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Newspaper
Friendship Weekly Register
Location
Friendship, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1889
Page
6
Fragmented notes from a farm column discuss improving pasture with sheep, inbreeding versus interbreeding, care of pigs in summer and fall, water access for cows, and general tips like shelter, milking skill, and avoiding hillings for potatoes. The piece blends practical advice on dairy management, animal health, and field practices across multiple species.
Practical notes from a 19th century farmer on feeding hogs at grass. He urges keeping hogs in marketable condition, warns against keeping stock if gains are not assured, and recommends dispersed, dry summer shelters that provide water turnover. Aims to reduce droppings concentration and ease herd management.
Pigeon flying grows as a popular amusement in England, especially among Birmingham laborers. Flyers send birds in baskets to station masters with a request to release them at a labeled time and return the baskets. Officials often oblige, with porters sometimes feeding birds for days before release.
A fragmentary tale notes Frye, once town collector at Mount Desert, who dived on Tinker’s Island. He failed to collect, then devised a chalk method to remind delinquents of tax due, writing the word Tax in his pocket chalk as a reminder of his return.
Practical household notes cover washing blankets with borax, preserving fruit, and using sugar in preserves. A kitchen-stove platform idea boosts height to reduce backache, with a cost-efficient nine-inch rise using a packing box and minor stove-pipe adjustments.
A compilation of home cooking notes detailing Apple Charlotte and Frozen Peaches desserts, Minced Beefsteak on Toast, Hot Water Sponge Cake, Neapolitan Kale, and Cucumbers with Eggs. Each item outlines ingredients and basic preparation steps such as boiling fruit with sugar, sieving and chilling, or layering cakes with icing.
Fragmented OCR text discusses brain injury and emotional states. References London Hospital and nervous system balance. Content is garbled but centers on how anxiety and disappointment impact brain function and resilience.
A Lowell News note reflects on 19th century earnings, citing Hi Ms Flagler gifting Dr George Shelton of New York $37000 for his daughter's medical care. It compares the era’s salaries, from physicians to lawyers and railroad executives, noting giants like Henry Ward Beecher and General Butler. It argues private enterprise often yields greater lifetime wealth than high office, with examples from law firms, practice incomes, and corporate presidents.
The piece describes crofter fishermen along Bantry Bay in Ireland who mine coral sand and seaweed to reclaim rocky shores and support meager livelihoods. It details the labor, small boat profits, and substandard housing, noting the harsh poverty and the makeshift homes where families live with few comforts.
Harper's reports on Albemarle Sound fisheries highlight the abundance of alewives and shad in Avoca and surrounding waters. It notes 20,000,000 alewives harvested in a season, large striped bass landings, and extensive fish processing by local workers. It discusses origin of estivalis versus vernalis, the rarity of smoking herring in the South, and questions stock selection for profitable markets in New York.
Parma born cellist and composer Bottesini died aged 60 in December 1823 after a career spanning Milan London Paris Cairo. He dazzled audiences with solo double bass performances rivaling Paganini on violin and directed Italian opera companies in Paris and Cairo.
The Northern States hear strong support for hemp cultivation aiming to supply bagging and twine locally. The piece notes hemp grows well in Missouri and Tennessee and compares Hemp to flax in Pennsylvania, praising durability of linen bags and urging domestic hemp industries.
Detroit Free Press notes Grand Rapids Michigan hosts large gypsum beds for making alabaster or plaster of Paris. The stone yields vases and ornamental pieces rivaling European gypsum crafts, with Sienna supplying the finest gypsum and Florence Milan shaping the most handsome articles from it.
A London confectioner creates edible bill of fare cards printed with chocolate ink on sweetened dough. The thin sweet sheet serves as a risible appetizer while diners choose dishes, a novelty not yet in St. Louis but expected to spread. The item reflects playful advertising in meals.
Fragmentary item notes a mention of Dr. Pierce s Pellets and a remark about profanity in Japan, with unclear context. The readable phrases suggest a quirky health tonic reference and a foreign etiquette aside, but details and attribution are incomplete.
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