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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1895
Page
5
Fragmentary lines recall a festive Corlernest day with songs of birds and memories tied to a long gone oak. The verse hints at past scenes fading yet reappearing like a scroll of life, with Christmas day shaping the mood and tides of reminiscence.
A household recipe section detailing a lean and young turkey stuffed with a sausage and truffle mix, roasted for three hours with butter and white wine, plus a plum cake method. Also includes a separate roast turkey stuffed with bread, onions, liver and heart, sage, thyme, and lard, roasted three hours and served with pan juices.
Practical advice for keeping hens healthy and productive. Warns against overworking a few to support others, advises killing drones, not feeding chicks for eight hours, and using lime dust. Recommends skim milk for hens and pigs, warns against cold water mixed corn meal, and cautions that dampness and lice kill young chicks. Emphasizes selecting a single breed and timing to raise pullets for next year.
A string of rustic Kentucky sketches from Lewis Carter Magoffin and Knott counties recounts frontier scenes. Tales include a planned marriage thwarted by rival, a drowning widow’s ghostly reminder, a plainspoken farmer’s stubborn wit, and a saloon-keeper’s hanging by a crowd. Interspersed are brief anecdotes and pithy quotes reflecting a rough, humorous regional voice.
Commodore Perry Owens, Apache county sheriff and former Winslow city marshal, a Quaker by background, discusses his career and the gunfights attributed to him. He recalls a 19th century arrest in Winslow where he shot at two suspects, killing one and injuring another, then left the scene. He notes his mother in Indiana reads reports with misunderstanding.
A colossal basalt ridge in the Oregon Cascades near the Columbia River, 10 to 12 kilometers long and 600 meters high, is slowly translating toward the river. Engineers note the railway line shifts toward the river as part of the mass descends, while geologists blame soft supporting strata and water percolation beneath the basalt for gradual subsidence.
An 1860 wagon train story describes how the compass plant with north pointing petals helped a party reroute at night. Led by familiar metallic leaves, they tracked toward their northwest camp and reached it safely despite dark, stormy conditions.
Reverend Madison C Peterson argues about hell and its moral stakes. He contrasts punishment with love and urges aggressive Christianity, noting that God is both loving and just, and that salvation depends on living rightly now rather than hoping for chances after death.
Items of interest span ancient wonders to modern trivia. Karnak described as Nile’s marvel. iron furnace noted in Virginia in 1714. world gold production in 1893 tallies 8,523,362 ounces. Reports touch whaling, iron shipments, coinage, and notable figures including Lowell and Harlin.
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