28 Oct 1869
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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1869
Page
1
A fragmented verse outlines a woman’s day filled with duties from dawn to night. She vows to record her tasks in sobari black and white, preserve her beauty, meditate on conquests, and plan attire for her walk, noting the burden of daily routines.
A distraught sister writes of her husband William's death after his struggle with alcohol. She recalls his vow to abstain before marriage, his father's wine gesture, and repeated temptations that led to ruin. The narrative warns against drinking and the path to destruction.
A widow writes from the grave, recalling her husband’s folly and death, urging sister Amy and family to reject drink, save the children, and join a reform movement led by women to curb male vice and wealth-driven corruption. The letter ends with a call for charity and justice.
A mother counsels her daughter on marriage urging modest spending and reverence for vows. She stresses duty to husband and society, the sanctity of marriage, and the moral consequences of actions, warning of a lasting record of conduct.
A reader argues that young women should gain thorough housewifery knowledge even if not performing labor. It stresses the value of pantry skills, cooking, and directing others, noting the discomfort of ignorance and the need for practice in baking and household tasks.
In an afternoon in Wildwood yard Fred Milea asks why birds have eyes on both sides. An elderly gentleman named Mr Gray, hidden among grape vines, gently rebukes the boy for wishing harm on birds and explains that God protects creatures, urging kindness over cruelty.
A reflective meditation on the value of aged volumes. The narrator praises old bindings old type and long-past owners. The piece imagines the book’s history from printing to present hands and wonders about forgotten lives tied to the pages.
The article argues religion is not creed alone but heart and deed. True faith combines belief with active care for others, living out Christ’s example through labor for the needy, and pursues salvation with earnest, ongoing effort.
The narrator cherishes a leisurely Sunday morning scene with fathers in dressing gowns, mothers smiling, and children at home. He rejects rigid doctrine and yearns for a humane, relatable minister who speaks plainly to everyday life and temptations, not scholastic sermons.
Henry Thacker argues apples picked at mature state store best for flavor and keeping quality. Immature fruit spoils quickly. mature fruit can keep till spring with proper handling. Advice covers sorting, drying in a dry outbuilding, and storing on shelves or in barrels in a cool dry cellar or dedicated fruit house for fresh high flavor through warm weather.
The passage contrasts worldly friendship with Christian friendship. Worldly ties are mutable and mortal, while true friendship grounded in religion endures forever. Robert Hall argues piety makes companionship eternal, surpassing even worldly virtues and pleasures.
A reflective piece honors aging and elders, urging youth to bow to the aged. It contrasts youthful ambition with time worn wisdom, noting the old man’s silvered hair, bent frame, and steadfast heart. The closing plea remains to reverence the elder as time advances.
A boy learns the value of keeping his word after borrowing a neighbor’s tool and failing to return it on time. He sleeps, dreams, and awakens to find the tool back at home, realizing his prompt honesty and memory restored the late return.
Bishop Huntington urges a modern Christianity seen in temperance, modesty, respect for authority, and honesty at home. He calls for church works to be conducted with honor and without partisanship, insisting benevolence and justice are essential to true faith.
A youth visiting his beloved in Jersey walked along a railroad track to the depot. He carried a red paper lantern given by his fiancé, which was kicked by a man from behind, delaying the freight train as the engineer cited the light as the reason for stopping. The incident ends with the youth nicknamed Red Light.
Recipe outlines salting brine for hams with one ounce salt per pound and one ounce saltpetre per 25 pounds. Hams are packed tight, brined four to five weeks, then dried, smoked, wrapped in paper and buried in ashes for storage. Keeps flies away and prevents drying.
Instructions to clean and disinfect hennery roosts with kerosene, whitewash nests, and add sulfur. Guidance on feed of iron sulfate drops, water and dosage to boost health, plus a remedy for dry roup using aphoric acid. warns of vermin and diseased poultry.
Practical advice from a September issue of the Western Realist on harvesting apples and pears, avoiding frost damage, drying and storing fruit in a frost tight cellar, and preparing barrels for immediate use. Also notes on bark care, worm prevention, grapevine transplanting, and root protection with litter.
The piece extols the printing office as a top workplace while warning against idlers who distract printers. It notes that skilled work demands undivided attention and that inquisitive outsiders should observe rules, appreciating the power and precision of the press and type.
A Tennessee teacher disciplines a boy named Johnny who sulks after a whipping. The tutor uses horse riding metaphors to teach obedience, asking what to do if the horse refuses to move and if he won’t let you read him, and Johnny answers he would lead the horse or walk home.
A Philadelphia Magazine writer reviews dried vine leaves as tea substitute and notes that sliced prunings brewed with water yield a vinous liquor usable as strong or weak beverage, distills into brandy like spirits, and makes good vinegar through fermentation. A separate trio of tales recounts domestic cruelty, a bone joke, and a rapid fortune note.
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