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Newspaper
The Evening Star
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1872
Page
3
A fluid, impressionistic verse traces water from hills and brooks to rivers and seas, weaving nature images with romantic metaphors. It evokes dappled light, dew and flowers, the power of floods, and a celestial crown of sky as the water pledges its timeless flow.
A Arkansas man declared he would shoot an opponent and kept his pledge. He fled to Arkansas during the delay, then returned to prison to faces murder charges. The sheriff, astonished, observed the man had kept his word and returned before the court convened. The incident drew court and public sympathy, noted by the Bastrop Conservative.
An English observer describes Indian cottons and the famed Dacca muslins famed for their fine weave. He details Hindoo spinning methods using jawbone carding, iron rollers, and clay-weighted spindles. The piece then shifts to the reindeer, Lapland sledge animals prized for milk, meat, hides, and entire shelter and clothing uses.
A Jackson farmer named Fergus on Washington county became a lifelong bedbound case after his son obtained control of his property. He declared he would need care and then lay in bed for twenty years, shaving only at first, then fully waited on as an infant for the final fifteen years, despite good health and full faculties.
The piece notes an exceptionally harsh past winter with deep ground frost in Cleveland, widespread water scarcity, and damage to fruit trees like Bartlett pears. It cites cold extending into March, high stock-feeding due to forage, and warnings from Ohio Farmer about tree mortality. A separate local tip discusses preserving fence posts by turning them and tar branding to prevent decay.
A mix of home cooking notes and practical advice on foods, remedies, and watch cleaning. Remnants include bread making with coconut, currant raisin additions, cattle salt blocks, a cholera remedy from Dr Jeannes, and experiments on cooking temperatures. Also mentions ant destruction methods and a parrot anecdote about mistaken replies during prayers.
A fragmentary roster lists John Walliman Prest SAML William Bell Treasurer Edward Leahy Secretary W W Roberts T H McGeehix N Roff C H Bishop T C Campbell CP Webster Hon Alex Long John P Story G W Cormany John Brenner R H Flemming A J White Dr A M Brown Theo Schumaker Jacob Haas with other initials and roles.
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