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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1879
Page
4
A lyrical celebration of a tree spreading its branches through seasons and gifts for the Christmas tide. The poem evokes children, angels, and a manger scene as radiant beams announce the holiday season.
A narrator recalls a mythic maid who laughs at love and runs a race for glory. A wealthy rival approaches as the maid questions fate and a bold claim to never surrender. The speaker seizes a moment of chosen certainty before the clasp can break.
A fourteen year old boy recounts a bleak Christmas in a snowed‑in dugout with scarce food and kind neighbors. Santa gifts arrive down the chimney, revealing a hidden benefactor and a family renewal powered by faith. The following year brings prosperity and a surprising revelation about the neighbor Mother Cripsey.
The chief end of a hog is the weight and quality of the carcass with value tied to fattening. Tess feed gains should come in warm weather, with pasture and water prior to full feed to rapid flesh gain. Diet shifts from grass to concentrated feed as cold weather nears, and a varied diet supports health. farmers should have summer crops on hand for growing swine.
Western farmers estimate pork from ten bushels of corn, but fattening results improve with mixed feeds. New England use bran and vegetables with gradual meal increases. In the West pigs graze on cattle feed leavings. England employs varied feeds including slops and grass. Authors argue for cooked foods, diet variety, regular feeding, and shelter to maintain swine health and fattening efficiency.
A collection of practical notes on thrift in farming and cooking. Includes a cake recipe using sugar sour milk and cream of tartar, soup stock guidance, thoughts on industrious work ethic, and a controversial pig medicine dosing method suggested by Prof. McBride.
A receipt records high praise for the Gilt-Edge Butter Maker from an Irish dairy farmer renowned for superb butter. London dealers bought it for export to India, with trials by top butter makers confirming quality. Price 25 cents per package, available through storekeepers.
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