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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1892
Page
5
A fragment of a poem titled The Fortune Teller portrays a gypsy reading the speaker's future. The speaker imagines a husband and a life of wealth and comfort, with wishes of a cottage or castle and a protected, content future.
A collection of recipes including Cocoanut Jumbles Indian Pudding Pot Pie Plain Cake Macaroons Sweet Potato Tarts Peppermint Drops with measurements and cooking steps for each dish presented in plain instruction style. Quantities vary, with instructions on mixing baking times and temperatures.
A prescriptive essay urges readers to cultivate bold good will starting at home to charm others. It argues polite behavior begins with affection for family, then spreads to encompass friends and society, shaping character through daily courtesy and inner resolve.
A former Austin to Eureka stage line tale recalls a bold old maid who lunged at a highway robber, tackled Harry Blossom, and won $1200 in rewards. A later incident features a young schoolteacher who shoots an attacker, guiding the coach to safety and earning a quick ride to Eureka.
The Quitman Free Press shares two jokes about lawyers. One targets Judge Jim Guerry of Dawson with a dying man who declines a lawyer to finance the case. The other features a farmer on his deathbed who says he dies content between two thieves. Readers are urged to renew subscriptions and recruit new subscribers.
A profile of Justice Caleb Cushing of the Massachusetts Supreme Court highlights his voracious learning routine. He read fifty seven volumes in nineteen days upon appointment, studied every relevant pamphlet, and even corrected Webster’s Dictionary. Known for precise time management and tireless work, he engaged diverse sources for knowledge and could converse with foreign ministers in their languages.
A string of humorous exchanges unfolds among family and guests. Topics range from marriage money and parental queries to animals, college life, and tall tales. The snippets mix quips about dignity, headaches, and odd anecdotes, ending with a child requesting tales about giants.
An amateur farmer tours a large farm and considers buying after judging soil and machinery. He notes a tiny spring and declares it a serious flaw, insisting springs kill crops. The old man resists with a wry smile as the buyer stalks away, believing he outsmarted a slick seller.
A reforming teacher ignores a boy’s bad-boy label and assigns him a back-row seat. Thomas rises to be diligent, earns a good conduct prize, and later salutes Miss E as his best friend, tipping his hat and greeting her in the street.
A New Yorker recalls a Brazil visit where a circus manager proclaimed a grand moral show but delivered a brazen fake. The audience left muttering and the show king faced fraud charges, with the Poo Bah meticulously tallying each discrepancy from the advertised performance.
The man faced fines totaling $1,000 and a year in prison for offenses tied to an advertisement. He is currently serving his sentence. As he was escorted away he quipped that the people there have no concept of poetic license, a notion he believes true.
Mr A W Hathaway spoke at the Farmers Institute in New Florence about the old cow. He extols its value from milk to beef and leather, urges kinder treatment, proper housing and feeding, and details ration components and albuminoid to carbohydrate ratios. He shares methods to break a heifer to milk and notes the Alliance officers’ travel expense arrangements.
Communications intended to be addressed to Captain, chairman in Raleigh North Carolina, care of treasurer. By order of the Taroative Committee, W.S8. ae teas.
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