Waltham Sentinel, Waltham, Mass., Friday Evening, February 7, 1868

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. If you are planning a trip to the Holy Land, you had best set aside $1000 in gold. Writer tells about traveling from Keokuk, Iowa to Jerusalem. Trip took 109 days, and cost him $950, in gold. Newspaper, very good. . Catalogs: Civil War/Newspapers/Farming.