Week 2
Most creative thing I've done all week is make a funny driedonion/blackpepper/jackdanielssauce encrusted steak, and that ain't very original. Sadness.
I was copying this 1819 volume of American Farmer for an Interlibrary loan yesterday, and came across The RUTA- BEGA, or, SWEDISH TURNIP, in addition to such gems as "AN OLD MAN" thanking "A Spinster" for her letter to the editor "respecting the cleansing of poultry-houses from vermin, or chicken-lice," by informing her how, "as a good house-wife she can keep her beds and bed-rooms clear of vermin, with very trifling expense of labour."
Also included were such gems as "Lord Hardwicke, who is now the President of the Board, is a man, not exceeding my negro, either in experience or natural abilities." Whether in the context this is complementary to the "negro" (what a shock it was to read that word and think that even midwesterners had slaves!) or derogatory to the President of the Board of Agriculture I have not quite figured out.
It being 1819, there were still hefty references to the Mother Country, including a short story involving a sailor, a brothel, and King Charles II. The spelling was still British (notice "labour," above), and there were quite a few tips from English authors writing in.
I was copying this 1819 volume of American Farmer for an Interlibrary loan yesterday, and came across The RUTA- BEGA, or, SWEDISH TURNIP, in addition to such gems as "AN OLD MAN" thanking "A Spinster" for her letter to the editor "respecting the cleansing of poultry-houses from vermin, or chicken-lice," by informing her how, "as a good house-wife she can keep her beds and bed-rooms clear of vermin, with very trifling expense of labour."
Also included were such gems as "Lord Hardwicke, who is now the President of the Board, is a man, not exceeding my negro, either in experience or natural abilities." Whether in the context this is complementary to the "negro" (what a shock it was to read that word and think that even midwesterners had slaves!) or derogatory to the President of the Board of Agriculture I have not quite figured out.
It being 1819, there were still hefty references to the Mother Country, including a short story involving a sailor, a brothel, and King Charles II. The spelling was still British (notice "labour," above), and there were quite a few tips from English authors writing in.