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Newspaper
The Visitor
Location
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1886
Page
3
A bright fiery object reportedly landed in a Passa street near a carriage. A man nearby rushed to investigate, digging about a foot to recover a roughly cocoa-nut sized acrofite, described as a small mineral or fossil find.
The French Ministry of Agriculture will establish a dairy school for girls fourteen or under at Coetlogon linked to the Trois-Croix farm school. Boarders pay 50 dollars for six months with practical and theoretical instruction. Certificates awarded after passing exams. State offers eight scholarships.
A Norwich letter to the New York Sun reports an unusual surplus of wild bees in the region. Swarms seek refuge in barns, hencoops, and empty barrels as colonies are ousted from home due to crowded space. The note notes eager swarms wandering across fields in search of honey sources.
The New York Commercial Advertiser doubts Mormon loyalty and truthfulness but notes external recruitment from Europe. It acknowledges Salt Lake City wealth yet portrays Mormon women as unattractive and polygamy as repulsive to Americans, predicting decay and eventual extinction of the faith as internal growth wanes.
A New York timber dealer warns of looming shortage as forests vanish to make fields. He cites vast trade volumes in New York, Maine, Minnesota, Georgia and other states and notes rising prices for mahogany cherry ash spruce and yellow pine with ebony discovered in the Gold Chacon region.
A cor respondent recalls saving a penny in Glasgow by riding a tram to a nearby street and alighting with a kindly stranger who guided him. The trip proved longer than expected as he walked three miles to save the penny, but the effort succeeded in the end.
The article describes a method called the second cover for potatoes used after planting. Machines sweep dirt over rows to bury young plants, which destroys potato bug eggs and weeds. This labor saving device supports big scale potato farming despite low prices.
The article describes calf feeding challenges and offers methods to improve efficiency. It emphasizes a dedicated feeding area with stanchions sized for calves, a fixed vessel, and clean, fresh feed. It also notes gradual shifts from milk to grass and oats as calves grow, with paunch development guiding ration changes.
American Agriculturist warns that heated boxes in reaper mowers arise from poor shaft play, excessive or insufficient oiling, dirt, and tight fits. Maintain little and often oiling, clean out dust, ensure proper shaft clearance, and inspect for grass or straw wrap to prevent future heating.
Farmers weigh less drying for hay than once thought especially if stored tight. Quick mowing after dew off, turning heavy grass, and timely raking protect from rain while preserving flavor and nutrients. Proper stacking and prompt hauling minimize losses and fermentation risks.
The article notes straw absorbs moisture and odors from fresh hay, helping preservation as it is exposed. It claims straw becomes more palatable to stock after odor absorption. It discusses adding salt to hay during storage, suggesting only enough to ensure safety for stock may help preservation and improve usefulness the same day.
A mixed page covers practical farming advice including strawberry roots, haying efficiency, stock quality, calf feeding, and goose fattening. It also reports on women’s NEWS AND NOTES with Paris fashion trends, state railway jobs, and social acts. Plus Stanley on dangers from crocodiles and hippos in Africa with vivid danger scenes.
A Boston Herald correspondent describes the Yellowstone geysers including Old Faithful, the grand geyser, and others with long intervals between eruptions. The piece notes striking colors and formations, curious craters, and a practical scene of bathing and washing in geyser springs.
The Novosti notes a man in St Petersburg almshouse who lived to 122, inmate since 1818 with preserved faculties until death. A soldier’s widow there is at least 110. In New Holland Ohio Mrs Arnold celebrated 100 with two sisters aged 106 and 102.
Scarf pins and silver belts with gold trim are in demand for summer wear. Gold knots, moonstones in lace pins, and brooches—often diamond or gem set—lead a catalog of fashionable pieces. The piece notes elaborate bracelets with diamonds and rubies, flower brooches, silver neck pins, and novel chains. Paris sees gold and silver safety pins for boutonniere use.
A terrapin avoids a tailor by hiding but the tailor pins a bill on its back. The exposed debt ruins the terrapin’s credit and drives it from town. Moral: unpaid debts cannot stay secret despite evasive steps. There is also note that thirty criminals in North Carolina face death sentences, with over half likely to be hanged this year.
Dr. Thomas G. Morton reports before the College of Physicians of Philadelphia that the fatty substance from sheep wool, once waste, may rank with valuable staples. It absorbs quickly into skin, serving as a convenient vehicle for medicines and a safe base for ointments and external treatments.
An advertisement extols Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as the surest tranquilizer for overworked nerves. It claims the tonic strengthens nerves to endure mental strain, restoring equanimity and capacity to process sights sounds and reflections without distress. Endorsed by business professionals clergy and others who have used the remedy.
A Texas preacher confronts boys in peach trees and questions the oldest, while various patent medicines and tonics like Red Star Cough Cure Ferro Phosphorated Elixir Calisaya and Dr Kilmer's Female Remedy are advertised as cures for ailments from rheumatism to cancer.
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