13 Feb 1857
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1857
Page
1
A miscellany of poetry and prose contrasts spiritual renaming with worldly failure. A short story warns wealth without purpose leads to decline, while essays urge mental discipline and warn against temptations. Anecdotes critique manners and class in 19th century society.
The Lower Factory Operatives in the city hold 1,101,722 in city savings institutions. They total 4,413 depositors with 1,476 new accounts opened last year. Since January 1853 surplus profits were divided among depositors, eight semi annual dividends at 5 percent per year have been paid, leaving a 17,147 74 surplus to be divided in January 1858 among those who have been depositors for at least one year by then.
A famously lazy man in Chicago inadvertently profited from property he owned but never deeded. He arranged sales through others yet failed to complete deeds, allowing the value to soar to about 200000 dollars, a fortune he would not have accepted at first. The tale, though doubted by some, is said to be known in Chicago.
A garbled meditation notes social status and pride, comparing a fool atop a hill to a celebrity who is accessible to all. It hints at vanity, youth, and worry as a motive, concluding with a critic’s quip about lack of mind and judgment.
A critical examination of spending habits by both sexes, denouncing gendered blame for lavishness while urging mutual forbearance. The piece argues men waste on wine and amusements, women on laces and finery, and calls for domestic retrenchment and self control.
A fragmentary OCR note discusses terms relating to servants and implied highest authority. The legibility is limited, but the text hints at duties, scope of service, and potential hierarchies among attendants.
The Albany Statesman recalls Mrs. Wirt aiding a drunken youth who would become her husband, and narrates Hugh Miller’s suicide amid overtaxed intellect. The piece cites virtue under pressure, noting the dangers of intemperance and the fragility of genius.
The Boston Journal suggests a direct inquiry into corruption in Washington rather than public shaming. It urges summoning Mr Collins and others connected to mail contracts and land grants to expose schemes behind government appropriations and railroad land grants. The piece emphasizes verifying allegations by formal testimony to reveal truth and accountability.
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