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Newspaper
Marshall Messenger
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1875
Page
7
A short reflective poem urges a weary soul to rest from sighing and counting time. It contrasts fleeting days with a dream of starry treasure and quiet sleep by a lone stream.
The text explains wool quality assessment from shoulder to rump and defines what constitutes an even fleece by fineness length and density. It also outlines farming cost accounting including depreciation, seed and manure charges, labor costs, and crediting farm outputs and improvements.
A practical article presents a DIY portable fence with X shaped uprights using oak or pine uprights and rails. It explains assembly steps, nail types, spacing, and how to adapt for larger livestock or calves, claiming strength, low cost, and easy rapid setup for temporary enclosures.
A discussion on farm accounting argues that charges should include lawful interest on capital invested taxes and depreciation in value from use. It uses an example where a man invests 10000 in land and outlines the initial charges and accounting concepts.
John Gee argues in American Farmer that introducing pure bred rams into Maryland flocks will raise fleece weight by about one half pound annually, especially with Spanish Merino ewes. He urges farmers to adopt heavier, more fertile farming with fewer grain crops and more sheep, noting long term gains from a thriving Merino program.
Eight cups flour and four cups warm water with one cup yeast two cups rye meal six tablespoons molasses and salt rise overnight then cook in rings Rye Drop-Caxes mix rye meal four tablespoons flour two eggs four pints milk teaspoon salt beat and bake for 20 minutes Squashe Farrrens mash squash one egg two cups milk or buttermilk one teaspoon soda flour to griddle consistency
Southern Californian describes the blue crane or heron of California as a useful field sentinel aiding farmers by hunting gophers and blackbirds, with a sharp bill that skewers pests and a solitary stance in alfalfa fields. It urges protecting the bird and discouraging sport destruction.
The Zenith balloon of the French Aerial Navigation Society carried five passengers on a 28 hour flight from Paris to near Bordeaux. They record air currents, a nocturnal halo around the moon, and a cool breeze at low altitude. Four pigeons were sent aloft. none returned. Estimates of balloon costs and materials are provided with a planned autumn attempt to cross the Atlantic.
In Macready’s Reminiscences a kite carriage is described as a square box on wheels drawn by three tall kites. The device, sighted near Stonehenge in 1824 and again five years later, used a grappling iron anchor and pulled by lines to navigate. Macready notes no public notice of the experiments despite successful trials. Kenealy, famed Tichborne claimant counsel, plans a lecture tour to this country.
A Coleridge verse appears in Children’s Corner about birds expressing love. It contrasts sparrow and dove silence in winter with the lark’s constant song of love as leaves bloom and spring returns. The poem notes birds’ singing and the joyous refrain I love my love and my love loves me.
A Medici Palace snow scene sparks young Michael Angelo’s spark for sculpture. The aspiring artist carves a head from a frozen faun, earns Lorenzo de Medici’s praise, and defies his austere relatives. His future as the great master unfolds through monumental works at Florence, Rome, and St. Peter’s.
French journalist Jehean Walter recounts famous jewel robberies including the Dudley diamonds hoax at the Church of Loretto and the 20 000 pound diamond theft from Queen Hortense. He notes Bonaparte’s hesitance, the diamonds swapped for glass, and the Marquis de Maubreuil’s disgraceful conduct during the Second Empire.
During an inquest in Birmingham England a policeman stabbed in a street riot was treated at Queen's Hospital. Students applied digital compression to the common carotid to slow bleeding for 33 hours then 17 more hours before tying the artery. The patient died.
An Indian hunter begs for a coin after a street encounter and travels to a lumber yard where tribe members hold up a picture paper. He fires at his beloved draw poke but misses, still clearly hungry as he sits with a scalp-lock and eyes the crowd.
A Science Gossip writer reports four viper bites on his hand last summer with only swelling slight discoloration and numbness as effects. Remedies were hot water baths then oil. Fontana's 6 000 experiments estimate one grain of poison per bite, three grains to kill. The viper must bite multiple times to exhaust poison and a single bite is not fatal.
Carr Mrpooporski a Russian officer and his subaltern Tyrodof rode from St Petersburg to Moscow in nine days. The captain rode a gray seven year old stallion and Tyrodof rode a bay horse from the Don country. They arrived in Moscow in good condition despite severe weather.
W Linton holds a model bark crafted from Cadmus timbers the ship Laf ayette sailed to the United States in 1824. The Cadmus, later sold as unseaworthy, became a store ship and was broken up in 1856. A fragment of her remains was used to build the model, including deck and cabin elements tied to Lafayette, reflecting naval architecture of the era.
A wealthy merchant’s home furnishings including silk dresses and a girl’s trundle bed were sold at auction after a trusted visitor enticed his wife and ten year old daughter away to Europe. The distraught husband sold belongings in despair and fled abroad.
A Persian correspondent reports the shah's daughter wed January 26 to the Iman Jumeh of Teheran. Public opinion links the match to royal ties with the priesthood. The wedding featured a veiled bride, gold-like décor, candlelit processions, illuminated walls, and fireworks. A grand artillery salvo and celebrations followed in the great square.
The excerpt recalls Cato in the Roman Senate rising in a box to reveal a ripe fig from Carthage and a scribbled manuscript as a cautionary tale. It notes the imagery and the spectacle that would have sparked Rome to demand Carthage’s destruction.
Mrs. Ford aged fifty six, famed for extreme size, weighed about 600 pounds at death. She had been bed-fast thirteen years and died in her Hamilton street residence. Police intervened as crowds of neighbors gathered to view the body laid out in a coffin as large as a cart.
On the 12th instant, the former leader Thiers marked his 79th year with public notices and acknowledgments from circles of politics and journalism.
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