28 Feb 1849
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Newspaper
Hillsborough Recorder
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1849
Page
1
The author offers guidance on growing and storing potatoes. He stresses their high value for labor, describes soil preparation in November, three foot row spacing, and using straw to cover planted pieces with eyes upward. He details digging after first growth, drying, and pit storing to keep seed for four to five years.
An editorial argues against selling corn on the cob citing wasteful transport and added costs, noting nutrients and manure benefits in the cob. It cites hydrophobia cures with vinegar, and reports Ohio corn yields per acre by Turley in Scioto county and Loughrey’s eleven acres averaging 163.10 bushels.
Narrative recounts Helen Conway a factory operat ive daughter of wealth who leaves school after her father's death to support herself. She works in a Lowell factory, earns respect for her dignity, writes for understudies, and later becomes a teacher and a Congress member's wife potential paths to influence. The piece also muses on the wonder of sleep as a divine blessing and a prelude to death.
The piece contrasts wealth and poverty with moral reflections, advocating remaining in North Carolina and praising poverty's moral value. It references Dr. Channing on poverty's effect on intellect, quotes Burns and Solomon, and laments gold’s corrupting lure. It includes local sentiment about staying true to law abiding citizens and the North Carolina homeland.
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