08 Jan 1881
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Newspaper
Greencastle Star
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1881
Page
1
A long reminiscence from J. D. C. recalls Putnam County pioneer days extreme plow craft and corn husking efforts. He describes early stock farming, hog weighing methods, and the shift from corkscrew plows to refined stock. The piece also notes Christmas customs, holiday greetings, and a Wyoming cattle roundup with 1 200 horses.
Nearly all Wyoming cattlemen are exiting Texas stock and stocking up in Idaho Oregon and Washington Territory. The drive this year reached about 150000 head with strong demand. Grass water and winter range north of the Union Pacific are preferred, losses under five percent. A 5000 head ranch costs about $1 per head per year. 10000 head about 75 to 80 cents. 25000 head not much over 50 cents. Five thousand head winter requires four men and ten in summer. two horses per hundred head equates to about ten horses per man in summer. Everything is done on horseback with horse flesh cheapest. A stock ranch runs better with ten men and one…
Drovers Journal notes hog receipts 35 000 head and shipments 2 300 head with slow opening and mixed prices from 4 40 to 5 15 for heavy and light hogs. cattle receipts 6 000 head with 2 400 head shipped, prices 4 00 to 5 50, Texans 4 20 to 5 50, butchers steady. sheep receipts 2 400 head, prices 3 25 to 5 75, market active but declining on common. Indianapolis hogs weak at 4 50 to 4 85 with 9 000 receipts. Wheat No 2 Red 99 to 1 00, corn 37 to 38, oats 31 to 33.
A collage of quips and anecdotes from Chicago to Boston, noting odd facts, word misuse, and amusing vignettes. It includes remarks on Pompeii excavations, a Nevada Indian named Drifting Creese, and a long humor piece about a fish-bone emergency retold with a doctor's dry punchline.
A Mendelson News meditation on Adam and Eve in the Garden. Eve answers I dont care and the line endures as a gendered shorthand for indifference, tracing how the phrase shifts from Eve to men over ages. The piece notes language changes while preserving the core joke.
The article states bishops receive 3000 dollars salary and 1000 to 1500 for housing depending on local rents. Church agents and editors earn similar worldly benefits. It records 31 bishops, 16 from west and south regions and 15 from the east. A theater visit prompts a child to ask why a play is named Drink.
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