27 Jan 1870
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1870
Page
1
The article praises Robert Burns for his genius and humanity, crediting him with opening a fountain of mirth and pathos that enriches Scotland’s landscape. It acknowledges his flawed life, yet defends the enduring value of his poetic gift and the reverence shown by his countrymen.
A moral tale contrasts wealth of money with riches of the heart and faith teaching that true wealth comes from goodness and devotion to God. The piece ends with notes on West Virginia marriage scandal and a New Hampshire public figure who took his own life, blamed on poverty fears.
In a college prank a group of students feign playing cards by sitting around a table with mush hot hasty pudding hidden in a pocket. The visiting professor suspects cheating, ruffles the dish, and delivers a comic, exaggerated reaction as the boys insist they are not gaming.
The piece surveys Cardinal Lucien Bonaparte as a reticent imperial cousin aligned with liberal cousins Napoleon and Victor Emmanuel and feared as papal successor material. It also recounts a Galena lore of Dr Muir and a Fox maiden tale, then shifts to Minnesota tallies where seven sisters transform Big Woods Farm by heavy labor selling hundreds of bushels of crops and valuing education.
A New England boy of 14 is cited as the supposed richest in the nation due to wealth, but the author argues true riches lie in character. The piece praises honesty ambition kindness toward family and others and urges readers to value moral strength over money, contrasting with another spoiled rich boy in New England.
A moral exhortation urges choosing happiness and kindness over sourness with a Massachusetts mayor quoting hopeful language in a yearly message. A fashion item notes hair cloth skirts replacing hoops, with round plaits and bustle-like upper back rolls.
The passage argues that today's poor boys can become rich through intelligence, industry, perseverance, and the rule of law. It urges educating and organizing industry to prevent class war, claiming wealth and social distinction will fade if opportunity is open to all.
A Philadelphia gentleman facing a hotel baggage delay learns the clerk claims unpaid bills. In Bureau County a Swede youth jokingly demands money with a gun and kills a man, who dies within days from the wound.
A late Supreme Court judge in Pennsylvania observed a blundering jury return an unjust verdict. He instructed the clerk to record the verdict as set aside by the Court. The event underscores how in this state it can take thirteen men to steal a man’s farm.
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