30 Jan 1857
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1857
Page
1
Poem recounts a pledged love held as a chain of memory and hope. The speaker forgives the beloved while asserting personal freedom and a steadfast, unbreakable affection kept in secret, even as friendship may endure if asked again. A final moral urges vigilance against theft of virtue.
A reflective tale links theater, gaming, and drink to ruin and redemption. A young woman yields to curiosity, a card game leads to tragedy, a man spirals toward death, and a college student resists temptation to become a president. The piece urges readers to remember and judge with moral restraint.
A column discusses the right of all to grumble at rich donors weather politicians and fashion. It recounts Peter Cartwright the pioneer preacher mocked by travelers, and his comic escape through a mud hole after a wagon wreck. It ends with a note on marital happiness from Johnsons Encyclopedia of Instruction.
The piece portrays Dr. Charles Robinson as Free State leader in Kansas, detailing his life from Fitchburg physician to agent of the Massachusetts Emigrant Aid Society, his cautious nonresistant policy, and his influence on Kansas politics amid border conflict. It also recounts frontier admiration for him and his role with Fremont and the Kansas Nebraska Act context.
The text reports Theodore Parker praising some aims but opposing Union dissolution. He cites a drastic sectional plan with a divided boundary east of Chesapeake Bay and north of Potomac and Ohio, extending west to the Pacific, with Central American reversion rights. Parker argues Virginia would reject remaining in a fractured Union.
The passage extols keeping house private from all relatives and the world. It urges couples to build a quiet shared world with God and avoid inviting others into their marriage. Renew vows at temptation, promising souls grow together toward oneness and happier marriages.
A reader-shared remark accuses Calico of promoting laziness among men relying on romance over labor. The piece contrasts the alleged social pull of women’s attire with the danger of indulgent pleasures. It notes Pennsylvania coal output last year rivaled forty million dollars in value, yet speaks of California gold fever eclipsing Pennsylvania coal.
John Smith, a brewer, killed a hog of his own raising on Monday last. The animal weighed a fraction over six hundred pounds when dressed, noted as unusually large by the Foungetown Register.
A humorous exchange recalls a wife’s awe at her husband from the early days of their acquaintance. A man laughs at her list of intimate acts and shared backstage moments that reveal affection, domestic life, and playful pride.
A reader asks if Powder Magazine is monthly and safe for quiet families. Questions include mint juleps pricing with a New York Mint branch, navigator cape requirements by latitude, a schoolmaster with two pupils, and whether delayed distant view can support a legal action.
A historic recipe instructs on preparing ham by salting curing and brining two eighteen pound hams with sugar salt saltpetre and vinegar for three days then turning and dusting with coarse flour before hanging. It claims the method surpasses Westphalian Homestead ham.
Pounray plans improved poultry housing to protect chickens and turkeys and to harvest fruit trees. The move aims at savings or proportional increases in stock and harvests during the cold season.
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