24 May 1871
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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1871
Page
1
The paper invites farmers of Stephenson County to contribute articles on county farming topics written clearly for publication on one side of the paper. Prepared by Marnmers, the department seeks plain language to reflect local agricultural interests.
An elderly farmer laments modern farming with new chemistries and machines while recalling his long life of toil. He contrasts his father's era with Reuben's ways, recalls neighbors and kin, and defends his stubborn independence against wealth and debt, expressing resolve to keep working and stay honest.
A fragment outlines mulled wine with spices and cider, milk based cream sauce for fowls with lemon juice, and stewing methods for convalescent fare. Instructions mention nutmeg cinnamon cloves allspice and sugar, with variations for coloring and egg yolk enrichment, plus serving notes and repasts for invalids.
Recipes describe making dough with milk lard and soda then boiling in hot lard. It details removing outer leaves and boiling vegetables in tepid water to remove insects, and beet preparation including washing not cutting and peeling after boiling with seasonal times.
Slake lime and mix with rock salt water and sand to create a durable wash that acts like paint and stops leaks. Also describes cement for china and glass, urine cleaner, and a method to season green wood by boiling sap out, noting trees felled in leaf dry faster and shrinkage is minimal when installed.
Seasonal guidance notes swine quality improving over past packing season and urges farmers to enhance breeding, pen construction, and food preparation. It warns in summer swine lack shelter and grain, recommends plants rich in sulfur, such as mustard and radishes, and stresses sanitation, preventive care, and regular feeding. It notes whey and barley meal as effective fattening feed with cheese factory growth.
Cuba Ohio physician D Judkins describes a burn treatment using white lead dissolved in flax seed oil, applied as a cream every five minutes. He reports fifteen years of experience, noting rapid relief and lasting effects, with a full opiate dose for deep burns.
In Green county Iowa scholars trapped a skunk and placed it in the schoolmarm’s desk hoping she would smell mice and grant a holiday. She pinned her nose with a spring clothespin and continued the lesson while the room enjoyed the scent.
Csarsworts Illinois May 10. The Chatsworth beet sugar venture, begun by Genner Brothers, faced soil and water challenges. Jacob Bunn later took over, with new plans to move equipment to Freeport. Havemeyer interests pressed Rosenstiel to invest, but Rosenstiel refused. Kuntz, the German supervisor, says the Freeport site offers labor savings and ideal soil along Yellow Creek. Project aims to produce up to fifty tons daily and achieve about 50 percent return on investment within ten years.
John Saxton editor of the Canton Repository in Stark County Ohio died Saturday aged eighty one. He was the oldest editor in the United States, started the State County Republican about 1814, and published it for fifty seven years while also composing editorials and selecting content.
A census-taker questioned a servant girl near Boston about regular boarders. She said there were fifteen in total, but only four were steady, the rest being described as dimmer crat.
A long jumble of quips, puns, and anecdotes on topics from sailors and marriages to printers and fashion. It shifts between jokes about women and men, slang verses, and pointed one liners, including a tale of a maimed Boston soldier and his borrowed wooden leg.
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