19 Oct 1882
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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1882
Page
1
The Angora goat is praised for milking, mohair, and leather potential with Australia and Europe showing interest. A Texas article outlines acclimation challenges for short horns, suggesting weaning at six to eight months and careful wintering to minimize fatalities, plus crossing with native stock for rapid improvement.
The Texas and St. Louis narrow gauge line expects new Pullman passenger equipment including eight baggage and mail cars eight first class coaches eight second class coaches eight express cars and sleepers. The article notes a improving cotton crop after rains with a forecast of about a million and a half bales despite a late frost.
A fragment from a rural page describes a candle maker living in a large farm house. The brief notes a domestic craftsman and his modest workshop amid agricultural surroundings.
In Auvernia and Brittany hair gathers roam villages from spring to fall to cut long tresses for a Parisian market. Gatherers use advances and contracts, often taking hair at low prices around St. John’s day. Hair from chapels and shrines feeds a seasonal trade reaching Venta Lombardy and Piedmont with 2,000 workers feeding French buyers.
The author argues outsiders misjudge Texas size and health risks asserting Brownsville fever cases affect the whole state. Brownsville lies far south near the border while Texas spans five to six times a typical state. The piece condemns Californians quarantining Chinese from Texas and urges restraint.
A long essay argues a wife makes or breaks a home and offers practical tips on budgeting for a wife and home. It recounts tales from merchants and a parson’s wife about managing income, shopping, and frugal living. The piece urges careful selection of a spouse and practical homemaking over mere wealth.
The article recounts Arrian's skeptical view of eye-witness tales and includes notes on a musical elephant that danced to cymbals, an account of elephant grief killing a keeper, and Nearchus’ claims about a ship tiger seen offshore. It ends with a fragmented aside about a Comstock Edison in a Chronicle office.
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