05 Mar 1879
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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1879
Page
1
A Bloomington Pantograph poem narrates the North Wind king cursing the world with frost and famine. The wind devastates seas and homes, sparing neither rich nor poor, as travelers, widows, and seafarers endure deadly cold. The prophetic blast foresees humanity’s end, with oceans bound and cities frozen, awaiting a brutal, icy reign.
A peasant travels to a fair exchanging his horse for a cow then a sheep then a goose and finally a fowl. On the road he trades away his profits for better for his wife who dreams of plentiful farm goods. At the inn apples roast in the stove as two Englishmen bet a fortune on the final trade, culminating in a windfall exchange back home with joyous praise from the wife.
A couple barter a goose for a fowl and herbs, sparking a comic tale of exchange. The wife relishes a plan to bake pancakes with herbs, recalling a schoolmistress who refused to lend any herbs yet ends up rewarded with a kiss and a merry end.
A nostalgic obituary reviews Caleb Cushing a prolific but unstable figure in American politics. Harvard graduate, lawyer, congressman, envoy to China, minister to Spain, and 1860 Charleston Democratic Convention president, he shifted loyalties and held many roles. Despite a brilliant resume he left little lasting influence and died wealthy from money- making.
A reflective admonition urges youth to honor aging parents and not abandon or mistreat the elderly. It compares the generational burden, invites empathy, and warns that today’s care will be repaid in the future by one’s own children and parents. The tone is moral and exhortatory.
An officer from Junudon School Hoard found a boy sleeping in a fruit basket at Covent Garden Market. The boy refused schooling, claiming authority to take up boys found, arguing the property was private and invoking the Duke of Bedford to challenge interference.
The excerpt lists household cautions and recipes from an old periodical. It warns about pollutants in paint and textiles, includes sponge and molasses cake recipes, frost bite treatment, and cement and rust prevention methods. It mentions carbolic acid washes and a lead carbonate risk in homes.
A young man and companion sit near the front as an Iowa speaker recounts a youth’s first shaving. The man whispers that it rang true, then reveals his own memory of a first shave before growing a mustache. The moment ends with a blush and a tense exchange as a new romance opens.
Dr. Speck reports that increasing hydrogen-rich foods reduces air exchange while hydrogen-poor foods raise respiration effort. He notes fats and hydrogen-rich sugars alter carbonic acid production and oxygen use, with hydrogen-rich diets easing breathing and carbonic-heavy diets increasing exhalation.
The garrote, a Spanish execution method, evolved from a cord on a fixed chair to a brass collar with a screw that enters the spinal column. It likely derived from Moorish practice and resembles bowie piercing among Mohammedan nations.
The piece argues that villages are more dangerous than cities for children, as rural communities downplay bad influences and neglect vigilant safeguards. It contrasts city and country parenting, noting cities teach probation, supervision, and varied wholesome amusements while country life clings to outdated routines, allowing moral decay to fester as generations repeat parental faults.
The American Builder condemns hundreds of country cellars as death traps, filled with dampness, rotting vegetables, and disease. He argues light, ventilation, and above ground construction prevent decay, health risks, and dangerous fires from open light failures.
The inventor’s skill transforms the hard work of the woon-sawyer into a luxurious exercise through the swinging-saw. An easy chair atop a sturdy frame lets the operator sit and swing the saw into motion, with the chair’s angle adjusted to cut branches after felling trees.
A lone man sits with a large black trunk on a New York bound car. Conductors repeatedly order him to move the trunk to the baggage car, but he remains silent. After several warnings the trunk is removed, and the stranger dismisses concern with a blunt reply.
The article advises feeding dairy cows six to eight quarts of meal daily, with meal mixed with hay and wet down for good returns. It warns against pure corn meal and notes water alone won’t boost butter. Winter care includes ice water, avoiding mud yards, and using proper stalls to prevent losses, urging consistent feeding to improve profitability.
A indolent Sussex gentleman winter visits friends then travels twenty miles to a Quaker school-fellow. He stays eight days, hosts with politeness, but the Quaker foresees the guest will never visit again if he cannot leave. The visitor finally departs after the quip about returning.
Reader submits an old veterinary cure for glanders with a powder recipe of sulfur alum copperas resin saltpeter and a dose of siezeable points twice daily. An injection for the head uses turpentine and sweet oil. A liniment mixes egg vinegar and turpentine. Keep the horse warm and treat at home.
A London Farmers Club meeting features Mr. Fredon¢ Street promoting a humane home remedy for horse colic. He advises applying a hot horse-cloth or woolen rug wrung in boiling water to the belly and sides, covered by additional cloths, renewing as needed. A large hot bran poultice also helps retain heat and aids relief.
In a tense classroom moment John Gunn stood by a stove as Cross snapped his cheek and Johnny spat water. The teacher called Johnny and he blamed Jim Cross for the spurt. The judge ruled the incident accidental shooting.
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