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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1860
Page
4
A newspaper page excerpt thanks local figures for seed potatoes and corn, praises the Illinois Farmer journal, laments a plant-order taken, and endorses hedge alternatives. It also mentionsJs. Woorrrrr, M. B. Dexwas, and Jos. H. Stewart with plans for landscape work and garden improvements.
The excerpt describes planting about nine acres of corn with trenched ground and double plowing. It details drilling with a machine, cultivating as plants grow, washing and weeding to one stalk per foot, and maintaining thorough cultivation to reduce weeds. Yields were over seventy bushels per acre, with one field reaching 115 bushels with heavy manuring and rotten compost.
Visitors describe Girzx and Teast greenhouse wonders with geraniums roses verbenas and prize pinks. Panseys priced near twenty dollars a gold piece and a broad variety of outdoor suitable plants are highlighted. The Isle’s room on Maine east of Fifth street invites buyers from city and countryside to purchase home grown plants and avoid disappointment.
The article outlines plant groups by growth and hardiness, naming Axwcats and other categories, and provides soil, manure, sowing times, and methods for obtaining early blooms. It advises sowing hardy seeds mid April, half hardy early May, and tender after mid May, with early flowering by March pots and warm greenhouse forcing for earlier transplanting.
In gardening notes from Gardner's Monthly, advice covers soil quality, manure depth, and the timing of planting. It emphasizes not working soil when wet, using moderately rich soil, hardening bedding plants before set out, and watering and tamping soil after planting. It warns against overfertilizing and shallow or deep sowing for annuals to avoid failed germination and pad.
A fragmented health note advises saving eggs and fixing nests now. It urges removing all but nest eggs daily, keeping them dry to prevent chilling, and placing tobacco near hens to deter vermin as they brood.
A cautionary note warns against actions that seek long term gains for others, suggesting it may waste time and money. The fragment implies a skeptical view of efforts whose full benefits may never be realized by the actor.
Gardner's Monthly describes adding a small amount of lime sulphite to cider in a barrel. As fermentation begins acetic acid forms and reacts with lime, releasing sulfurous acid to halt fermentation. The lime salt remains largely inert at the bottom until needed, aiding controlled artisanal fermentation while keeping cider cold and air-excluded.
An old Ohio farmer offers practical wisdom about seasonally dividing work, stressing fall plowing and winter water tasks, thorough soil preparation for spring crops, and avoiding overplanting. He warns against farming too much land and urges careful tending of small crops to avoid muddy pasture conditions.
A fragment discusses a folk remedy involving equal parts black pepper salt sulphur and saltpetre made into a paste applied to the upper lip after rubbing with a cob. It claims a 5 to 10 minute hold and mentions Bot Ohio Cultivator in the odd wording.
A dubious note cites Isaac Maxon in a medical column claiming a nostrum of spirits of turpentine assafestida sulphur alcohol and beaver nut with castor used in one ounce each. Applied with a feathered quill into the nostrils daily, it allegedly guarantees safety in any social setting.
A reader recounts a simple grape propagation technique from Gardner's Monthly. By rooting a single grape eye in soil and layering it along a trench, then burying the base and tying growth, the planter obtained long, vigorous vines and a bountiful fruit crop without harming the young plant. The method suits strong vines and may require removing the first bunch for deeper covering with short jointed varieties.
A reader praises Cassell's Illustrated Family Bible and notes its large type and marginal references. The review compares its size and engraving quality to Shakspeare and Bordell's Bible, calling it the Book of Books and requesting Part 1 from the publishers.
A city resident defends German Americans as reform-minded and republican in spirit. He argues Democrats have not changed, denounces mob rule and southern kidnappers, and urges Germans in free states to back Seward for the presidential nomination, predicting widespread support if electoral votes were at stake.
A column argues Republicans celebrate martyrs and bloodshed, while decrying opposition as cowardly. It cites figures from California and historical martyrs to claim the party’s principles endure, contrasting it with derision from opponents and asserting the enduring influence of martyrdom as political inspiration.
The English champion Tom Sayers has been engaged by an American speculator to give exhibitions in major US cities after the Heenan fight. The engagement is settled and will not be broken, regardless of the contest outcome. The piece argues such brutality should end and cautions against turning prize fighting into national pride or civilized sport.
The piece notes representative Logan near the anti polygamy vote on Nelsons bill in Utah with Keitt and Logan among those in favor. It comments on political alliances and calls out Logan for duties to catch fugitive slaves. It also reviews Luther Haven's Sixth Annual Report on education and modern school discipline, Chicago schools, Cassells Popular Natural History and a brief note on the Pony Express versus iron horse progress.
Sunshiny dispatch from Wasurxcrox dated April 6 1800 reports the Charleston Convention looming with Republicans seeking a strong nominee and platform to secure victory. It notes active figures Douglas Seward and Wade McLane as favored names, railroad push, and Democratic resistance to foreign-born voters via Homestead reform. The letter argues for settler prosperity and independence through farming, contrasting GOP prudence with Democratic ambitions.
A Herald critique ridicules rival figures and vote tallies for fall and spring elections. It notes discrepancies between reported totals, questions census implications for Quincy, and mocks a speech by a lawyer nicknamed Judge Ford while comparing Democratic rhetoric to slave state sentiments.
A Pennsylvania woman who sent her son to Europe to secure a bequeathed Belgian property learns he survived illness and robbery, rose through Europe to wealth, married in England, and returns with plans to reunite with his mother in the north before sailing back to Europe. The tale unfolds from Petersburg Press reports of a widow, her bearded visitor, and a remarkable family reunion.
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