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Waltham, MA: Josiah Hastings, 260 Main St, 1868. 40 x 57 cm. Editorial on Johnson and Grant--who's telling the truth? Foreign Correspondence from Rome reports on Pompeii, urges travelers to learn a little French before going abroad. Rumford Institute lecture featured the gallant arctic explorer, Dr. I.I. Hayes, talking about ""The Land of the Icebergs"". New railroad cars being made at Fitchburg for the benefit of ""Johnny Schmoker."" Waltham Farmers' Club met at home of Mr. Benj. Wellington last Tuesday evening. Subject of discussion was ""Garden Vegetables for the family and market, and Roots for the use of farmer's stock,"" led by Mr. G.W. Chamberlin. Poetry: Dialogue between a prohibitionist and a license-law advocate, on the Massachusetts liquor law. Report from Boston on the state convention of evangelical churches, held at Tremont Temple. Hundreds of families in Nova Scotia are now living on dog-fish. Gloucester, Mass. has lost this year in the fisheries 13 vessels, 35 lives, and $104,000.…
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Waltham Sentinel, Waltham, Mass., Friday Evening, February 7, 1868
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Waltham Sentinel, Waltham, Mass., Friday Evening, January 25, 1867
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Waltham, MA: Josiah Hastings, 260 Main St, 1867. 40 x 57 cm. Editorial commentary on Surface Manuring. Report on the Great Snow Storm of last week-- trains could not make it between Boston and Waltham. Rumford Institute lecture by Wyzeman Marshall, Esq., the well-known Shakesperian actor. Poem: ""Charge of the Watch Factory Seven Hundred, Jan. 17, 1867."" ""Boreas, as he sat in state, Bethought him that he had of late Forgot about Charles River; Out West he'd blocked their iron roads, Snow-bound their cars of human loads, And hungry let them shiver.."" Report of an explosion aboard the sloop Sycamore recently in San Francisco. Report from Paris on the Paris Exposition. Newspaper, very good. . Catalogs: Civil War/Newspapers/Farming.
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Waltham Sentinel, Waltham, Mass., Friday Evening, February 8, 1867
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Waltham, MA: Josiah Hastings, 260 Main St, 1867. 40 x 57 cm. A History of the Waltham Farmers' Club, read at last meeting by the Rev. Dorus Clarke, D.D. Report of Christmas Ceremonies at Rome: The bowing, kneeling, salutations, swinging of censers; how the pope took snuff and wiped his fingers on his golden robe; how the cardinals ran their hands up through the arm-holes of their cloaks, took snuff, and blew trumpet-blasts into blue cotton pocket-handkerchiefs. The ship Mercury is now loading at New York to take goods to the Paris Exhibition--a cargo of 800 tons. Ads: Time-Table for Fitchburg Railroad, trains to Boston, Concord, Fitchburg. Pennsylvania Central offers five routes from Boston to New York. Steamers for New York from Newport. Newspaper, very good. . Catalogs: Civil War/Newspapers/Farming.
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Waltham Sentinel, Waltham, Mass., Friday Evening, January 18, 1867
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Waltham, MA: Josiah Hastings, 260 Main St, 1867. 40 x 57 cm. Poetry: ""The New Ballad of Lord Lovell""-- humorous poem about Maj. General Mansfield Lovell, C.S.A., who loved his liquor and hotel life, and was removed from duty after his disastrous handling of the battle of New Orleans in the Civil War. ""Lord Lovell he sat in St. Charles' Hotel, in St. Charles' Hotel sat he, As fine a case of a Rebel swell, As ever you'd wish to see."" ""Why Young Men Go to Cities"" discussion on farming and keeping young men on the farm. Rules for the Management of Cows: Never buy a cow from a dairyman. Try their milk separately, and weigh the butter. Persons who milk cows should keep their fingernails cut short. Newspaper, center fold torn, good. . Catalogs: Civil War/Newspapers/Farming.
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Waltham Sentinel, Waltham, Mass., Friday Evening, January 17, 1868
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Waltham, MA: Josiah Hastings, 260 Main St, 1868. 40 x 57 cm. At Waltham Farmers' Club meeting Jan. 14 the secretary read an essay on manures-- can farmers afford to purchase and haul manures from Boston? Lengthy discussion followed on manures. A cord of manure hauled from Boston will cost about 12 dollars. Suggest that you throw Boston manure into the hogpen and let the hogs thoroughly work it over. Manures subject takes up most of front page, but there is also room for an article on the sewers of Paris, from the New York Herald. ""There is not a particle of bad smell,"" he reports. A Paris physician says that six cigars a day will shorten a man's life five years. Newspaper, very good. . Catalogs: Civil War/Newspapers/Farming.
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