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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1880
Page
2
A poet recounts waking from a dream where farm animals judge vanity and greed during a fruit council. The chairing goose and quarrelsome herd expose flaws as a lamb reflects on self-critique, warning that exposing others’ faults often reveals our own.
Jonathan Gunby recounts being pressed into serving as a Baltimore Convention delegate by friend Lawrence Arden. After a night at the Golden Angel he awakens beside a drover who is later found to have hanged himself in his sleep, and the landlord’s prank reveals Gunby slept beside a corpse he believed to be a threat. Gunby completes the trip and vows never to attend another convention.
A compilation of farming guidance includes watering baskets by immersion, a temperance recipe for mince pits, and the value of meticulous farm inventories. It also covers saltpeter use against squash pests, seed selection importance, and the soothing effect of a caring owner on livestock.
This piece argues that farming can pay if farmers work hard, invest in improvement, and follow practical guidance. It contrasts farmers with other trades during hard times, endorses paying as you go, and asserts agriculture remains healthy, honorable, and foundational to national welfare. It cites John Randolph and stresses disciplined effort for sustainable living.
The piece urges stock owners to personally tend their animals, noting hired hands often lack true care. It warns against trusting managers who beat or neglect stock and stresses owners’ daily, kind attention especially during winter storms for the best returns.
A longtime city area farmer tested oxen against horses for plowing manure hauling and other farm tasks. He found oxen, especially Devon breeds, more efficient, cost less to feed, require less care, and finish work sooner due to quicker turning and endurance in heat. He endorses reviving oxen use for new farms.
A humorous piece compares driving a stubborn hen to gender roles and household mishaps. It details a battle of wits between owner and hen, including failed calls, bribes, and physical pratfalls, ending with the hen escaping and returning home. Henry L. Shepard & Co. of Boston can pay a fractional debt, hinting at financial troubles.
An advertisement touts Gift-Rage Butter Maker promising 6 percent product increase and 20 percent quality gain, claiming distance from nonusers. It promotes investment and sales via grocers and stores with mail address for Butter Improvement Co. in Buffalo NY. A physician endorses Kidney Cure for Bright’s Disease and other kidney disorders, urging use. Reppina’s Russié Salve sold as anti inflammatory for joints. Frazer axle grease promoted as genuine.
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