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Newspaper
Marshall Messenger
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1876
Page
3
From the Evening Post dated December 31 1865 a playful anticipatory ode marks Uncle Sam at a hundred years old. The verse ponders national strength youth and destiny urging sober unity and festive pride as the nation nears a centennial milestone. It blends humor with loftier patriotism and ends with a rousing refrain.
A New York Times writer argues that using thoroughbred bulls on native cows can add about 200 pounds to beef cattle, yielding clear gains with similar improvements in sheep and hogs. The piece notes superior fleece gains from better rams and emphasizes the marked differences between old stock and improved breeds.
A letter from Christian county Ky notes Osage orange hedges fail as fences if not properly planted, tended, and cut back. It argues most hedges lack uniform planting, continual cultivation, and thickening at the base, and warns hogs can still breach fences despite hedge efforts.
The text discusses in winter fowl demand and keeping pullets for eggs and sale. It notes many townspersons buy chickens in fall to hatch and raise for winter egg production, but warns feeding and care mistakes cause failures. Emphasizes securing early hatched birds for winter laying.
The passage argues chickens are sacrificed to an unreliable market but notes improvements. Better fowls are now kept and cared for, as the rural economy’s poultry sector gains understanding and appreciation of its true value.
A Fitchburg Massachusetts farmer, Augus tus Whitman, runs a substantial and elegant dairy setup. His barns are new and well finished with slate roofs, while he steams all winter fodder in two large iron cylinders. The herd is mostly short horn, with animals rivaling the best. daily rations include corn fodder, cat hay, ground corn meal, cotton-seed meal, and wheat bran totaling two bushels per cow plus five pounds of dry hay at a cost of 21.46 cents per head.
An Arkansas correspondent to the American Farm Journal argues mules are superior to horses for general farm use. Mules are ready for light work at age three, live about thirty years, and outproduce three horses in one mule’s lifetime. Fire more feed savings than horses, with significant cost advantages totaling over a thousand dollars over an animal’s working life. The piece contends mules are tougher, less finicky with food, and can handle heavier loads and longer hardship.
A fragment from a historical column urges smoking wounds with wool to ease inflammation and claims twenty minutes of wool smoke removes pain. It also advises oiling boots monthly with castor oil and lamp-black to waterproof leather, and keeping lime water for fowls by pouring hot water over quicklime, then skimming clear.
Readable snippets advise using borax mixed in water to scour tins and old fabrics, a recipe for Masx Bisourr a milk mush lard yeast mix overnight then bake, and urges women to keep careful household accounts while teaching children to manage money. It notes finishing guidance about half access to the crush and leaving three.
A Country Gentleman article advises on hot weather pickling using cayenne pepper and molasses with four to five pounds of mixture for four to five pounds of meat, and three and a half pounds for cold weather, noting tender beef when stewed. It also cites Grace Glenn on hot bread as a major digestive issue, contrasting with German customs of bread aging and favoring unleavened bread as unobjectionable.
A Scribner January piece critiques the rise of fake fireplaces and defective recalls of old hearths. It laments fashionable but insincere renovations that mimic warmth with gas and asbestos logs while despising true coal and real fire. The essay contrasts harsh realities of poor households with wealthy pretensions.
An anecdote from Curran the Irish wit shows him in a box at the French Opera interpreting between an Irish noblewoman and a young French lady. The interpreter, misreading thoughts as dialogue, prompts a kiss scene that shocks the Irishwoman and leaves Curran withholding the meaning of the French girl’s sudden ardor.
The Boss values personal recognition and uses memory to gain influence. In Albany Tweed greeted a writer warmly and renewed acquaintance, feigning interest in his daughter. Philadelphia New Year's Day crowds witnessed a display of his social power, surprising many citizens.
Correspondence reports the Prince of Wales and party guiding elephant drives near Ruanwella Ceylon. After hours of stalking, the prince fires in rapid succession, wounding a tusker and another elephant as beaters and natives watch anxiously through dense jungle. The chase ends with the elephant wounded and felled by the royal shot.
The Prince hunted an elephant with Oingalese and Europeans, severed the animal’s tail as a trophy, then returned drenched and cheering to Avisawella. At Hanvele he recounted the river journey stumble to Governor Gregory and party, before a carriage crash near a bridge left occupants unhurt and laughing.
Meriden Mississippi Mercury recalls Lee Belk life risking tale as Benson brothers killed him. In Texas he faced vengeful pursuers after a show incident. He hid in a lion's den, key from a cage keeper, riding seventeen miles inside the cage to escape. Royal blaze of brave, fatal end amid a brutal pursuit.
In Bennington Vermont a family woke to an over wound clock and misread moonlit dimness causing a mistaken pre dawn breakfast and a chilly vigil as neighbors confirmed it was only midnight. A Canary was taught to sing Home Sweet Home by mirror cue and a music box, earning suitors in Reading, Pennsylvania.
An anecdote from J. B. Lippincott describes Horace Vernet riding from Versailles to Paris by rail with two women who knew him. They teased him about his appearance and age until, in the St Cloud tunnel, the trio were enveloped in darkness and Vernet reacted in defense of his dignity.
In Newport a woman reappears after forty years claiming to be the lawful wife of a man who had remarried. She asserts a divorce, while the husband cites a prior divorce as final. The tale unfolds with a second marriage, accumulated modest wealth, and now a clash over rights as wife number two seeks recognition.
The Mafiosi of Sicily form loose bands that rarely operate on highways, gathering for planned robberies then dispersing. They extort blackmail from the wealthy, offer protection in return, and uphold vendettas against outsiders while resembling Scottish border reivers and English unions in certain traits.
Incomplete OCR fragment recalls a crowded walk near City Hall with voices and uncertain dialogue about payment and a cajoling remark. Names and clear actions are unreadable, leaving a hazy impression of a public gathering or street conversation.
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