Laziness and Opportunity in Talmage Sermon at Brooklyn Tabernacle
Rev T DeWitt Talmage argues laziness stems from temperament, circumstance, discouragement, and bad habits, citing biblical hunting as a metaphor. He warns idleness destroys opportunities, harms health, endangers the soul, and blocks salvation, urging active faith and use of gifts to honor God.
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T. DeWitt Talmage
Brooklyn
David
Solomon
Thorvaldsen
George Stephenson
Railways
Paul
Victor Hugo
John the Baptist
Change Needed in Flocks Welfare For Pasture Rotation
A Country Gentleman excerpt explains sheep restlessness from static pastures and advocates portable fence panels to create fresh grazing. It details methods for moving flocks, protecting with top wires, using light boards, and planting Norway spruce for poles. It links rotation to better flock health and farm economy, especially on dairy operations.
Macadamized Roads Boost Farm Values and Transport
Professor Jenks of Cornell argues better macadam roads reduce hauling effort. He cites England and New Jersey gains, Ohio farm value increases, and Ontario county potential rise. He says improved roads raise property values, with farmers resisting tax burdens though both urban and rural areas would benefit.
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J. W. Jenks
Cornell
England
America
New Jersey
Ohio
Ontario County
Indiana
Home Cheese Making in Warm Weather Pays Better
A correspondent for the Farmers' Review explains a simple summer cheese making method using six cows to yield five pound cheeses. The process covers milking, heating milk, adding rennet, curd handling, pressing with a lever and hoop, drying, salting, and turning daily. The writer notes sunshine aids buttering, suggests tweaks, and invites suggestions from neighbors.
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The
Farmers’ Review
Mike
Producing Pork At Six Months Through Efficient Rearing
Practical Farmer discusses reducing pork cost by six month production. Key ideas include selecting good hog breeds and mature sows, careful pregnancy feeding to avoid obesity, using roots for winter brood sow feed, and early pig nutrition with separate feeding pens. Brun feed noted as best for bone and nutrients with a little corn supplement.
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Brun
Plant Protector and Tick Dip for Farm Use
A practical plant protector for melons cucumbers squash tomatoes beans and similar crops uses a wire hoop frame covered with strainer cloth or newspapers to shield plants from wind and pests. It notes sizes costs and assembly by tinters and wireworkers and warns mice may nest in stored covers. Also describes a simple tick dip recipe mixing water hard soap and kerosene for cattle and horses.
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S& Per
A. C. Stoddard
Little Davy Feasts On His Hoarded World
Diane I Patterson, in Wide Awake, portrays a child named Davy showing a pocket full of imagined foods. He distributes his hoard onto Auntie’s lap, offering greens and dainty meat from an abundance that recalls a world at a child’s holiday.
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Diane I. Patterson
Babies and Birdies in Little Children’s World
A gentle bedtime scene from Our Little Ones features Mamma Robin telling nestbound stories about human siblings and moral behavior. Roy plants caraway seeds found in a dish while a neighboring girl watches, and flowers sprout into a cheerful summer bouquet.
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Mamma
Curlywead
Goldilocks
Mamma Robin
Flipsy
Rutsy
Mel
Robin
Peepsy
Susys Playhouse and the Spool Toy World
A gentle tale of Susy living on the prairie who builds a roofless playhouse from large and small books and uses mother and father spools as people. Her spool family, adventures with Indians and blizzards, and dog rescues fill her winter indoors with cheerful play rather than dolls.
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Tome Varte
Susy
Wright
Susy Blake
Caraway Flowers and a Boy’s Front Yard Dream
Roy and his mother move into a new house with a bare front yard. Roy loves flowers and vows to plant blooms to imitate the neighbor's garden, which is full of variety behind a hedge. Assn as the boxes were unpacked.
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Roy
Dinner Party With A Railroad Director In Disguise
A Baker Street style dinner tale follows Harry, a bashful guest from Mapleford, who learns at Walter Morgan's home that the “great men” he feared were the family itself. Walter jokes that his father fills every role listed a director, mayor, poet, and more, and Harry learns to see the elder Mr. Morgan as kind and engaging through a playful reveal.
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Barnum
Mapleford
Walter Morgan
Walter
Marty
Harry
Mrs. Morgan
Mr. Morgan
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Lydia
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Gideon
Son of
God
Joseph
Hell
Adirondacks
Agrippa
Selden
Chead Plant Protector
Davy
Netuchadner
Mrs. Helen
Joy
Florence B. Hallowell
Examiner
Susy's Playhouse
Stanley
Papa
lHlarper
Charles
Dunner
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