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Newspaper
Freeport Republican
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1882
Page
3
A strange tale from a county describe a duo called Freary and Freer staging a show. Avarihond appears, with vivid, surreal imagery of a half black man, a three-eyed horse and a striped zebra. The show ends with a revelation that both halves are black and the other halves green as the crowd reacts.
Edith Thornfeld, proud niece of Stonecrest, refuses Robert Belton a country life. Belton pursues her to Three Oaks, declares he will leave for Australia, but Edith finally confesses she loves him. He stays, they marry, and Edith ends by choosing country life with Belton.
A discussion on naval power and captainal authority at sea cites a past merchant voyage incident. A captain, angered by the owner, forcefully sailed toward Cape Horn with unprepared passengers, locking the owner and companions below deck, while the pilot remained free. The voyage ended with the captain dismissed, but no further punishment.
A Pennsylvania village tale recounts an elderly man who faced rumors of consumption. After visiting doctors in Philadelphia, he returns with a bold plan to gamble away his belongings, betting that he will outlive the supposed prognosis. Nearby editorials mock the hoax and a Louisville anecdote follows.
Correspondent observes Belgian life showing women bearing hay and grain, blacksmithing, and hauling loads with dogs, while soldiers fill the streets. The author notes brutal labor, scarce machinery, and the stark contrast to progress, praising the disciplined army yet pitying the women and animals burdened by toil.
A fragmentary portrait honors Zachery Macaulay and his wife as austere yet loving parents. It notes the father’s disinterested piety and efforts to save souls, recalling his awe in Wilberforce and Clarkson's circles. The mother’s gentle devotion and a touching schoolroom letter are highlighted as seed-like influences on Lord Macaulay.
An article titled fertilizing moss promotes growing plants without soil and in combination with moss. It credits Alfred Dumoesna, a French horticulturist, with a revolutionary method that could transform house culture of flowers and many plant species. The text hints at wide plant varieties benefiting from this soilless or moss-assisted technique.
The fragment suggests experiments on sails and crops, noting that sails have been tested in his method and vegetables grown from seeds to maturity, though details are incomplete.
The Texas Siftings piece humorously describes centipedes as strikingly odd creatures with a dangerous bite and iron clad shell. It notes their size ranging up to about nine inches, multiple legs and stings, and their tendency to hide in old building rocks. The article playfully questions the creature’s purpose and points out how rare centipedes are in Texas, often found only in drugstore alcohol bottles.
A collection of historic serendipities shows how chance inspired key advances. An alchemist makes porcelain while seeking durable crucibles, a watchmaker’s apprentice hints at telescope lenses, a glasscutter develops etched glass, and Galileo’s pendulum idea emerges from a cathedral chandelier. The tale covers lithography, Mezzotinto, and print rollers’ composition discovered by a Salopian printer.
The Lime Kiln Club speaker laments happiness as elusive and tied to misfortune. He argues true happiness comes with suffering, highlighting lost spouses, illness, and trouble. He jokes about endurance, mockery, and a future honor in a humorous farewell to the audience.
A mosaic of oddities and quips from a historical paper, mixing jokes, proverbs, and social vignettes. It features anecdotes about a newspaper’s publisher, a cook search in Bloomingdale, a boat with an unlikely cargo, and a witty exchange about aging, love matches, and social pretensions. Diverse voices touch on daily life, misadventures, and quaint provincial humor, preserving a snapshot of era etiquette and entertainment.
The New York Maitland Express notes six million miles of fencing in the United States at about 8625 per mile, with wood fences costly to maintain. Wire fences, built widely in 1881, cost around 10 million, about half the per mile of wood. Proposals to raise steel rod duties threaten farmers, potentially hindering prairie settlement and land enclosure goals.
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