacific Rural Press note cites a 100 quart standard barrel as the true capacity, while flour barrels used in selling potatoes and apples contain about one eighth more. The practice shifts profit from farmers to middlemen, as sellers trade 800 barrels of potatoes with 100 barrels worth $250, profiting unjustly. Farmers urged to insist on 100 quart barrels hereafter.
An agricultural contemporary offers a table to help farmers compute land area from field dimensions. It lists various lengths and widths and their corresponding acres and fractions, showing how different plots translate to total acreage.
The Journal of Horticulture editor in London recommends using sawdust to earth celery after leaves are tied. Place sawdust between rows and around plants, pressing it tightly to blanch properly. It is preferred to soil as it reduces stalk rot and offers frost protection.
A riddle describes a milkmaid four feet ten inches tall sitting on a three legged stool who milks four pints from every fifteen cows. The question seeks the field size where the cows grazed and the girl’s age, requiring logical deduction from the odd figures.
A collage of humorous vignettes and social squibs from an old newspaper page. Jests about Noah Webster, a minister’s reply to a child, a shy girl’s favorite letter, marriage rumors, jokes about machinery, a bridegroom in a coffin, and various comic snippets about spelling mania, editors, and daily life.
Grimalkin the cat quarrels with a headstrong cook over a missing milk share and a tastily misidentified breakfast. Growler weighs both sides and concludes every tale has two sides before judging.
A five foot male baboon nicknamed lion slayers escaped captivity on a voyage from Abyssinia to Liverpool. It attacked two ostriches and a leopard on deck, tearing one ostrich and injuring another before being confined after pepper was used. The creature remained in its quarters upon arrival.
A nostalgic note extols the joy of blowing bubbles and offers a simple homemade mixture to make longer lasting bubbles. It suggests dissolving oil soap in water, boiling briefly, then adding glycerine to create a durable bubble solution.
Dr. Tu-see touts Vegetine as a universal remedy cleansing poisonous blood and curing diseases from female weakness to canker and skin eruptions. It claims quick relief, urges continued use during treatment, and notes spring and autumn flares. Sold everywhere in 19 19-ly-9.
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