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Newspaper
Marshall Messenger
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1876
Page
3
A nostalgic poem contrasts a castle hall and cottage rooms with the joy of little feet at home. It laments missing children's calls after death, then imagines reunion on the heavenly shore when a mother dreams of her darling’s first steps again.
Sealed in a seasonable farming note a standard of nourishment is set by timathy day. The article lists comparative quantities of feeds to produce the same nourishment: clover hay 95 pounds, rye straw 835 pounds, oat straw 220 pounds, potatoes 196 pounds, carrots unknown, beets 346 pounds, ruta bagas 262 pounds, wheat 43 pounds, beans 46 pounds, rye 49 pounds, barley 51 pounds, corn 56 pounds, oats 59 pounds, buckwheat 64 pounds and oil cake 94 pounds.
Orchard grass combined with Kentucky blue grass and white clover is praised as the finest productive pasture for large stock growers especially when ground is moist. It halves reseeding needs, yields abundant hay, and outperforms timothy and clover mixtures for long term profitability.
A farmer who exhausts soil fertility by growing any crop for labor returns deserves no pity. Relying on market manures risks ruin. Better practices include more stock, especially sheep, green crops to turn under, roots to feed stock, and sailing crops like drill corn, millet, and clover to enrich the farm.
A Thun municipality milk testing study reports butter spoilage times under different conditions. Fresh butter spoils in a warm living room after one day at 59F, but lasts four days at 53F in a ventilated dairy. Submersion in water extends shelf life to thirteen to fifteen days, and salted butter lasts twenty nine days in the same dairy environment.
The article explains warbles from ox bot fly in cattle, noting lumps along the backbone conceal white grubs and how squeezing releases them. It warns that destroying grubs could end the pest. It also advises sheep exercise and avoiding lying on warm manure piles, suggesting boiling water in troughs as a remedy.
The piece advises chilling management for in-lamb ewes and shelter needs in fields or woods. It stresses dry conditions for yarded sheep to prevent foot-rot and notes a few hens become broody. recommends preventing sitting by cleansing hens with soap and sulphur and withholding warm food for a few days.
A Massachusetts Ploughman argues drainage deepens soil and extends the growing season by removing stagnation. He notes dry soil allows deeper root growth, better manure distribution, and faster decomposition. He claims drainage improves crop quality with grasses like English clover replacing sedge and rush.
A vineyard expert argues grape rot stems from exhausted roots. Experiments show starting new roots around vine collars with deep, rich manure improves yields long term. Vines treated in November produced two hundred gallons per year for four years, versus fifty gallons on untreated rows.
The article argues every well kept farm should have a good garden. It outlines soil suitability in the valley and stresses three factors: abundant well rotted manure, thorough soil preparation, and proper planting timing.
The Rural World urges farmers to cultivate extensive vegetable plots, apply 10 to 20 tons of well rotted manure per quarter acre, and pave the way with roads for horse powered tillage. It argues a well tended acre yields higher profit than any other with disciplined weed destruction and careful layout.
A collection of old fashioned recipes and home cooking notes including breakfast waffles, hash, tapioca pudding, Gestine Scorcy Cake, Veal Cheese, and Curriep Fow with curry powder. The instructions mix overnights, stovetop simmering, and baking steps with period spelling and measurements.
A reflective piece on how women seek constant affirmation and verbal affection during love's transition, contrasting with men's tendency to settle after wooing. It argues women crave daily notes and emotional enrichment, while men favor practical kindness and serene, secure companionship over ongoing passion.
A boy was seen wading up to his knees in slush on Summit Street Friday afternoon. A passing gentleman asked why he was out in the messy weather and the boy explained he was catching a ride or needed to get somewhere, showing the improvised nature of the moment.
A London letter to the Herald quotes Don Carlos asserting his army quit fighting to spare blood, claiming no blood on his hands, and stating he acted from duty rather than pleasure. He predicts a Red Republic rise and hopes for a future chance to wield the throne against republican forces.
The New York Times Havana correspondent describes the Nanigos as a degraded class labeled negro criollo born locally with criminal instincts. He reports a Havana police descent on Fundicion Street where a gathering of Nanigos faced resistance from a mob of blacks, mulattoes, and some whites, with shots fired to signal the event.
Police uncovered 153 members including Africans and mixed race participants gathered to celebrate the Nanigo Sacrificeo rite. A killed rooster with blood loss, yellow crosses, a crucifix scene, kettle drums, disguises, and guards were found. Later arrests at a slaughterhouse sparked rumors of poisoned meat. officials denied the claim and ordered source investigations.
A Philadelphia grocer, Mr. P. Madeira, keeps Crocky the cockatoo a fifty years old with a storied voyage. The bird learned to talk on an Indiaman then served a hospital lodge keeper before changing hands to Baldwin and finally Madeira, who values him at least as much as his two similar birds. Crocky greets visitors with a polite How do you do and bids children farewell with Good-bye good-bye I say, as he showcases his crest and intelligence.
Harper's Magazine recounts Frederick Douglass dining with a colored companion in a hostile town. Douglass wins the crowd with a simple, vivid comparison of oats for horses, prompting a collective, unexpected reflection that Acknowledges prejudice and yields a humane moment.
A sensational note from Fulton Missouri proclaims the most beautiful girl in the United States resides there. The description extols her eyes bloom smile and graceful form at a college function. The colorful prose likens her to light music and charming presence attracting admirers.
Tax Protestants run fifty mission stations in Japan and fund a new Baptist chapel in Rome. Paris warns religion in public schools would destroy France while Constantinople ends religious quarters. England spent 121 million since 1840 on churches and schools. American temperance rally prays to abstain. Notable gifts from J Cressex Fresco and Arthur Mitchell. North Carolina Baptists count 100,000 members with 75 churches and 450 ministers and 36 seminary students. Roman Catholics plan large church at White Earth and expect Sisters of Charity to run the school. Reformed Dutch set July 1 centennial, with April 3 suggested if desired. Methodist probation debate looms after abolition in the South. Emanuel Church Louisville loses property to Protestant Episcopal. American Methodists report 103 foreign missionaries and 18,775 members. Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society supports 28 missionaries. mission Sunday Schools number 436 with 32,165 scholars.
The Chattanooga News reports a massive rock mass on Lookout Mountain near Bragg's Bluff loosening from its ledge. Crevice about 30 feet deep, rock length near 100 feet, width 25 feet, weight about 6000 tons. The rock moves at about an inch per hour, 16 feet since Sunday afternoon, with a roadward fall anticipated and spectators still nearby.
Reports by Superintendent J B Peaalee detail Dr D B Williams examination of 1264 children in June across district intermediate and high schools. Nearsightedness rates: 13.27 percent in district schools, 13.8 in intermediate, 22.75 in normal and high schools. Similar results noted in Newark and other areas.
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