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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1871
Page
3
A damaged, archaic verse fragment laments careless deeds and the inescapable judgment after life. It warns to keep a true path, do right, and honor obligations to loved ones, all amid faded language and garbled lines.
Agricultural notes urge proper manure decomposition and even soil distribution. Poultry feeding dangers, fowl care, and parasite checks are advised alongside fruit and berry cultivation tips. Crop reports predict corn area gains, winter wheat condition varies by state, and hay and potato crops face challenges.
The chamois, an antelope of the Alps and Pyrenees, travels in flocks from four to eighty and is about the size of a goat. It has dusky yellow brown fur, yellowish white underparts, black slender horns, and a large skin pore at the base. They feed on fine herbage and have a delicate flesh. They hiss loudly when alarmed, then bound across rocks to flee. Heat drives them into shaded, north facing ledges and ice caves. Hunters pursue them with great zeal.
In the Court of Error a breach of promise dispute arose over whether a man who promised to marry could be sued before the specified time. Miss Knight sued after estrangement when Mr Frost indicated he would not honor the engagement, and won verdict before judges weighed the legal point.
A grandmother’s gentle, tender gaze remains ever young in memory as she dies peacefully. The scene unfolds with a psalm-book, a rose, and a moonlit grave where the nightingale, organ, and fresh roses unite in a serene farewell. The tale ends with the belief that eyes never truly die.
The text argues that discontent arises from selfishness and affects even the wealthy and educated. True peace comes when one forgets self and serves others. By focusing energy on helping others, a benevolent person avoids regrets and replaces vexation with virtue, turning trials into blessings.
A reflective meditation on unavoidable blessings amid evils, noting how certain pleasures and convalescence sustain social bonds. It celebrates deliberate choices guided by a steadfast soul toward tranquility and clear direction, as quoted from The Old Cabinet in Scribner's.
Pleasant Hill Review notes a 1900 acre cornfield eight miles away owned by Mr. Wallace Berry. He cultivates with seventeen cultivators and thirty four mules. They harvest over 100 acres per day and expect about 50 bushels per acre, totaling nearly 100000 bushels.
A Cassel's Magazine excerpt explains toads are harmless and beneficial by eating vast numbers of harmful insects at night. It details a toad’s hunting method, including rapid eye focus, tongue flicking with glutinous secretion, and the dramatic swallowing of prey while remaining composed. The article notes toads tolerate stings from dangerous insects and digest them with no apparent discomfort.
Mr. Wm. Robinson of Brooklyn writes that simple electric signals can prevent switch accidents. When a train is half a mile away, a lever closes a circuit that shows a white flag on the main line or a red flag off it, triggers alarms, and notifies the switchman. This proven method would have prevented Newark and New York road incidents and similar events.
Census shows 134 U S cities with 10 000 plus residents. Seven exceed 250 000, seven fall 100 000 to 250 000, eleven 50 000 to 100 000, seven 40 000 to 50 000, twelve 30 800 to 40 000, twenty two 20 000 to 30 000, and sixty six 10 000 to 20 000. New York has eighteen cities and New England twenty five. Boston ranks fifth and Washington twelfth. New York plus New England contain nearly one third of the total. There are 125 cities with populations over 50 000.
A Colusa California resident describes a confrontation with backwoods neighbors over Independence Day celebrations. He recalls marching an old anvil to the river and firing when he saw a group downstream with rifles appearing above the water. The leader, a gaunt six footer in butternut, calls out asking for the war.
The New York Sheriff’s office and county offices are valued from 50 000 to 106 000 per year, while the Comptroller and City Chamberlain stand at about 100 000. Collectors and port naval officer roles fetch 40 000 to 78 000 each, with the U S Marshal position worth roughly the same.
A gang led by Emma Canfield, styled their Queen, occupying a hut near Scott's dam at the Reading and Norristown Rail junction, was arrested by Philadelphia police. The six members, four men and two women, were committed for trial on numerous charges of robbing neighboring farmers.
The Pennsylvania Legislature mandated that no member should arrive at the House barefoot nor eat bread and cheese on the steps, reflecting a rule of decorum from the early 20th century.
In January a large crowd gathers by the Konya river as Russian troops and clergy oversee a blessing ceremony. The archbishop dips a cross, sinners plunge into icy water, and salvos and fanfare mark the ritual amid colorful spectators. The cold bears symbolic expiation whereas midwinter seems chosen for focus on penance.
A Bath County Virginia woman known as Miss Jennie Rucker lives near Healing Springs in the Alleghany Mountains. She hunts for a living, shoots a deer to claim her rights, has nine or ten children, and hospitably welcomes travelers at her cabin. She uses tobacco but only swears by rounds.
Experimental comparison uses three hens and three ducks hatched in February. Ducks produced 392 eggs to 257 by hens, averaging 181 and 86 eggs per animal respectively. Ducks had smaller eggs but higher nutritive yield, suggesting ducks better for egg output in the period. Perpetual candle from Russia adds kerosene light at one cent for five hours with a safe design. A Troy will case invalidates a church’s forfeiture condition as against public policy. Women printers struggle to gain lasting employment in England. A husband’s love remains the best guardian of a woman’s happiness.
Two irs All Bn in aie recount a scene of a girl in beauty sighing under dim chandeliers, missing diamonds, and begging for aid. A cavalier passes, his thoughts on a new love as a beggar outside groans for food. The piece frames mercy for hungry girls and a plea to Heaven.
A collage of curiosities and vignettes from 19th century life includes odd anecdotes about languages, crafts, train tricks, and fashion. It mentions shoemakers in Pennsylvania, breweries, and a Paris war souvenir trade, with nuggets on politics, weather, and social manners across multiple states and nations.
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