11 Jun 1868
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Newspaper
Summerside Journal
Location
Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Date
Jun 11, 1868
Page
1
A collage of humorous quips and morals from an older era. Topics range from a tomcat serenade and a bee misidentification to jury woes, fashion, and witty exchanges. Includes a tale of a clergyman, a minister’s advice on drinking, and Johnson on propriety.
In a letter to the editor the author revisits the bot issue in horses, recounting lore on bots from Youatt and Spooner, describing eggs laid on horse hairs and the larval path to the stomach. The piece questions whether bots are true worms and cites folk cures such as molasses, milk, tanner’s oil, potato juice, and spirits of turpentine as unproved or risky.
The text argues that farming provides all food and pleasure, yet requires labor to yield benefits. It claims husbandry makes people strong and brave, defends the nation, and that cultivated ground spurs science and virtue, while neglect brings loss to arts and learning. It praises farming as essential healthful work fostering generosity and patriotism.
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