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Newspaper
Lexington Gazette
Location
Lexington, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1902
Page
4
A writer argues for wind resistant Lordies in fencing and shares design notes. Describes a ten by five foot hurdle setup with end to end pinned panels and sawed or split sapling construction. Panels shown demonstrate a zigzag or worm fashion to increase wind resilience.
The design describes three dimensions to tailor the fence layout. It specifies end uprights on panel A should be fifteen inches from each end, and the distance between end uprights on the panel should be eleven inches. The resulting fence length would be about four feet, with the worm direction adjustable by moving the second upright from either end in panel A.
A farmer reports white grubs under strawberry roots cutting main roots and escaping detection. The writer demonstrates locating the grubs by digging around vines and notes the economic loss as harvests suffer, with a farmer paying two dollars per grub found and earnings from the first picking around ten dollars for a hundred quarts.
A Canadian correspondent in Orange Judd Farmer outlines reasons for soil quality and methods for growing turnips. He stresses rich, well drained soil, stable manure, wood ashes, bone meal, and nitrate. fall and spring plowing. precise seed spacing. thinning to 2-4 inches. and weekly succession sowing through July, with sowing windows tied to latitude 43 degrees.
A reflective passage contrasts gratitude as the fairest blossom of mankind with ingratitude, a deadly weed that poisons the atmosphere around it with fetid vapors. The author emphasizes virtue and moral sensibility as guiding principles for human interaction.
A quip from the Atchison Globe notes that once a moment is over people recall bright ideas. An Irishman jokes he always shuts his eyes when he surveys a lady’s faults, reflecting a humorous take on candid judgment.
A Maryland peach grower outlines key methods for superior yields and quality. Emphasizing soil nutrition and moisture, trunk clearing, pruning, and careful thinning, the speaker urges Bordeaux spray timing and meticulous packing to build reputation and repeat customers.
The article details the irrigation schedule for rice in South Carolina. It covers sprout water, stretch water, long point how, and final lay by flow. It notes water depths from ten to twelve inches, then six inches, with weekly changes to prevent stagnation and water weevil issues before harvest.
Town Homestead correspondent outlines a method for planting tomato seedlings. Plant deeply, cover the bloom, lean plants northward, and leave a water reservoir. Water with a quart per plant, then water again next evenings and mornings. Roots form along joints and surface roots start first, helping the plant endure variable weather.
A historical note discusses a Louisiana station trial aiming to produce first class beef using home grown forages and inexpensive supplements like cottonseed meal and molasses. It reflects plant crop suitability and cattle care for high quality beef, alongside unrelated anecdotes on seed wheat and household fire charms.
A naturalist notes spiders possess keen eyesight while scorpions rely on vibration cues. Spiders catch prey in webs, but scorpions stay still until movement reveals them. Music vibrations can provoke scorpions to strike, as a tuning fork near a caged specimen triggers agitation and stinging.
A Chicago Chronicle anecdote recalls a Milwaukee criminal court scene where a defendant pressured his attorney to speak. The prisoner admits guilt and half-jokes about paying ten dollars for service while the judge interjects with his own ten dollar worth advice.
The Clermont, Robert Fulton’s steamboat, became the first practical steam vessel on the East River carrying passengers and freight. Earlier explorers of steam propulsion included Salomon de Caus and several experimenters from 1763 to 1807 such as William Henry, the Marquis de Joutroy, James Rumsey, and John Fitch. Fulton is credited with inventing the steamboat.
The article describes how skin sheds like other elements of nature but more slowly in humans. It explains that epidermal cells in the lower layers are constantly renewed, pushing upward to renew the outer layer through a process called desquamation, essential for health and beauty of the skin.
The article notes copper coloration in Tintan cheese due to copper in storage vessels with milk. It cites Marhini who tested twenty five green parmesan samples and found copper traces as cheese weights increased. It then briefly mentions dog fear of dogs and a belief that Japanese sleep with heads north due to burial customs.
A quotable line about a grand household enumerates roles from head coachman to kitchen staff. The speaker notes the extensive establishment including footmen, grooms, stable boy, housekeeper, cook and domestic workers, highlighting a vast domestic staff.
The dit Whalie is cited as a harsh voice urging a sufferer to brace up and endure the pain at once, reflecting a stark, no excuses stance in oral misfortune.
The process describes making Cov ree Varnish by dissolving shellac in rectified alcohol, adding heated animal bone black, boiling briefly, filtering through paper and silk, then cooling for use. It notes adjustments with more bone black and boll teal if colorlessness is insufficient and cautions for careful even application.
A gentleman asked his gardener to pull bushes up by the roots. The gardener, digging trenches around them, explains he must dig first to reach the roots, adding that he could pull them by the branches if instructed.
During Henry VIII's reign in Lincoln a famed bailiff named Joe Dun Joseph excelled at debt collection. His deft handling of nonpayers led to the phrase to set Dun on him or to Dun him. This personage is credited with giving rise to a now disliked word for debt collection.
Miss Keedick and Miss Tenspot joke about their fathers manners. Each says her father is harsh or mean to the young men who call, with Miss Tenspot noting her father borrows money from them.
A dialogue fragment shows Lily doubting Fred's breakup and Minnute noting men’s fickleness. The exchange suggests lingering affection and social pressure in a casual scene.
A brief Yonkers Herald exchange features Maud commenting on an old crank named Wrin kles, described as a man of supposed wisdom in a cheeky classified style.
The article explains how phrases such as I am escaped with the skin of my teeth and by the skin of my teeth arose from The Skin of My Teeth. It notes the modern sense of a narrow escape and connects other idioms to literal tooth imagery.
A Russian police chief reported receiving six portraits and announced five arrests. The sixth suspect was under observation and to be captured soon.
The text notes that the phrase according to Gunter remains in use as a memory of the English mathematician born in 1589 and who died in 1620. It credits him with inventing the surveyor's chain and the logarithmic line, the quadrant, and the scale. it says anything in mathematics to the right must be "according to Gunter."
A Cincinnati line draws humor as one man claims a daily half hour lunch and another notes he spends twenty-five minutes deciding what to eat, highlighting lunchtime dining habits.
A Chicago Herald note reports a man who tumbled through a coal chute and sued the city, described as a windfall incident. The quirky line suggests the fall led to a legal claim rather than a fortune.
A brief remark notes that those who dislike you merely reveal poor taste, attributed to Atchison lobe. The line presents a wry, pointed characterization without further context or detail.
A Pullman porter in a St Louis scene from a New York Press account endures a coin’s insult and a rude tip. He vows to learn from the incident stating no western woman would throw away a nickel, illustrating pride and class tension in a cla
In Unsehmann Germany annual prizes are funded for marriages to the ugliest man or most crippled and for women over forty who have been jilted. The will directs income gifts of £10 to the ugliest girl and £12 to the cripple, with £10 to four jilted women as funds permit. The trustee may adjust amounts and award larger prizes for unusual matches.
A Chicago thief known as Lim eludes arrest after a police officer, who recognizes him as wanted, wrongly detains him with the line you are wanted at head quarters. Lim responds I know and is bailed out. the officer later learns the man had not been previously arrested.
The Gilded Man is tied to El Dorado at the Orinoco headwaters where Spanish tradition locates a potentate whose realm is rich in gold. His body is anointed with gold dust each morning so he shines in the sun as gilded. The country of this marvelous being has never been explored by a white man.
Multiple farms and properties offered for sale near Lexington and Bath county. Listings include a 186 acre Harry E Moore estate on Whistle Creek with house, barns, mill, and orchard. a 76 acre Alun Springs road tract with spring, garden, timber. 400 acre South Buffalo tract with saw mill and power. Mountain View Park homestead of 206 acres with grain and fruit. Green Valley Bath county 18 acre to 133 acre timbered parcels near White Sulphur Springs. nearby farm 150 acres near Longwood with 8 room dwelling, barns, orchard. Oak Dale 214 acres with timber and orchard. Prices range from four thousand dollars to over twelve thousand with terms varying.
Fragmented timetable shows daily routes and times between Clifton Forge and Louisville St Louis with connections. Mentions Virginia Hot Springs and White Sulphur, plus multiple city names and departure windows, indicating a historical railroad schedule card.
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