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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1860
Page
1
A narrator recalls meeting a beautiful woman named Laever at a hotel in September and muses on her being a potential life partner. He notes she is likely married or spoken for and admits writing this ditty despite being bound by marriage. He jokes about proposing if circumstances allowed.
A playful verse recalls a hidden secret in a fair lady's heart. The tongue resists blabbing while honor binds it to teeth. Secret forces a dramatic escape as lips kiss away the truth, leaving a smile and a reveal.
A humorous poem by Harley Quin satirizing Congress in Washington. Lawmakers bicker over organization while demanding pay advances and lobbyists feast, mocking the national scene. The piece lampoons political delays and underhanded influence in a playful nursery rhyme tone.
A long night of moral shadow clouds nations as two etherminal forms arrive in Jerusalem. Faith and Hope greet a destined figure whose acts of benevolence reveal miracles. Rumors name him the Son of God as he bears the cross to Calvary with Faith and Hope guiding his fate.
A narrator visits a jailed, twenty year old murderer who laments heedless youth. The man explains drink and bad company led him to kill and death row, mourns his mother’s guidance, and pleads for prayers while urging boys to obey mothers and avoid bad friends.
A reflective musing on the passage of summers into age, praising the shelter of home. It celebrates enduring friendships, fireside joys, and unchanged inner music as life closes, finding beauty in remembered sorrows and brightened past sunny moments.
A leading Albany Statesman essay recounts Horace Greeley era printers like Geo Wilkins Kendall and others. It traces Kendall from New York type cases to founding The Picayune in New Orleans, his Texas ranching life, and wealth from sheep cattle and land after a dazzling career through the South and Mexican War.
A speaker urges releasing resentment toward those who hurt you. He argues life is short and future regret will outpace current disappointment. Forgiveness avoids wasted energy and aligns with a tranquil outlook on the unknown beyond.
A reflective meditation on love, loneliness, and the fleeting nature of pleasure. The text contrasts beauty with fragility, notes that cherished moments fade, and warns that imagined evils grow real when indulged in. It compares books as silent friends and cautions against melancholic ideas becoming tangible.
The Tiffin convention adopted measures urging Congress to tax newspapers by weight and distance, oppose free circulation within thirty miles, move to advance payments, and adopt uniform subscription and advertising rates. Officers and speakers were named, including president Jas S. Robinson and orator Wm W. Armstrong. The report highlighted Thomas Ewing’s historical prominence.
The article explains cramps as vascular fullness causing neuralgia due to thick impure blood. It advises quick hot water immersion and brisk rubbing of the cramped limb with a woollen cloth, while stressing quiet, calm support from helpers.
In 1850 Massachusetts admitted 5247 individuals to pauper asylums, 3940 of whom were British subjects or children born here. The maintenance cost at least 884000, with lunatics adding about 300 more and raising expenses beyond 124000. Alien passengers were returned, about 600 in one year, under the 1851 law, not allowing further charges.
The veritable sword Ethan Allen wielded at Ticonderoga is reportedly in the possession of a female descendant in Grand Haven Michigan. The blade, once raised for the Continental Congress, is said to symbolize the veteran revolutionary’s defiant stand. The Detroit Free Press notes the artifact’s lineage and historic significance.
Advice from Luers Journal of Health on keeping feet warm and dry in cold weather. It recommends daily cold-water foot immersion on rising or nightly washing, thorough drying, and warm clothing. It warns against cork soles and favors hair-filled cloth insoles to wick moisture and preserve warmth.
An 1860 eclipse year lists four events an annular sun eclipse on January 22 invisible in America but seen at sea near the South Pole a partial moon eclipse on February 6 visible with a limb size noted and a partial solar eclipse on July 18 in the US except at Astoria and the northwest Washington Territory where it will be total
The writer argues against the high cost of publishing State Laws in newspapers. They advocate posting enacted laws in the State journals as the cheapest and most effective way to keep the public informed. They claim readers would otherwise miss access to laws they live under.
The Wheeling Intelligence editor expresses gratitude to Extra Billy Smith for sending a copy of his last House speech and notes appreciation for not sending up another.
Western inventors receive patents for varied improvements including saw changing methods by Leonard Anderson raft life preservation by Albert Baker horse glue by Joseph Carlins plows by Yoseo M Chaffee printing press flower pot elevating water from wells washing machines soap blowers water closet seat sap conductors by Eli Mosher Anson Platt and T C Richards. Wm H Tambling patent re issued. Patented Oct 11 1859 and re issued Jan 17 1860.
Estimates show 1,868,811 lay members and 11,458 traveling preachers in the United States, plus 662,622 in Europe. Including minor divisions, total communicants reach 2,563,991 with 50,000 ministers. The organization spans North America and England with conferences in multiple continents and extensive missionary and educational work.
The total eclipse on the birth of July will intrigue science with Venus Mercury Jupiter and Saturn forming a rhomboid near the sun. Darkness spans California and Red Sea shores, visible across North America to Spain and Africa, with totality over many Spanish towns and African locales.
The article states the United States leads world champagne consumption with about one million baskets annually. The Champagne district spans twenty thousand acres, producing ten million bottles yearly for export, with global distribution by country. It cites U S import totals and notes counterfeits amount to 680 thousand baskets, roughly the district’s entire world supply.
Racine correspondent reports new coal discoveries in Racine Ohio including a five and a half foot vein of high quality coal. The shaft sits near the river with year round water and a good landing. The company has 1500 to 2000 acres of coal secured from surrounding landowners, promising a valuable property.
The Baltimore Patriot reports the South and North opposition remain firm and dignified while the Locofoco faction in the Speakerless House conducts discussion speeches, slave code debates for the Territories, and accusatory broadcasts. The piece portrays a heated political climate and ongoing clashes in Congress.
The piece denounces Northern and Southern Democratic candidates for the French mission, praising Virginia Disunionists and condemning Free Soil and Abolitionist stances. It argues Dix was passed over for Faulkner due to Southern disunion influence and urges Northern Democrats to reject the corrupt party and its anti Union aims.
A collection of quotes from Democratic leaders arguing about party divides and the fate of the Union. Iverson Moore Pryor Singleton Wells Yale warn of secession or dissolution if Republicans gain power, urging Southern Congress members to reconsider their loyalties.
Albany journal notes that the United States Senate debate shows Democrats backing Gov Wise and Faulkner in endorsing the seizure of Harper's Ferry Armory and armed resistance if a Republican President is elected. The paper cites Democratic confirmation of Faulkner as minister to France and warns of treasonous alignment with John Brown's hanging crime.
Washington correspondence says Democratic managers plot to defeat Kansas admission by disputing census terms in Mr English’s bill. They deny an appropriation for the census, challenge Kansas population and boundaries, and aim to exclude Kansas’ voice in the Presidential election.
The Philadelphia press reports Hall's figures as Howell Cobb, Treasury Secretary, claims the public debt will rise from July 1857 to July 1860 by about forty nine and a half million dollars plus interest, totaling roughly fifty two million dollars. It labels this as the result of the Democratic administration.
The New Orleans True et m reports on Poids naming Douglas as and Wise as second charge in the case.
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