07 Aug 1879
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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1879
Page
1
A reflection poem describes a blue-eyed pet with golden hair on a knee as the shore breaks and a mother’s child drifts to sleep. The sea roars and lashes the coast while the small creature rests quiet and close. The speaker muses on time and fate as tides and dreams intertwine.
In a reflective tale, Caroline Hudson recalls a secret long held for years. She reunites with John Grant after his failed engagement to Mary Keating and a period apart, leading to a decision to marry near Ashford. They face future trials with trust and love.
North Carolina farmers profitably raise silkworms and ship cocoons to France. E Fasnach of Raleigh sent two bales to Marseilles, each over 100 pounds, selling for 32 francs per kilogram. Freight was under $3 per cwt. Eggs fetch $3.50 to $4 per ounce abroad. Brokers in New York offer $1.50 to $2 per pound for cocoons. If home production expands with a fair reeling profit, private capital will invest.
An account describes Verdi dam on the California Nevada line with a fishway that fails to let mountain trout pass. Fishermen set planks blocking the path, trapping fish forced to leap the dam while hooks and grabs yield brutal death struggles. The narrator recalls a cold dawn hunt for a moose after catching a bull.
A narrator describes a serene autumn evening in the woods watching a moose, noting the sunset turning to night, the crescent moon and stars, and the intense quiet that heightens perception. He reflects on sunrise, nature waking, and the hypnotic stillness during a hunter’s vigil with Indian calls in the trees.
A gaunt man enters a restaurant seeking coffee and bread but is told a full dinner costs fifty cents. The waiter insists the price covers a complete meal, while the man recalls a lighter bite elsewhere. The exchange ends with the promise of a solid square meal for fifty cents.
The red spider is a minor yet numerous threat to fruit trees, especially young ones. A common control involves mixing flour of sulphur with greasy water and syringing leaves to make the pest abandon them. The hot dry country favors its spread, making open-air management worthwhile.
In late summer 1796 George Washington, nearing retirement, returned to Valley Forge to observe the scene of past trials. An elderly farmer recalled Washington in plain dress with a servant asking about agriculture and neighbors, noting Washington’s changed appearance. Washington expressed satisfaction at seeing fields recover, then departed for the city, marking his final visit to Valley Forge.
Judge recounts a rousing Iowa summer of prairie life with rattlesnakes, a Monastery Irish community, and Litton the innkeeper. The narrator witnesses a rattler bite, treats the victim with whisky, and recalls snakes, chickens, and a playful local myth about snake bite cures.
An old fragment covers a prankish schoolyard rattling scare on a prairie district, a notorious Irish trickster, a grim snake caper, and a village wake where a frilled nightgown becomes a haunted dress. The piece shifts to a county Donegal ghost tale of a miserly aunt and her shroud, then random local scenes including a mine option, and a frosty morning warning at a stove.
The article details Meyers and Moon's game dinners with prices from five dollars to twenty dollars depending on wine and courses. It notes five course arrangements including soup bass and potatoes partridge and fried potatoes woodcock salad and coffee. It also discusses Saratoga black bass and white bait lore with Belmont and Lorillard cited.
The article lists woods by density noting most are heavier than water. It names Dutch box Indian cedar ebony lig numvite mahogany heart of oak pomegranate and vine with lignumvite being one third heavier. Cork and poplar are identified as the lightest woods with specific gravities .24 and .83 respectively.
A group of brethren recalls feats of strength in a South Street shop. A lean man boasts lifting over 200 pounds, another claims lifting a 500 pound woman, a small man bears down on a ton of ore, and Jimmy describes lifting a hotel foundation during the Walker House construction. The tale ends as the proprietor lashes the scene with doubt and fatigue.
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