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Newspaper
The Visitor
Location
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1886
Page
3
A broad collection of instructions on animal husbandry, skinning, salting and drying hides, feeding, pruning, crop care, pests, and kitchen tips. Topics include leather preparation, salt curing for skins, cattle and horse care, meadow renovation, fruit tree top-dressing, lamb timing, bee and plant care, and simple egg and dessert preparations.
Washington correspondent describes Alexander Graham Bell in his early poverty as a Boston teacher and gymnast of deaf education, and his rise to wealth, marriage to Gardiner Hubbard’s daughter, and the creation of a vast Washington mansion. It covers his music, library, Volta laboratory on Connecticut Avenue, and his efforts to teach deaf mutes to speak. It notes his fortune reputed at millions and his role in a growing telephone monopoly.
A compendium of obsolete folk remedies cites bran poultice for ivy and burns, lime-water with swel oil, charcoal on burns, refrigeration of the ear lobe for hiccups, and daily sugar intake praised by a German physician. Remedies are described with no modern validation.
Passenger questions two hour delay to conductor on 8 branch pta road. The reply cites Monday as cause as a father-to-be explains morning duties with wife, child care, and early departure. A note mentions the abundance of patent medicines.
A reflective piece on avoiding self-importance and cheating others, urging honest work and frank self-critique. It emphasizes doing one work well, the value of prompt obedience, and that genuine trust can emerge from sincere praise and belief in others.
A tall elegant man attempts a dramatic pose with a cane as a train gate closes. The cane snaps, he stumbles, a coat rips, a beaver hat is crushed, yet the onlookers laugh while the man accuses the brakeman and vows to report him to Colonel Hain.
A Chehalem farmer cut a beaver pond dam to drain the water and trap the beavers. A veteran fisherman assisted as 150 trout washed down the cascade. The beaver tunnel was followed but the animal escaped, running a branch to join its family and retreat to a safer den. The Portland Oregonian notes the beaver’s digging efforts and escape.
A whimsical tale recalls a girl named Mary who adores a festive sheep that follows her everywhere. The woolly animal astonishes townsfolk as it nibbles slivers from a rail while its head and tail move lively. Mary cherishes the creature until it vanishes, inspiring a search with playful misadventures.
A Rusaville correspondent reports Mrs. Mary Coulter born in Delaware in 1769 is said to be Indiana’s oldest resident at 116. She recalls General Washington’s era, attends to Methodist duties, lives with son Peter Coulter, and quilts for visitors while maintaining sharp memory despite hearing loss.
A costly bridge built last year over a California stream is now useless as the water has shifted, flowing past both ends so the structure cannot be approached except by boat from several hundred yards away.
Fragmentary ad notes claim rapid cures for diseases by the World's Dispensary in Buffalo New York. It mentions sugar consumption in America, zinc leather ankle boot pads, Buckingham's Dye for whiskers, Ayers Cherry Pectoral to avert whooping cough, and a confidence address for private consultation.
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