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Newspaper
Marshall Messenger
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1876
Page
7
The poem contrasts ages and time through images of Mamie and Grandma as a child reflects on seventy years. It speaks of a bubbling fount and ebbing tide, a morning beam, a bud and blossom in decay, and faces with a defiant smile and grace. Time’s tricks reveal hoped for fate and distant mysteries.
The true path to success in sheep breeding is to keep the best animals and provide nutritious food at all times. Avoid extreme feeding, use August to September rye pastures for fall and winter grazing, allow outdoor access, and keep feeding racks under cover. Prioritize roomy sheds, proper grading, and root crops for winter cattle and sheep.
The piece argues butter imports from France fill a New York market due to scarcity of attractive small consumer blocks. It contrasts French butter’s price and quality with domestic product, noting dairymen receive varying prices and praising careful milking, handling, and churning. It urges readers to recognize the value of well-made, shapely butter.
The article argues for meticulous, humane care of work animals, stressing warm shelter, consistent feeding, and protection from harsh winds to maintain health, endurance, and longevity. It warns against overindulgence while noting reserved power in animals and the value of good husbandry in emergencies.
The article stresses avoiding overfeeding and mixing old and young stock, to prevent runts or stunts. It recommends prioritizing appetite, regular feeding, neatness in sheep housing, proper manure management in cattle versus horses, clean stables with disinfectants, and ample exercise for all stock, especially colts and steers, to showcase farm prowess.
A collage of recipe instructions for baking velvet, stewing tripe, steaming sweet potatoes, Graham gems, mock pigeons, crème custard, and sweet bread. Includes a note on Gra ham flour muffins and cautions about peppering medical claims with Gargling Oil. Ends with humorous quips about oatmeal lifting and a soap sample offer.
A new South American cereal called Pampas or Upland Rice is shown in Agricultural Hall. Grown in Michigan since 1872, it yields 75 to 150 bushels per acre, tolerates ripening with corn, grows seven to eight feet tall, and forms seven to eight inch kernels. It will be sold mail order in small packets for 50 cents per bushel equivalent. three packs for a dollar. Additional machinery exhibits include heat loss and condensation prevention devices for boilers and steam pipes.
A Perugia letter portrays a count married to a Bonaparte princess as rich yet unpopular, sowing and selling grain and profiting without generosity. His brother, murdered on a road after similar self interested trading, exemplifies this noble class. The Price del Dango of Rome, connected to the Spanish king, runs oil and wine sales through shops and rentals, a notably money minded tradesman.
The note describes Sir John Lubbock’s Nature paper on the rapid metamorphosis of a Mayfly from a larva, observed under a microscope. It groups the insect’s quick emergence with other notes on tobacco branding, electric batteries for skin relief, cattle care, flavor extracts, and a Texas Land agency ad. The final line mentions Abdul Aziz buying parrots.
A local exchange over rent ends with a man renting a house for nine people and a menagerie. The tale highlights nearby amenities including flat irons, coffee, tea, flour, sugar, and a schoolyard load of wood. An ad touts Juniper Tar Soap from Coswell, Hezard & Co. as genuine.
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