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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1871
Page
3
A rustic recipe guides you through preparing potatoes with careful washing peeling and brining. It then details mashing and combining with sugar salt and a hop infused liquid before adding two cups of yeast and allowing the mixture to rise. The process ends with baking fragrant bread as bubbles appear on the surface signaling readiness.
A reflective poem recalls a May wedding twenty five years ago. The speaker describes the morning, the simple white wedding dress, the shared joy, and the passage of time. They note sunshine and storms along the life they built together, concluding that more good than evil remains.
A lengthy exhortation on women’s roles, arguing against women’s suffrage while praising domestic virtue. The piece laments modern parleys on “Woman’s Sphere” and “Equality,” cites Mrs Stanton, and asserts women belong in the home, guiding husbands and children, with idealized motherhood as national service.
The Nebula notes contrast between European and New York shopping. It jokes about London's obsequious shop staff and odd price labels, compares European bazaars with American stores, and highlights Soho Bazaar and Burlington Arcade as tempting, affordable havens for American travelers amid a lively New York outlook.
A reflective excerpt explains love as selfless sacrifice not self love. It contrasts flattery and desire with genuine giving, citing that true love is preferring another’s comfort and needs, an outward fountain rather than a self absorbing sponge. It recalls the maxim It is more blessed to give than to receive and notes ten receivers per one giver.
A 19th century devotional appeared dated Sept 27 1871 noting themes of virtue duty and the role of women. It urges storing the mind with golden virtue and casting away idle dreams while contemplating the nurselike care of spiritual harvests and the beauty of Jesus as guiding light.
Rail officials explain locomotive whistles and conductor signals. One whistle means brake down, two means off brakes, three means back up, rapid short whistles signal cattle alarm. Hand signals indicate go ahead stop back and starting, while a red flag signals danger or train stop.
A farmer jokes about his daughter returning from a boarding school and her dwindling music, quipping that her solitary polka is worth a thousand dollars. The line highlights parental vanity and social pretension in a light, humorous vignette.
At a dinner in Queen Anne’s reign Tom Burnet diverted a toast to the Ministry by telling a story amid healths. When his turn came the chief magistrate called for the toast, but Tom claimed the Ministry stuck, and he drank his glass.
Important from Utah reports Brigham Young arrested on charges of lewdly and licentiously cohabiting with sixteen women. Arrest made by U S Marshal, Young ill and in deputy custody. Governor Woods strengthens forces to quell Mormon resistance if needed as Young faces Utah statutes with potential years of imprisonment. Bishop Wells also arrested on similar charges.
A nostalgic note describes a fifty year old pancake method with milk sugar eggs and spice using pearly ash and rose water or lemon brandy. It explains stirring flour until thick, frying in hot fat, and suggests substitutions if eggs are unavailable including rum for lightness and a beer-molasses mix, reflecting past tastes and satisfaction.
Quin recalls a tiny dinner where Sir George Beaumont asks Quin to taste a pudding. A gentleman had just taken a huge slice of pastry beyond the pudding dish, prompting Quin to inspect the plates and ask which was the pudding.
A Presbyterian Presbytery report from April outlines Sabbath School activity for the year ending August 1 1871. Of 24 churches reporting, 2467 members enrolled as teachers or scholars, with 2608 average attendance and 729 members active in teaching or study. Selections reveal 16 churches showing general interest and 8 not, 6228 volumes in libraries, and varied lesson series. Conversions totaled 44 in the year across 29 churches, with 14 reporting none. The article laments low member engagement, reliance on external papers, and calls pastors to promote their own Westminster lessons and SS Visitor publications.
A late session report from Orange County New York records teachers misspelled fifty words with high error rates across Ulster Greene Saratoga Schoharie Madison and Orange counties. The term cabhnation drew 50 varied spellings among 95 papers with 2663 total misspellings averaging 28 per paper.
A disrupted report from Presbyterial Committees discusses the poor attendance and comprehension among teachers in Ikhobaee. It highlights the need for feeding teachers and church leaders to better inform and support children, ending with hopeful notes on future church appointments.
The piece condemns laughing at others terror during storms and notes such cruelty harms victims, especially children. It argues fear should be soothed, not ridiculed, and that support from loved ones helps, while harsh treatment worsens anxiety and can cause lasting harm.
A tale describes Dick a darkey in Kentucky branded a regionally notorious thief. His master accuses him of stealing Mr Jones's turkeys, then Dick retorts about a night raid across Jones’s pasture finding nine turkeys on a fence rail.
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