02 Dec 1869
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1869
Page
1
A narrator recalls a violent storm at sea and the shift from fear of a demon to reverence for God. The piece discusses ship life, seasickness, the burden on women, children, and the stewardess role, with practical tips on clothing, air, and keeping above deck.
A clergyman and a gymnastic teacher share a dinner table anecdote about courtesy and dignity of body and soul. They walk out arm in arm, symbolizing reciprocal influence between body and soul, as a suggested sermon text. A second tale has two drunken men in a gutter noting a hotel leaks, adding comic grimace to the piece.
A New England–style remark on second marriages follows stories of English cases. Captain Donallen hanged for murder of Sir Theodore Broughton and Mrs Donallen’s later matches, including Barry OMeet a Napoleonic exile’s surgeon. Other widows linked to Prime Minister Spencer Percival and Norfolk magistrate Jeremy show again how violent ends precede remarriage. The piece notes public fascination with those linked to high profile deaths.
Charles Lever and Cornelius O Dowd publish Irish tales in Blackwood's Magazine. A tale recalls Daniel O Connell sparking a gate bid and a future son joke. The anecdote ends with a quip about lineage and fortune amid Civil War era satire.
A New York reminiscence recalls the historic Hudson dueling ground near Weehawken. The site has vanished under railroad development, a cedar tree felled, and a Burr inscription stone buried as a culvert cover, while Hamilton’s rock remains barely legible.
Auerbach declares the universe as God’s dwelling, not limited to churches. He extols divine presence under heaven and within the heart, insisting true holiness comes from eternal breath rather than rites.
An English gentleman visiting a Toledo Ohio school answered scholars questions about the United States and offered to answer any questions about England. A girl asked what made England side with the South during the rebellion. The gentleman noted England’s habit of favoring the weaker party and closed the exercises.
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