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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1894
Page
5
Recipes describe quince cream steamed apples cookies cream of chocolate potatoes a la mestre d hotel cheese eggs and calf head cheese with steps, ingredients and timings. Dish names include omelet cheese triangles and toasted slices, with directions for boiling, mixing, baking and serving in a home kitchen context.
A private tutor in the national capital teaches English to foreigners focusing on tricky pronunciation. Examples show students struggling with hiccups and ploughs in phrases, while Voltaire’s remark on English pronunciation is cited. The piece notes silence and defamation as related themes in language learning.
The writer argues Sir George Pullman may reduce wages to raise dividends, while readers weigh the impact on sleepers and porter wages. Readers ask about napkin folding, church plate gifts, and engagement woes, with Daisy Bell, Valerian, and Kathleen Mavourneen contributing queries and anecdotes.
An Englishman guided through Wyoming endures a waterless stretch in a desert as the guide offers creek water. He complains about the wait and proves thirsty and irritable before reaching a ranch for a drink. The piece also cites sleep guidelines for children and urges preserving bedtime routines for nerves.
A Greensboro Record excerpt quotes Dr Lash writing from Spokane. He notes Pat Winston of North Carolina, wheat at 17 cents a bushel with 30 cents to raise, 475 horses sold for 50 cents, selling for 3 to 10 dollars. The town has five churches and 204 bars paying license, barred by misread license text.
A comic reprint from a Kentucky Military Institute Magazine parodies grammar class exchanges. The teacher tests students on parsing man woman boy girl fashions baby matrimony with their gender and case quirks, using exaggerated, risqué definitions. It preserves period tone and satirical edge.
An absurd classroom dialogue depicts a teacher and pupil debating kissing as a linguistic and social trope. The pupil delivers comic definitions of kissing by puns and gendered terms, culminating in a chaotic exit aided by a professor’s boot.
A Philadelphia dentist recounts treating a horse with toothache. He found a cavity and ulcerated root, relieved pain, and filled the tooth with cement. The horse showed no more distress than a human patient during the procedure.
The speaker reflects that paying debts is virtuous and circulates money. They compare actions to heart’s complexion shaping life like landscapes. Experience is a hut built from ruined gold of illusion, yet hope remains beneficial even if unrealized.
The item notes girls in Scotland can make valid wills at twelve. It highlights Julia Ward Howe’s 75th birthday. Wisconsin names Helen Campbell associate professor in social economics and household science. Mexico appoints Miss Hermosillo postmaster at Teocaltiche. Oklahoma recalls a farmer’s wife shingles a house as her husband seeks carpentry.
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