Miner 1808 1878 (1 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Royal 8vo. [1]-16, [33]-192, [1]-[192]pp. Lacking the issue for February 1852 (p. 17-32), otherwise collated and complete with 23 of 24 issues for Vol. 1. No. 1. Jan. 1852 - Vol. 2. No. 12. Dec. 1853. In a contemporary cloth binding, gilt lettered black Morocco spine label. Ownership inscriptions of Thomas Thorpe, Arlington and G.H. Butler on front endpaper. (A Thomas Thorpe of West Cambridge is mentioned in the list of members, p. 92). Spine sunned, edges and corners rubbed. Leaves foxed throughout, heavy at times. p. 183-186 (Dec. 1852) bifolium gathering stained and sprung. Few pages with shadows of pressed tree leaves. In good condition. A scarce Upstate New York journal that ran from 1852 to 1860. Text includes dozens of charming woodcuts, primarily depicting farm animals, and bees, and a few show images of farm implements and buildings. Each issue contains a section on letters from readers from the United States and sometimes abroad, a youth's department (telling stories and offering all sorts of useful information, especially about the natural world), a section named ?Ladies' Department' which is mostly recipes (many original sent by readers) for breads, cakes, pies, jams, puddings, sauces, preserves, soups, dumplings and even one for doughnuts or fried cakes and one for making beer (also includes a few savory dishes). The earliest known printed reference for a rolled cake (Swiss roll) is published here in the December 1852 issue. 'To Make Jelly Cake' Bake quick and while hot spread with jelly. Roll carefully and wrap it in a cloth. When cold cut in slices for the table.' The journal is known for its abolitionist views and the lengthy articles concerning the 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' controversy between Harriet Beecher Stowe and Rev. Joel Parker. The editor says that he will give his readers a 'bird's eye view' of the circumstances. After publishing Uncle Tom's Cabin, Stowe had attached Parker's name to a quote which Parker denied was his. He asked Stowe on 3 occasions to stop attributing the proslavery passage to him. Finally, Parker hired a lawyer and Stow and her brother, Henry Ward Beecher responded by publishing an unsigned letter by Parker, claiming that all was well between the two. Parker sued. The editor calls Henry Ward Beecher 'the veriest dunce in the land' and a 'self-conceited, self-righteous fanatic' that ever existed for publishing an unsigned letter. The journal was quoted in a letter sent to Frederick Douglass by R. D. Wills, dated December 17, 1852: 'Friend Douglass: 'The following is an extract from the Northern Farmer, a monthly agricultural journal published at Utica, Oneida Co., and edited by T. B. Miner. We are American in every vein. We love the land of our nativity, and are ready to exclaim, 'Right or wrong, still our country.' She has faults; she has sins: and she has blots on her fame, the removal of which would cause our heart to thrill with joy. But the day of universal liberty is not for this age. God has so decreed it, and we but kick against the pricks in our efforts to hasten it; yet we approve of moral suasion, and friendly, kind acts, and as much as you please through the ballot box; but when you come to interfere with vested rights, we says 'hands off.'" [Slavery - United States] [Agriculture - Bees - Cookery].