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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1879
Page
8
A jumbled OCR page segment mixes jokes local color and fragments of notices. It mentions a Norwalk island population, a launch of the Arizona steamship, a Newport basket mystery with a turkey, a mirror anecdote about Jehu, an Irish accident at Fayston Vermont, a school class exchange, and telegraph receiver tech progress.
The St. Lawrence Board of Trade outlines a nine point program for dairymen. It emphasizes clean milk pails and cans never drawing whey at night and using alternate vessels, thorough cow bag cleaning and milking hygiene, and immediate dismissal of filthy practices by hired help. It also advises cooling frightened cows before milking, discarding milk from ailing cows, ensuring pure milk for cheese making, burying carrion, providing clean water and nutritious feed, milking in small morning portions, cooling milk promptly, not leaving cows in the barn overnight, and not sealing cans until ready for the factory.
The Sacramento Union reports the Virginia City quake was felt mainly by surface workers with the strongest sensation at the Imperial Empire shaft 900 feet deep. Miners above and below levels noted varying impact with some stations not noticing any shock. The event was described as a faint air pulsation like a distant blast.
A Hamburg Nachtrichten notice features a 30 year old German artist seeking a wife with youth beauty and culture, deeming property unnecessary. He asks for photographs and promises to publish insincere replies to expose unworthy responses.
The central spire of St Marys Cathedral in Edinburgh was completed with the placement of the topmost stone and iron cross. The tower reaches 275 feet total height, 133 feet of the spire above the 142 foot tower, and two additional spires are planned but delayed. The summit features four niches with nine foot six inch archangels and Gothic windows with goblets and crosses.
A guide on early horse handling emphasizes daily gentle handling from weaning, firm but calm discipline, and avoiding force. It urges gradual shaping of a colt into a well behaved future horse, teaching walk speed and confidence with back loads, and training in winter to harness alongside a calm horse.
Practical kitchen tips on improving flavor and cooking technique. Salt use in meat and broiling, ways to remove stains, butter and oil care, and a boil treatment using boiled egg skin. Suggestions for sausage, cakes, cabbage, and gravy are included with brief methods.
Molera and Cebrain propose a central light connected to the generator with reflectors and lenses distributing light through pipes to street lamps and buildings. The system aims to keep parallel rays with minimal current loss and claims 195 lights per horsepower and per 1,958 candle power, at under one twentieth the cost of gas.
Quimby notes vary in bee sting remedies due to individual differences. Ammonia and soda mixtures, camphor, and salt water are suggested. removing the sting promptly is essential. Scraping off the venom sac and gentle squeezing help. over time the system may acclimate with less annoyance.
A vivid prose fragment extols the strawberry as nature’s virgin trait and the peak of spring and early summer. It likens its tart briskness and fragrant aroma to youth, linking ripening fruit to May rains, June sun, birdsong, clover, and the first lush grasses.
Mr. M. B. Beleham of the Ohio Horticulture Society explains evergreen pruning aims. He cautions against excessive height and spreading branches that obscure views and paths. He details methods for Norman spruce pines hemlock and arbor vitae and recommends spring clipping before new growth begins.
A Webster County hunter Clawson is described as having prayed fervently in a neighbor’s meeting for abundant crops and meat. The piece also notes a Scientific American suggestion for a light bow and line to aid life saving near shores and bathing stations, reducing time and labor.
A historical exhortation emphasizes guiding a child to honesty, diligence, and self-reliance. It insists labor, education, and frugality shape character and success, claiming idleness is sin and "an honest man is the noblest work of God" while poverty with labor is superior to wealth without effort.
A feared killer known as Boston's dog man uses perfected methods learned from a Texas trainer to poison dogs with a small amount of white powder on their tongues causing rapid deaths. Local authorities investigate the grisly cases and warn residents.
Failures among English farmers rise sharply from 229 in 1870 to 614 in the first half of 1879. Loss of capital, landlords struggling to reset rents, and partial rent remissions intensify the crisis. If English land cannot compete with foreign wheat and cereals, the impact threatens broader national consequences.
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