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Newspaper
Mineral Point Tribune
Location
Mineral Point, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1901
Page
7
A long extract of miscellaneous rural observations from a Rockford Iowa source covers animal trading jokes about mules and a farmer, discussions of education and progress, quotes on scripture forgiveness, remarks on Florida oranges, Alaskan timber, livestock, and agricultural practices. It touches on Boer War supplies, Panama isthmus water plans, and prairie conditions with scattered anecdotes and questions.
The author discusses cover crops like cornstalks and straw to protect soil, notes ducks avoid a lake due to carp destroying celery, and reflects on education for a hired girl. He urges sending a boy to agricultural school, compares flies and pests, and mentions Alaska Yukon agriculture, prairie crops, and poultry dressing losses in a western establishment.
Uncle Bill and O'Fallon mockingly discuss missionary work and ransom, arguing home efforts may yield more fruit. They joke about Miss Stone and Bulgarian bandits, while the editor muses on freeing her and keeping the paper solvent.
New York court hears Mrs Mary Crowther seek $8 weekly alimony and $70 counsel fees from Thomas Crowther amid claims she has been wed and divorced seven times. Judge Leventire notes past dissolutions and pending separa tion while affidavits recount temper and alleged beer glass incident.
The text contrasts the relentless pace of modern business with the slower, deliberate life of a village blacksmith. It notes the loss of life’s pleasures under high pressure, and observes how a modern artist misinterpreted the blacksmith’s image, missing the realities of church, family, and community.
The article urges farm institutes as key knowledge centers where practical farmer experiences outrank theory. It highlights farmers who excel in clover, corn fields, and poultry as real witnesses whose detailed success stories can educate others. It also praises individual contributions from women and families as valuable learning examples for the community.
The author reflects on earlier frontier farming, noting blunders from chasing grain instead of stock. They warn that distant rail access fosters costly hard choices and argue for producing essentials locally rather than aiming for grain-centered farming on remote land.
A farmer reports planting two crops on 20 square rods after removing a two year strawberry bed. He harvested 75 quarts of strawberries worth 7.50, three pecks of string beans worth 3, corn worth 4, potatoes worth 20, and turnips sold at 10. This yielded 44 total from one eighth of an acre, about 25 per acre, challenging the idea that larger land is required to earn a living.
A Buffalo Commercial report from London recounts a semi formal reception where Mr. Choate wore plain attire. A guest asked for a cordial, mistaking Choate for a different dignitary, prompting an exchange in which Choate gently quipped he would have called him a cad if politeness had prevailed.
The article notes investors backed by capital fear rising taxes on properties while courts in Illinois uphold a law boosting corporate assessments. It mentions pressure from corporate interests and a potential but unlikely move of reincorporation or withdrawal to other states.
London Standard laments elephant persecution by sportamerts and others. It notes elephants remain widespread but threatened as habitat shifts and human encroachment grow. The piece traces elephant history from Mastodon to modern African and Indian species, comparing sizes, tusks, and resilience across regions.
The editor notes that taxation of corporations and franchises is among the toughest issues for legislative bodies. It also reflects that early public utilities like gas water electric lighting and street railway systems were seen as vital objectives in American community development.
Dr Joseph Dunn, expected to succeed Dr Richard Hennebry as professor of Gaelic at the Catholic University of Washington, is a Yale graduate. He is taking a special course in Gaelic from Dr Robinson of Harvard, a renowned Gaelic scholar, and has been a respected instructor in Romance languages at the Catholic University.
A Birmingham proposal aims to raise a memorial to Cardinal Newman. The centenary of his birth this year prompts Dr Eam Oratory to issue a circular. The superior notes that over fifty years have passed since the Oratory was founded in Birmingham and a rebuild is proposed to meet demand for more space.
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