Hints to Farmers from the Journal of Agriculture
The article urges farmers to keep detailed farm records showing receipts, expenditures, and all transactions. It advocates systematic diary keeping, disciplined work, and avoiding half measures while emphasizing soil stewardship, balance of science and practice, and staying on the farm rather than seeking urban wealth. It concludes with tips on evaporating sugar and proper equipment care.
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Germantown
Brg Systematic
Journal of Agriculture
Maple Sugar Making Practices From a New Hampshire Manufacturer
A New Hampshire sugar producer details annual production scales and the sugarmaking process. The article outlines cleaning buckets and pans, evaporating sap to near molasses thickness, adding milk and eggs, skimming, and straining to remove curds to prevent scum and bottom matting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Hampshire
The Horrors of War From a Hospital Ward
The narrator describes the wounded Bayard and other soldiers at a hospital in war time. He recalls ghastly injuries, amputations, and the overpowering scent of blood alongside moments of calm acceptance and religious reflections. He notes the night scenes, campfires, and shifting duties as the battalion returns to picket duty on the Rappahannock.
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Bayard
Earth
Rappahannock
Japan and Christian Missionary Prospects in Asia
The article argues that Japan’s civilization and education show potential for Christian influence. It cites Japan’s industrious, progressive society and argues Evangelical truth could direct their talents toward moral advancement, urging missionaries to advance despite prejudice and obstacles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
America
London
Asia
Africa
South Sea Islands
Gen Casey's Division at Fair Oaks
Heintzelman reports on Gen Casey's position at Fair Oaks noting unfinished defensive works due to rain and time. Artillery served well and some regiments fought bravely until overwhelmed, with fleeing troops filling the road to Boston's Bridge and Col Starr's men forcing passage with bayonets.
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Boston
Col. Starr
Hooker
Fragment from Civil War report on retreat to Casey camp
An officer recounts driving the enemy beyond entrenchments and describes many casualties inside shelter tents at Gen Casey's camp. He declines to name regiments that did not behave well in his report.
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Tom
How to Treat an Idle Husband in New Zealand
An excerpt describes how a head chief protects his people and disciplines idle husbands. When a man neglects his family, villagers and a birch wielding chief confront him, forcing him to run a gauntlet of scolding and rough discipline. After a month of public subsistence, the man may return to his duties if he proves responsible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Zealand
Coulton
South America
Covenanters and a Radical Turn to Faith
The narrative contrasts a strict Scotch Irish Covenanter Jamie Ferguson in Washington County who turns to distilling and clashes with his minister, with a sermonizing portrait of Francis Xavier as a tireless Jesuit missionary who abandons worldly power for spiritual conquest. The piece links early American religious zeal to Xavier’s famed global mission and moral vigor.
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Jamie Forgeson
Our Country
Pennsylvania
Rouse
Watts
James Furgeson
Jamie Ferguson
Washington County
Buchanan
Watt
Jamie
Francis Xavier
Navarre
Spain
Francis
Xavier
Paris
Abelard
Europe
Aristotle
Faust
East Indies
Columbus
Luther
Ignatius Loyola
Ile
India
Loyola
Japan
China
Indies
Kept or Aye Sinnin and Aye Repentin Verse Note
Fragmentary line from Harper's Magazine reflecting a moral theme of confession and lingering remorse. The text reads kept or aye sinnin and aye repentin to the day of his death. This item preserves a literary quotation without additional context or confirmation of author or date.
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Harper’s Magazine
Ceremony and its place among weak ministries
An eloquent line argues that ceremony accompanies frail ministries, likening ceremonial practice to a plant that cannot prosper in a soil of weakness and poor reform. The reflection contrasts formality with substantive strength in governance.
Tragic Fire Claims Three Ladies On Oil Creek Farm
A blaze at the H C Poole farm on Oil Creek destroys the Poole house and the wife, Poole’s daughter, and Mrs Lilae Gonzales die. Mrs Gonzales leaves three children. Poole and Gonzales were away. A prior benzole fire on Story Farm also proved fatal to Mrs Vincent.
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Titusville
McIlhenny Farm
Oil Creek
H. C. Poole
Lilae Gonzales
Stark County
Ohio
Miss Poole
Vincent
Story Farm
Bridge Collapse Drowns Prisoners at Richmond Basin
The Richmond Examiner reports that between 4 and 5 am while 1000 plus exchanged prisoners were moved from the Confederate States Prison to Petersburg depot the foot bridge at Right street collapsed sending 5 to 80 men into ten feet of water. Twenty one prisoners and two guards were missing as search efforts continued. An official inquiry to be held with Coroner Sanxay coordinating.
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Richmond
Confederate States Prison
Petersburg
City Point
Right Street
Maule
Sanxay
Cincinnati
Ohio
Duke Ernest Chosen to Fill Greece’s Vacant Throne
The Greek throne is to be filled by Duke Ernest of Coburg who is brother to the late Prince Albert and uncle to Prince Albert Edward of England. As childless, he leaves England’s Prince of Wales as next of kin and heir to the vacant dukedom. The Duke is described as an excellent man with liberal views.
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BeeThe
Ernest
Coburg
Greece
Prince Albert
Prince A Milfred
England
Eulogy on The Dead and The Living
A reflective line notes that the wicked deeds of the living linger while the virtuous are laid to rest with their bones, suggesting memory favors the fallen.
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R. W. Jones & James
Jennings
Waynesburg, Greene OO
Poffice
Sunacairtionn
Jon Paintine
Thappesburg
Geo. L. Wyly
J. Buchanan
D. R. P. Huss
Wyly
Buchanan & Huss
Attorneys & Counsellors At Law
Greene
Main Street
A. Purmar
G. Ritchie
Purman & Ritchie
Buennesa
Washington
Fayette Counties
R. & M’connell
J. J. Hoffman
Biconnell & Hoffman
David Crawford
Saverg
HA. Black
John Phelan
Black & Phelan
Court House
B. M. Blachley
Oicco
Blachley
Main St
Hospital Corps
Army
A. G. Gross
A. J. Baggy
M. A. Harvey
Ept
WM. A. Porter
Nations, &c
R. Clark
Hamilton House
Boot and Shoe Dealers
J. D. Cosgray
N. WH. McClellan
Blackley’s Corner
Joseph Yater
Ceater
Liverpool
John Munnell
Peater
Wilan
Samuel M’allister
Ald Bank
Hooper & Hager
Ee Ee
Agricultural
Fredericksburg
Casey
Fair Oaks
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