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Newspaper
Lima Argus
Location
Lima, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1848
Page
2
Reader urged to protect orchards from a rising caterpillar pest. Advice given on locating oval egg nests on small twigs, then cutting off and burning damaged twigs. A hooked knife on a pole is recommended for quick removal before eggs hatch in spring.
William Powers of Yonngatown reports a method of brining wheat before sowing to remove surface chess. After brine, about a pent and a half of chess were skimmed from each bushel, suggesting risk of widespread infestation if wheat grows but chess remains hidden during winter.
The Newack State Agricultural Society awarded crops premiums with participants from Pittetown Ranemalaer County and Brunswick Renasalaer County. Daniel Newcomb and Martin Springer earned oat and potato honors, while Joroyen Hastings and William Risley emerged for crops and oats experiments.
Instructional notes describe making brown bread from Indian and rye meal with yeast. Steps include scalding meal, mixing rye, salt, and yeast, adding milk or water, kneading to dough, letting rise, shaping into leaves, and baking three to four hours. Also mentions substituting wheat for rye when unavailable and general sowing advice for peas and lettuce.
A chaotic page blends verse urging aid to the poor with an absurd Menagerie debate scene. It hails a petty sessions note on a dog stealing case and mocks legal authorities while lampooning banks and social manners. A Louisiana lawmaker faces twelve hours in prison over a glove incident, and various social comments close with a portrait of a seventy year old New Orleans figure.
An 1847 advertisement from Western New York touts Veange’s triple-valve vegetable medicine. It pledges cure of dropsy and indigestion, cites testimonials from Canada, England, and South America, and promotes pamphlets and agents across New York. The piece emphasizes a 22-ingredient compound and promises universal salutary effects.
The reader reflects on beauty as goodness and truth, contrasting admiration with love. Christ’s cross and Calvary are seen as ultimate beauty guiding mankind from sin to holiness. Admiration draws to Christ, but love brings one to the feet of Jesus and divine union.
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