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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1856
Page
1
A poem contrasts wealth and poverty with parallel lines about money and its lack. It ridicules social advantages, noting that money buys status and comforts, while lack of money brings freedom in some senses yet equal fate in death. The verse repeats the refrain that it is all one to me.
The Philadelphia Enquirer denounces discourteous behavior as unjust and wasteful, noting that a person who makes an engagement and fails to honor it shows a lack of gentlemanly propriety and commits meanness and insult toward neighbors.
A straight out writer urges young men to quit depending on fathers and take up work. He advises removing comfort, waking early, helping the family business, learning leadership, and shedding idleness to begin a path toward manhood and self support. He urges quitting dandy habits and embracing labor.
A reflective meditation on how kindness and harshness shape others. The author argues that speaking gently, smiling, and showing warmth can evoke goodwill in return, while suspicion and rudeness invite negative responses. Children and even a dog mirror our moods, with life as a heart stirred by our actions.
A late 19th century guidance urges men to judge a potential wife by three traits: intelligence, kindness and benevolence, and whether she rises early. It argues that if affirmative, wealth and status come easily. if not, seek another source of happiness while noting marriage elevates a professional standing.
A minister condemns all as liars in a sermon while a scattered financial snippet touts frugal savings and compound interest growth. It mocks vanity in fashion and urges prudent spending to build wealth over decades.
Tim Mullow, a jovial Cork native now touring America, tries to obtain naturalization in New Orleans. He insists he is full blooded American after claim of leaving Ireland and facing skeptical officials. He departs to the City Hall to locate the official who sells naturalization papers.
A writer laments Indiana lacks cities over 20 000 in population noting the state has about a million people and ranks fifth in the nation for population. He argues large cities bring degradation and ignorance and wishes other states and the world shared Indiana’s apparent release.
A drunken man returning from a grocery—where he bought nuts—sleeps beside a stable. A dog nosed his jacket in search of the goods, prompting the man to mutter in a half awake state that the animal should stop disturbing him and come to bed.
A blundering composer mispunctuated a line changing meaning from Woman without her, man would be a savage to Woman, without her man would be a savage. The editor’s wife pointed out the error during proof reading.
A western publisher announced plans to spend fifty dollars to create a "new head" for his newspaper. The next day a subscriber replied, advising him to keep the money and instead buy a "new head" for the editor.
The excerpt critiques money as life’s end and praises home and virtue. It warns against valuing wealth over principles, extols domestic happiness for the virtuous poor, and offers advice on temper, frugality, friendship, patience, and choosing the just path. It notes enduring evils with patience and urges plain, direct conduct to avoid blushes and social torments.
Fragmentary passage discusses Foolscap paper origins and royal monopolies in early English era. It mentions Charles J deploying privileges, paper manufacture, and royal watermarks. Also references Parliament, governance, and a note on yellow fever affecting members in Norfolk and elsewhere.
The report from the Ohio Penitentiary details a surplus near five thousand dollars after expenses for the past year, with convict labor adding to earnings to reach about twelve thousand dollars. It praises excellent health, active Sabbath and day schooling, and notes salary and funding arrangements for guards, directors, and chaplains. It lists annual expenses and earnings from 1852 to 1855 and profiles convicts by reading and writing ability, temperance, and age. The piece also includes commentary on proposed separate youth institutions and notes candidates for the Speaker of the U.S. House.
Benj H Johnson, a deceased Hillsborough merchant, left ten thousand dollars for a college endowment to establish a university at Hillsborough in six years. A Burnet House meeting of trustees elected Judge Thrall president and Joseph K Murray secretary with Barrere as treasurer to organize the project. The will earmarks interest for a widows and orphans fund and Mason lodges are urged to fund scholarships. Hillsborough pledges 25099 dollars, a quarter of the target.
A late issue of the Baffilo Courier prints an advertisement from a man seeking a young man aged fifteen to twenty who does not smoke or drink lobarge, avoids spirituality, rarely attends theatre, expects fair pay, and prefers some legal knowledge. The notice satirically comments on the era and advises self improvement. Sandusky Reg.
A quizzical old quote laments how virtuous men slumber through danger at midnight while the world suffers the consequences of their neglected duties. It contrasts perceived security with looming ruin and calls for vigilance.
The passage notes widespread reliance on diverse animal and plant life for sustenance and economic aims across various regions. It highlights countless species contributing to livelihoods and market expectations in many parts of the world.
The New Hampshire Journal notes many in the city are allied to form a company and go to houses to aid the Free State men. It suggests an organization for that purpose will be formed.
The Keokuk Gate City explains that Dean and Senator Jones befriended each other at the Iowa Conference in Dubuque. Dean then toured Iowa delivering stump speeches against Know Nothings and Abolitionists. He allegedly obtained a letter from Jones to Wise in Virginia and campaigned for Wise, aiding the gubernatorial effort. This is claimed as the basis for his Senate chaplaincy.
A Cincinnati Gazette correspondent nominates Francie P Blair while the Ohio State Journal names Moses H Grinnell. Cass and Douglas decline candidacy. Marcy is aged 79. Democracy backs Pierce Buchanan Hunter Cushing Wool Lane and Davis as leading options. Judge Kenpon, recently defeated 34000 votes for Supreme Judge in Ohio, is urged as a compromise candidate.
A Washington letter-writer recalls Horace Greeley visiting the capital. In a reading room a trio of Irish servants discuss him, exclaiming at the sight of the famed editor. They mistake him for a white man and realize their earlier misperception about his race.
The Rochester Mill-Breeting Company plans to build fifty wind driven mills on the Western Prairies in 1856. A Peoria firm is described as forming to establish one wind mill there. Each mill with two run of four- foot stones costs about $5000 including building and patent rights. Trials at Rochester show thirty bushels per hour with wind power. Operating ten months annually, wind mills may surpass water mills in usefulness for prairie needs.
The Sandusky Register reports eight chattels transported Thursday evening by the U G R R toward Canada. The group, four men and four women, from nearby Parkerburg Virginia, are described as intelligent and capable of self care.
Report from St Louis cites Gen Shankland recounting the Kansas invasion’s end. Lawrence refused to surrender arms but agreed to peace terms. Missouri troops disbanded after a night storm at Westport. One fatality, James Barker, and dispersed bands retreat toward Kansas City. Shankland heads to Washington with documents for the nation.
The Lawrence Kansas Territory public safety committee announces outrages by a large armed force from Missouri claiming gubernatorial authority. They say residents face arrest, property seizure, and potential slaughter, urging immediate aid and denouncing the Governor’s proclamation as unfounded. The document lists signers including J. Mitren G P Lowrey M F Conway and others.
Citizens of Kanaa Territory report a large force of armed men from a foreign star near Lawrence detaining travelers and robbing wagons. They ask Governor Wilson Suannon to confirm authority and to order removal or face invoking higher authority to restore peace. Generals Romwsox and Lane cited. December 4.
The committee of safety in Lawrence Kansas warns that a body of men from a neighboring state has besieged the town amid depredations. They vow to quell the riot and defend peace under commandant Sumner at Port Leav enwarth.
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