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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1906
Page
6
A collage of satirical notes and brief notices from a Silver Messenger page. It jokes about money, divorces, an Irish saying, a Philadelphia millionaire’s wife, a New York stock seat, an umpire turned mayor, and various oddities including Mars inhabitants, Greek cabinet names, and famed figures like Charles M. Schwab.
In Newark area a winter reunion of zoo animals shows monkey gossip and courtship acts as stubnosed ring tailed monkeys chat across a cage. Kangaroo tensions flare with Mrs Kangaroo and Mr Kangaroo quarrelling over long separations before an armed peace settles the household.
In Germany newcomers are obliged to make the first social call as part of local etiquette. The custom emphasizes hospitality and initiating community ties for new residents settling into a town or organization.
A piece from The Sunday Magazine describes the lock-plant of Borneo with two kinds of leaves acting as time indicators. The smaller leaves move every minute to the top and back, while the larger leaves serve as hour markers, resetting each day.
The whip's cat of the mail steamer Ortona vanished after leaving Australia. Thirty two days out from Sydney an engineer heard a faint mewing from the refrigerating chamber. Found on a butter box in a starved state, one ear and part of its nose bitten by cold, fur grew long during confinement. The cat has since recovered.
In Japan lovers traditionally present memory bells made of glass strips carefully arranged. The delicate toy is given as a keepsake to symbolize affection and remembrances between sweethearts.
The strips of glass sway with the slightest vibration while memory bells hung in windows twitch at every breeze. The delicate tinkling is said to recall the giver, and hence their name.
A Mexico bound silver dollar car carrying 760000 coins overturned on the track north of Chi Ruahun after a rainstorm. Guards with rifles watched as boxes were smashed and coins scattered. crews recovered the money and returned it to the car for circulation in China.
In Bregenz near the Austrian border, sounds of music from a cemetery frightened residents at night. Two gendarmes watched from behind a tombstone as a young tradesman climbed the wall, drew a violin, and played the Bohemian Girl over his bride’s freshly made grave. He said the piece was her favorite before they led him away.
A natural rock formation near Assouet in Bris tol county Massachusetts appears as a sphinx like human face more than 100 feet above the rails at Utile station. The granite gneiss sculpture presents a stern mouth strong jaw and a fixed stony gaze viewed from multiple angles, likened to Joshua of the Mountain and New Hampshire's Old Man.
Buckinghamshire constable Atkinson on night duty with retriever taken from Wraysbury to Long Crendon. The dog went missing and was found next morning at its old home, traveling over fifty miles in just over seven hours by the most direct route, a remarkable homing instinct noted by the London Daily Mail.
A marble monument in Ulverstone England cemetery marks the memory of Thomas Wilson M D who died in 1897. His daughter Mary erected it and topped the structure with a lamp kept alight day and night. Gas has been laid to the lamp at considerable expense.
A large black bear blocked a freight line on the Atlantic Coast Line near Ocala on December 6. The engineer skipped testing the obstruction and the next morning a northbound passenger train found a 400-pound bear on the track. The bear was skinned and kept by the freight engineer while St. Petersburg residents later ate bear meat.
Mrs Phoebe Collette of Hinesburg Vermont hatched 162 turkeys from 200 eggs last spring. They saved 106 birds and sold them for about 260 dollars. They set 600 hens eggs producing 400 chicks, of which 275 lived and were sold.
Warren Tibbits of Monroe County Ohio argues in Farmers' Review that straw should be hauled to the barnyard and composted rather than burned. He details his practice of spreading straw in the yard to form a deep, trampled layer, which decomposes into valuable manure for kitchen gardens and fields. He notes straw provides digestion challenges and favors composting over burning for soil health and farm efficiency.
A government move to publish monthly farm economic summaries expands into Rural Economica. The piece argues economic understanding matters as much as tillage, noting farmers often misjudge crop size and demand, selling too cheap. It praises well edited farm papers for keeping farmers informed on changing agricultural conditions.
Dairying becomes a major factor in farming, especially in tougher states. The cow thrives on hillsides and wide pastures. A recent report shows over half of Vermont farms rely on dairy for income. In six New England states and New York dairy supports 27 to 28 percent of farms. New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin show 15 to 17 percent.
The writer discusses winter care for poultry noting inability to prevent water from freezing and the need for ample water for digestion. He prefers feeding corn only in limited amounts and favors wheat over screenings, opposing most prepared poultry feeds which he believes consist mainly of screenings and rock meal.
John Nichols of Walworth County Wisconsin shares practical poultry care tips. He emphasizes varied feeds like oats, cabbages, and sugar beets kept to maintain fowls busy for health and productivity. He notes avoiding turnips and using sugar beets as preferred enrichment and nourishment.
A Farmers' Review commentary by A. and Alexander urges farmers to shelter and protect cattle and sheep during winter. It emphasizes dry yards, wind breaks, and the use of corn fodder or straw as temporary insulation. It warns that high corn prices reduce feed efficiency and recommends buying younger cattle and feeding off quickly in spring to maximize profits.
Draining large land areas requires expert advice and supervision. A small parcel with an outlet may cope with a drainage system, but vast or variably sloped land demands careful design. Expert guidance costs money but saves more by preventing unsatisfactory or destructive installations.
The article notes that live stock associations are often small in numbers but wield strong influence through improving stock quality. It highlights regions with large memberships where stock matters receive greater attention, urging farmers to join and support the movement guided by extension and instruction efforts.
The article notes that cows vary in disposition as humans do, citing affectionate motherly and brown cows among the many types. It urges farmers to eliminate undesirable traits and encourage good qualities when selecting cows to sustain a herd.
Silage corn is described as one of the best sorghury varieties for silage in Red Head, a stout plant that does not grow tall. Eight pounds will plant an acre, with the crop maturing in about 118 days in Tennessee.
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