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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1888
Page
4
A writer suggests several reasons boys depart farm life. Harsh work, long days, and oppressive heat push them away, while appealing country features lure others to stay. The piece satirically notes drastic methods to force a boy to remain on the farm, then rejects them as unacceptable.
Mrs Jones complains about a dirty house and yard left by the Smiths who just moved in. Mrs Smith retorts about finger marks on the parlor walls and laments the Joneses for moving to avoid cleaning. The exchange reveals neighborly tensions over housekeeping.
General Greely conversed with a Washington society woman at a legation ball when she playfully asked a weather joke. She asked what play is the squeezing point if 32 above zero is freezing, and she answered two in the shade.
A father advises his son on modest living and discipline, noting constraints on luxury yet praising practical grooming and steady payments. He quips that genuine polish comes from behavior and responsibility, not extravagant attire, urging aim for dignity over ostentation.
The article surveys global credit practices, noting six months in Australia and four to five months in Cuba, three months in England, twelve months or more in Turkey and Russia, cash predominance in China, six to eight months in Mexico, and thirty day settlements with discounts in Canada. It highlights wide variation and lack of uniformity in credit terms worldwide.
The article surveys two years of contradictory corn culture guidance, from drill and hill planting to varying depths and cultivation routines. It notes experts dispute root pruning, deep versus shallow tillage, and timing, urging region specific reporting on corn variety, soil, and growing season to improve yields.
The piece argues farm life pushes boys away. It contrasts scorching corn rows with cooling creeks and fish pools while warning harsh discipline can trap youths on the land. Burdette’s Burling ton Hawkeye quotation frames a blunt, provocative view of rural labor and obedience.
Nebraska livestock commissioners urge strict quarantines and prompt culling to limit hog cholera losses. Separate healthy from diseased hogs, move healthy stock to uninfected pens, and quarantine new hogs for seven weeks. Kill and cremated diseased animals. restrict entry to pens with boot changes and assign a single attendant to sick animals.
A pure-bred bull from a recognized dairy breed is advised to improve calf quality through three to four generations. Half-bred Jersey Guernsey or Ayr shire calves prove valuable alongside purebreds, with emphasis on feeding, not fresh milk. Skimmed milk at about eighty degrees nourishes calves for dairy use, and rearing should focus on heifers to avoid costly fattening of males unless breeding value offers profit.
American Agriculturist advises on supplying water to horses. Use clean surface or brook water when possible. avoid wells in yards to prevent contamination. A cistern from a half-buried hogshead is recommended. elderly feed and water should avoid immediate postwork drinking or right after heavy meals. supply two pails daily, and four times daily during heat, with cool rather than warm water.
F D Curtis in The Country Gentleman argues for well ventilated dry housing for pigs. He cautions against hot damp sties and sleeping on straw stacks, explains ontwerp to maintain dryness, and outlines a long pen with separate feeding and resting areas to keep ends clean. Hogs need careful handling to prevent colds and internal inflammation from heat stress.
A New York Tribune writer speculates that a man’s brain viewed under a strong microscope might reveal the life he lived and thoughts he formed. He imagines markings in Ethiopic Syriac and Phoenician forms, suggesting future ability to read a dead man’s mind, with humorous and cautionary notes.
A list of social strictures for well bred young ladies detailing prohibitions on accepting gifts before engagement, looking back on streets, dining with gentlemen, riding streetcars, displaying initials, seating strangers, dancing etiquette, manners toward peers, public behavior, lorgnettes, attire, and respect for mothers.
Peter Alfred Anderson of Terre Haute asserts he is the world’s champion water drinker. He says he can drink half a gallon in fifty seconds, five gallons in five hours, and thirty gallons in a day, then eats as much as ten men.
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