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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1881
Page
3
A lyrical dated confession about moonlight, wishes, and signs from daisies and a four-leaf clover. The speaker recalls a hidden longing, guarded by the moon, and hints at a past maid named Marguerite, with a reflective, melancholy tone.
Cyrus Deane plots to foreclose the mortgage on Jerry Deane and take the farm while Miss Mahala Truffett tries to curb unjust hard bargaining. Jerry and Louie endure strain as Cyrus faces moral choices and a looming deadline.
A village tale unfolds from an inn scene where Miss Mahala and Mrs. Deane clash over money and meals. Cyrus Deane, once greedy, is later aided by his homeless brother who inspires repentance and a charitable turn toward the community.
The piece extols a capable housekeeper who preps for hot days by finishing spring sewing and repairs, leaving only tasks like canning and harvesting. It urges planning margins for unforeseen burdens, better work rooms with shelves and cool spaces, and for husbands to support time-saving facilities to avoid fatigue and disarray.
A New York Islander correspondent details the Michigan forest fire across Huron Sascola and Sanilac counties. The smoke hung over Port Huron and Lake Huron with a sun like a red disk, while tens of thousands of birds and numerous insects perished on the waters. Farmers faced ruin as acres burned to the roots, fences and barns vanished, and a farmer named Carr lost his entire livelihood leaving bare ground. A family escaped by abandoning a wagon to reach safety as the blaze roared forward with a wind-driven wall of flame and dense smoke.
A private letter from an American woman in England reports a garden party at Baroness Bardett-Bartlett-Coutts where rain sent guests to the conservatory. She notes the Baroness in brown satin with few jewels, her husband described as very agreeable, and the Baroness seemingly unbothered by royal gossip.
In Wilmington area farming on the line of the Wilmington and Northern Rail road George Thompson agreed last winter to sell his peach share to LB B Allen for a horse and sleigh valued at 150 dollars. After search two peaches were found one delivered to Dr. Lea Cummins and the other to Allen. The Mountain Rose peach made the unusual barter noteworthy.
Advertisements and light humor fill the page citing St Jacobs Oil for rheumatism and Chamberlain remedies, Hop Bitters, Kidney-Wort, and Dr. Pierce pills. It notes a Boston disaster hint and witty quips about weather prophets and board fences, reflecting period commercial and comic items.
A Cincinnati Enquirer horse story describes a Canadian draft horse recognizing and licking the shoulder of a chest in the stable as owner Mr A Fouliman returns, while the scene references Sr Jacobs Oil used in the stables. The tale highlights the horse's learned behavior and interaction with the chest.
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