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Newspaper
Millbrook Reporter
Location
Millbrook, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jan 11, 1894
Page
2
A brief lyric recalling a mother’s eyes that watched a child and shed tears for sin and mercy The speaker frames these eyes as a beacon of Heaven’s light reproving wrong and rewarding right The poem ends with a plea for the mother’s eyes to be present in life’s last hour
The piece argues that a parent’s behavior shapes a child more than words alone. It cites listening kindly to guests and masking faults over generosity as harmful. It stresses that visible reactions to wealth, status, or slights reveal true character to children.
Mark Twain portrays a precocious infant named Tom in sharp comic detail. The narrative traces his impossible temper and relentless demands, including dangerous tongs and repeated fits, as his caregiver Roxy endures constant irritation and chaos. The passage ends noting Twain’s attribution to the January Century.
A historical cooking column outlines parsnip soup with scraps of Graham bread and celery, plus Savory and Celery soups made from split peas and potatoes, and a Chestnut soup step by step. It emphasizes using young parsnips, milk or cream for consistency, and optional egg yolk garnish.
The passage describes cooking Italian chestnuts in boiling milk until tender, then mashing and straining to make a soup with milk and cream. It also details Vermicelli Soup with vegetable oysters celery onion parsnip carrot simmered in water, vermicelli cooked in milk, broth added, seasoned with salt and cream, then eggs beaten and stirred in before reheating.
A collection of old time recipes describes pork head cheese with sage and mustard, cocoanut pudding with eggs and cream, tongue toast with bread and egg, apple Charlotte with layered bread and apples, jam cake and rich fillings, drop dumplings with buttermilk, layer cake batter, and mince pies using pieplant when apples scarce.
Surgeon general Dr. Wyman warns of spreading leprosy across the United States amid cases in cities and districts. He urges immediate action, including a national leper hospital to segregate sufferers and protect the public, noting local authorities often resist due to fear and stigma. Louisiana could be swayed by such a plan.
Sir Arthur Sullivan of Pinafore fame is listed among subscribers to the Two Thousand Guineas of 1995. He has entered a colt named Skoptsi, bought at the late Lord Calthorpe's sale.
The 1721 Edinburgh case tells how William Shaw, an upholsterer, locked his daughter Catherine with her lover John Lawson. Catherine, declaring she preferred death to Robertson, killed herself after overheard pleas and Shaw’s confinement. Circumstantial evidence led to Shaw’s conviction and execution in Leith Walk, while a posthumous confession letter by Catherine later surfaced, prompting authorities to exonerate him and raise colors over his grave.
A Government survey party in New Brunswick chased a bull moose for over an hour through deep snow. Exhausted, the animal was pelted with snowballs by the men, who paused their pursuit and resumed their trek, leaving the moose to recover.
E W Highhouse of Pittsburg lives with a pyramid shaped hole in his left side after rib removal to treat pleurisy in 1889. The hole, exposing two thirds of the heart sac, remains open yet does not impede health beyond shortness of breath from partial left lung shrinkage. Medical demonstrations continue across the United States.
In brisk notes from Europe and beyond, figures like the Marquis of Breadalbane and the Empress of Russia appear amid reports on Port land finance, French politics, and social changes. Highlights include Nightingale’s age, museum Sundays, and a tale of a Siamese twin birth in Limoges.
Fragmentary report details widespread distress from floods and collapses in Ontario. It cites hospital strain, deaths in December, and relief actions by authorities and medical staff. Names appear scattered amid a chaotic scene of injuries, evacuations, and aid deliveries across affected towns.
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