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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1883
Page
4
A miscellany of notes mentions Texas land fit for sugar, silk culture in Tennessee, France’s debt versus the U.S., mining explosions, corn yields near Rome Georgia, and early use of numerals by Arabs. It also covers a chicken ventriloquist in Kentucky, a Missouri corn shucking feat, ancient catechisms, and feats by trained horses in England and England.
A gentleman stops at a tollgate and, after finding the keeper in the field, insists on paying the five cents directly. The gatekeeper praises his honesty, but an old man jokes that the visitor will steal before he leaves, adding a humorous twist to the tale from the Arkansas Traveller.
The passage explains that an Esquimaux refuses unwanted tasks not by saying no or citing pay but by claiming I have no boots. This polite pretext mirrors the phrase Not at home and should be accepted as a firm, courteous decline.
A German technique uses a 133 degree hot water dip to kill thrips and red spiders with a four second immersion. Plants suffer no damage if kept above 122 degrees and repeats possible for later emergents. The article notes uncertain fertilizer value of sawdust and its limited proven agricultural benefit beyond absorption and manure disintegration.
A New England Farmer writer notes cows digest meal poorly if fed alone. Meal bypasses the first two stomachs and goes to the third and fourth, reducing digestion and milk yield. Wetting and mixing meal with hay ensures digestion through the full stomachs, potentially increasing milk production.
A dairy note warns that over churning spoils butter texture and flavor by rubbing against churn walls and forming rancid acids. High temperatures or long storage before churning also ruin quality. White specks from overchurning or sour cream form curd and lime soap. coloring may mask faults but is condemned.
A London Garden article reprints A F Barron remarks from the North of Scotland horticultural society on dwarf stocks, pear grafting onto apples, and a hawthorn graft misread. It contrasts claims about calcareous soils, peach grafting on plum, and long grafted pears with observed results in this country. It also reports on a Japanese tea ceremony emphasizing exacting etiquette and ceremonial kneeling by host and guests.
In Kentucky a Home and Farm writer notes using sawdust in potato planting produced tubers that were larger and smoother than those without sawdust. The piece does not specify if the sawdust served as an absorbent.
The article discusses newly unearthed prophecies for the year, tracing Nostradamus lines about a lame French protector and a London mishap tied to Ester. It notes Easter aligning with Lady Day on March 15 and adds a self made prophecy that if two Sundays fall in one week, prophetic rhymes may come true.
Postoffice Inspector Pulsifer arrests Worthington postmaster James Cuisin on detaining mails after finding twenty six registered letters and large quantities of ordinary mail delayed up to eight weeks. Fire devastation includes Sol Bunnel’s Elmira hotel and stables with horses burned, Heaton's mill disaster in Trenton leading to a fatal injury, and other blazes at Belleville nail mill and New Haven Clock Company.
The Maryland State Temperance Alliance convention adopted resolutions urging submission of a prohibition constitutional amendment to the people of the state.
A panacea pitch touts Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery from the World’s Dispensary in Buffalo. It claims to cure liver ills and blood disorders, restore vigor, and benefit the sick and weary through a six story laboratory and a large staff. It warns against narcotics and cites famous founder Dr. Pierce, who left Congress for public service.
Frazer Axle Grease lasts two weeks per application while others fail in two to three days. Do not be misled by inferior brands. Request Frazer with the label. It saves horse labor and effort. It earned a first medal at the Centennial. Sold widely through dealers.
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