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Newspaper
Marshall Messenger
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1876
Page
7
The poem recalls a youthful romance set beside a mill stream with blackbirds singing and sheep bells tolling. It contrasts warm summer memories and the smile of a first love with aging frost and lost days, yet notes lingering joy in winter.
Rural notes describe a Duchess Farmer method to keep butter fresh for a year. Mix brine with sugar and saltpeter, boil, cool, strain, roll butter in muslin, submerge in a jar with weight, ensuring four inches of brine coverage in summer to exclude air and maintain sweetness.
The piece stresses careful handling of farm horses, noting their work cycles, need for gradual workload increases, and steady exercise during slack periods. It recommends pasture access, gradual diet changes from dry to green feed, and caution to prevent colic and stiffness after hard work.
The farmer improves poultry and stock to gain higher returns. Proper care includes fresh water, clean quarters with lime, dust baths, and grass runs. Asiatic breeds such as Light or Dark Brahmas and Buff Cochins mature early and crossbreeding increases size and market value.
The passage details building a brick cistern with a curved partition, a layered packing of gravel sand charcoal and sand, and a receiving pipe arranged to avoid splashing. It claims the system yields purer water than springs or wells and allows replacement of packing when fouled.
A correspondent shares a practical cheese making method for home use. Steps include preparing rennet and salt, milking into pails, cutting curd, draining, scalding, and heating to about 98 to 100 degrees, then pressing and curing with daily turning and buttering to keep flies away.
The Colorado Farmer in Denver argues that educated farmers gain advantage in good and bad times. It says those who adopt improvements early and harvest large crops cheaply will fare best when markets tighten. It warns that business farmers should not quit now due to likely future losses.
Old household notes describe greasing wool, making tomato jelly pies and canning tomatoes. Instructions cover peeling and cooking tomatoes, sealing in tin cans with wax, and storing in a cool cellar for winter use. Contains steps for jelly from cabbage and methods to open wax-sealed cans.
The Chicago Exposition showcases fashion and art collaborations amid Western Supremacy Illustrated coverage highlighting design, textiles and visual culture on display.
The Chicago Times lauds Charles Gossage & Co at the Centennial Exposition. It praises their crystal pavilion showing 20 complete toilets and rich dress goods, noting superior taste, color harmony, and refined styling that elevate feminine attire beyond Philadelphia's offerings.
An English inventor patents a canvas fire escape for upper floors with a fixed iron rim and drop shoot. The design uses a win dow attachment and adjustable descent. The piece follows a centuries long run of Merchant's Gargling Oil, a familiar patent medicine whose wide advertising and large sales are noted.
A collage of short notices includes health remedies for skin ailments and rheumatism, an ad touting Juniper Tar Soap. references to Pompeii skeleton findings with jewelry spoils. promotion for The Geo. D. Bissell Co. and Robbin's Washer. Sheridan's Cavalry Condition Powders for horses. Dobbins' Electric Soap sample offer. oyster prices in England. and a Welsh daily newspaper note.
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