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Newspaper
Greencastle Star
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1881
Page
3
A London Spectator piece argues mourning customs impose costly worry and artificial signs. It notes personal grief varies, critiques crape and black accessories, and highlights the 1875 Mourning Reform Association with 450 members promoting arm bands over full mourning.
Geo Andrus of Michigan reports his cattle instinctively come to salted feed on Sundays in spring and every other Sunday in hot weather. The herd marches up the lane, utters loud bellowing, then returns to pasture, a routine repeated each week.
Massachusetts Ploughman argues thorough cultivation defeats weeds and saves labor. It warns against delayed weed destruction and autumn feeding, insisting summer top-cutting kills roots and reduces next year’s effort. Emphasizes sustained weed battle for years to lower costs.
A dairy practice of fall pasturing reduces next season’s hay yield. An example shows 75 acres yielding 130 tons when ungrazed, but after allowing 25 cows to graze the aftermath the next year drops to 60 tons, recovering only after reseeding. The piece warns that fall grazing harms herd and emphasizes winter feeding and good meadows for dairy success.
A young boy from Georgetown near Charlottesville fell from a tree onto a stake, tearing his liver. Dr. William G. Rogers treated the wound, peeled a marble sized piece, and replaced the organ. Despite fears of fatal outcome, the patient improved rapidly.
The article discusses ant memory as a general memory type, noting that ants remember food sources and return in direct lines. It cites Sir John Lubbock and shows Mr. Belt's observations of leaf-cutting ants migrating after carbolic acid shocks, indicating recollection of previous nests and directed migrations to former sites.
Description of Arctic burial practices in Alaska, where the dead rest on timber piles with mementoes such as weapons or bowls placed atop. Some corpses are reverently left to decay while others are discarded on the tundra, with occasional violent scenes observed, including a hunter’s ritual weapons and a female’s kantag.
A Santa Barbara resident recounts a barn raid on rats by a bold weasel. After a series of duels the rat is outmaneuvered and killed in a compost tunnel, the weasel slipping free and returning to finish the job from the rear.
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