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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1879
Page
6
A long OCR fragment presents a scatter of riddles and jokey questions to readers. Topics range from humor about Adam and Eve, transportation, and everyday objects to light quips about marriage, trains, and ships. The text reads like a playful column inviting answers.
A chemist notes a draughtsman's sudden death linked to arsenic in water colors. Postmortem and chemical tests show arsenic in liver kidneys lungs and brain but not in the esophagus. Sepia and several iron based pigments contained arsenious acid, suggesting chronic low doses can accumulate and be harmful.
The New England Farmer discusses optimal skim timing and cream condition for butter. It advises aiming for open-pan milk set to skim in about 24 to 26 hours year round, with cream slightly acid to improve buttering, and notes souring behavior varies with season and temperature to balance sweetness and acidity.
The piece extols creating permanent asparagus beds from early soil preparation. It describes trenching eight inches deep, adding rotted compost, planting one year old crowns, and spacing beds two feet apart. It notes keep crowns five inches below surface, avoid heavy cutting for two to three years, and claims beds can last fifty years. It also mentions a New York coal export rise to 44 076 tons in six months and increased anthracite trade to British provinces.
A proverb warns that a corn field can hear and spread what is spoken there. The saying uses the image of many ears to emphasize how rumors travel beyond a private conversation. It reflects rural wisdom about discretion and community gossip.
An English traveler near Sinai discovers ancient Egyptian turquoise mines at Surabit-el Khadin and vast ironworks. He documents the mining rocks, tools, and polishing areas, and urges scientific and commercial exploration to profit from these long-lost works.
A Scientific American reprint urges adults to pursue learning despite late start. It cites examples of self taught individuals, including a Yale professor’s father, who improved his literacy after leaving school. The piece stresses that early poverty or lack of schooling should not hinder later education and life success.
Lady Layard wife of the British Ambassador in Constantinople aided Marshal Serrano ex Regent flee Republicans. She helped him travel disguised to Santander despite danger while her husband protected exits. At Santander a tug carried Serrano to Biarritz with guards blocked. Layard refused entry and Serrano was saved. British Government later honored Mrs Layard with a special dispatch for her actions.
Articles describe sea leisure on Cunard and other liners with libraries, deck games like shovelboard, whist, chess, backgammon, and occasional music. Passengers bet on arrivals and pilots while officers ban gambling. Passengers enjoy children’s games and a touring cow aboard, housed in a cow‑box for milk. A change of cows occurs each voyage between New York and Liverpool. The narrative imagines a cow’s life crossing the Atlantic and hints at Good Words magazine.
Two aged colored women at Newport almshouse once quarreled sixty years ago over a lover. Their long standing hostility resurfaced when they met again, renewing animosity as strong as ever.
In reply to a question on the word's origin Bayard Taylor joked that restaurant comes from yes a thing and taurus a bull a bully thing with a merry twinkle in his eye
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