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Newspaper
Friendship Weekly Register
Location
Friendship, New York, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1889
Page
6
Series of interest relative to farm and garden explains choosing a breed that fits purpose and personal taste. Advises buyers to avoid chasing bottom prices and to select a supplier with reasonable stock and fair prices rather than the cheapest option.
The report notes fine bone provides much higher fertilizing value than coarse bone as it dissolves readily and feeds plants. Since 1879 the station values bone by mechanical and chemical analysis, with nitrogen in finest bone at sixteen and a half cents per pound versus eight and a half in the coarsest, and phosphoric acid higher in finer grades. Connecticut Experiment Station.
A New York Examiner letter urges farmers to salt cattle, horses, and sheep at least twice weekly with portable salt boxes attached to fences. The author notes current irregular salting harms butter quality and suggests hinged boxes left open for several days to encourage proper intake and quicker adaptation. Separate boxes for cattle and horses are recommended.
An authority warns against overripe small fruits and bruising during handling. Drying should proceed with gradual heat to preserve juice and flavor, using dampers and tray changes. after drying, store in muslin sacks in the sun for two to three days for better preservation.
The text discusses mulching to protect trees in late fall and winter and to conserve soil moisture in spring. It warns against leaving mulch too long and delaying cultivation, noting risks to new growth from freezing. It also covers sheep, onions, mildew on roses, poultry feeding, rich soil, ornamental plant care, watering timing, geese diets, coal ashes for weed control, farm horses, silos, and dairy cattle importation trends.
An Indiana farmland article argues large Shropshire grades yield eight to nine pounds of wool per fleece and up to 150 pounds per animal. It claims one acre of good land can feed four sheep per year and that ensilage allows seven to eight sheep per acre. Herman Smith cited. A Wisconsin dairyman. A reporter notes improved health and thrift in lambing with silage and corn.
English commissioners of education discourage music as a blind person’s occupation. They note intense competition among skilled musicians, limited training quality, and risk of public street performance or begging. They emphasize industrial trades like basketry brushmaking canning and cane work mat making rope and twine spinning weaving as more useful paths.
A Boston Herald writer notes a vast trade in worn and broken jewelry refined into gold and silver bullion. Jewellers, pawnbrokers, and refined dealers circulate old gold, which funds a large industry. Thieves ship stolen metal to government mint facilities, where it becomes untouchable once under official control.
Household Matters describes a tomato mustard recipe using green tomatoes onions mustard and vinegar. The method includes salting overnight draining squeezing slicing onions layering tomatoes and onions in a porcelain kettle boiling one hour then packing in stone jars.
A method recommends pouring a small amount of strong sulphuric acid into drained oily bottles. The acid fills every part for about five minutes, then the bottle is rinsed repeatedly with cold water. This removes all oil and grease and leaves no odor after rinsing.
Scraps of silk eatin and velvet are woven into rag-carpet style by a New York weaver. A fine linen warp dyed Turkey red supports the silk, with curtains finished in plain borders or bands of plush crazy work and Roman striped borders, as described by the Courier-Journal.
Instructions describe frying peeled peach halves in batter, then making a creamy sauce with butter sugar egg yolks nutmeg water and rum. The batter is prepared by beating egg yolks with milk flour and salt, adjusting with more milk if flour is old. Source notes New York Sun.
A Prairie Farmer reader shares a chicken salad recipe with celery eggs mustard salt butter vinegar and cream, plus a method to prepare and serve it before a picnic. The note includes multiple kitchen hacks on cleaning, cooking, and stain removal, plus brief tips on knives, cooking times, and general household chores.
John Gunderson of Worcester township Montgomery County Pennsylvania confessed to violating a state rabbit killing law after a neighbor refused to inform. He paid a $5 fine then reclaimed $2.50, later filed charges against his son and a neighbor to ensure no one escaped. If he collects a $10 fine he will net $2.50.
A Ohio inventor touts a bullet proof shield that locks into breastworks for armies. Warmer footwear uses a heated tube lamp system via a hollow bar. Baseball bats with hollow cores and end screws are claimed to boost averages. Various absurd contraptions include steam lifting bellows and wagon bandages for powerful horses. Abraham Lincoln reportedly explored inventions.
The Philadelphia centennial celebration of the Declaration of Independence in 1876 drew funds from Congress, subscriptions, and other sources totaling about 8.5 million dollars. Nearly 10 million visitors attended the 159 days at Fairmount Park, with global exhibits and broad public interest despite not being a monetary success.
Junk dealer Moses Elvich cared for a team hauling furniture from Brookville to Punxsutawney. A fly on a horse’s neck spooked the animals and Elvich fell breaking his neck while the horse died and another broke a leg after crashing into a fence. His father in law arrived with another load of goods.
Joe the pointer dog of Rev. Mr. Flanders in Ellaville Georgia is praised as a faithful servant. He is described as a first rate bird dog and night watchman who also serves as nursery maid and market boy. He helps with the baby, transports packages, minds livestock, and steers the garden plow. Savannah Neves praises the animal’s many tasks.
The article describes a social game where guests receive numbered cards and papers to match partners by numbers. Partners craft questions, read aloud, then answer, with scoring and prizes for accuracy. The discussion after questions is the instructive part, illustrated by a sample question about the height of the Bunker Hill monument.
Advertises a guaranteed cure or money back for Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. Claims include liver blood and lung disease treatment, skin ailments, and scrofula. Notes extensive cures and a promise of refund if not satisfied. Also mentions Sage's Catarrh Remedy and a stray statistic about Indians in the United States in citizen dress.
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