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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1852
Page
1
The Van Vorhes office on Court Street outlines advertising terms. Rates include thirteen lines three insertions for 1.00 and 0.25 for each additional insertion. Yearly ads receive liberal deductions. Ads must be in by Wednesday morning. casual advertisers pay in advance.
A lengthy 1850s Athens Ohio directory fragment lists A G and H T Brown attorneys W Reed Golden Knowles Brown van Vorhes Johnson Jarvis D M Clayton G Johnson John Perkins Robinson Pickering Co Ballard & Sons A W Johnson and others, plus William Palmer & Co and Leonidas Jewet, reflecting local legal and commercial services with offices, occupations, and locations.
A meditation on the power of kind words to soften harsh truth. The verse argues that gentle speech brightens life, unlocks stubborn hearts, and guides deeds with the heart’s language, despite life’s thorns and wrongs.
A five year old girl named Allie, mourning her mother, is taken from a gloomy charity kitchen by Jemmy. He promises a kinder life away from the city to a farm with hayfields, milk, and fruit, keeping watch over her fragile spirits as they depart the grim urban scene.
He brings a motherless girl from a stingy guardian to his farm and proclaims she will stay or go as his wife’s acceptance allows. Betsey notes the girl’s color returns with care, while Jemmy vows not to utter harsh words to the motherless child.
The essay argues the domestic hearth as the seed of virtue and a flourishing commonwealth. It warns that reckless capital speculation and worker issues harm households while promoting frugal, thoughtful marriage, stable income, and modest comforts as attainable paths to lasting happiness.
Mary Johnson and her friends debate wealth and spending within a middle class family. Mr Johnson defends prudence and explains Maberry’s embezzlement while Thornton’s honesty proves wiser than reckless luxury. Mary concedes the lesson and vows to live modestly rather than risk social ruin.
Litterary World cites a thirteenth century tale as the source of the phrase The Devil and Tom Walker. A man makes a pact with the devil to gain wealth but is warned the debt is due that night. The wife helps conceal the pact, the room is lit, and the demon carries off the couple.
In a Young Men’s Association talk in Troy New York Mr Stark mocks the fop as a blend of outward show and inner vacuity. He ridicules obsession with collars patent leather walking sticks and diamonds while noting a tailor’s bill nightmare and the era’s huge Post Office Dead Letter figures.
A sweeping California bill allows slave owners to reclaim enslaved people brought into the state before September 9, 1850. Critics, led by David C. Broderick, warn it violates the state constitution and pushes slavery deeper into California. The measure, now likely law, faces possible judicial review and future constitutional revision as anti slavery forces vow renewed effort.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad awards Joan E. Reeside of Washington the mail contract to St. Marys for 16 000 dollars. It is believed he also held the line westward from St. Marys and may have sublet the Marietta to Zanesville segment to G W Graham and Co of Zanesville, though details are unconfirmed.
At the National Convention of Printers in Cincinnati, delegate Mr. Rogers of New York described standing at his case Sunday afternoons to set up a sermon from a clergyman’s manuscript. He noted the pulpit sermon stressed strict Sabbath observance.
Farmers and Mechanics which do you Prefer The Whig Tax Law of 1846 exempted household and kitchen furniture and books to 100 from taxation Under the 46 law farming implements and tools were exempt up to 150 Under 46 firearms saddles bridles bees and cash exemptions existed Under 46 crops har vested on farms within a year were exempted Current Locofoco law taxes grain on hand and on the ground The 46 wool shorn within six months was exempted Current law taxes wood on hand and wool on the sheep The 46 exemptions for young livestock did not apply today Current Locofoco law requires listing all livestock for taxation The 46 books of Farmers and Merchants accounts up to 200 were exempted Now no such exemption exists Under 46 a head of family with under 100 property could hold certain livestock Today many gentry can own luxury items and escape tax Farmers and Mechanics urged to compare laws and decide which they prefer.
The force heading to Japan will include three or four frigates and about two thousand men under Commodore Perry. The aim is to protect distressed sailors and urge a treaty of amity and commerce, not conquest. If Japan refuses to treat, further action may follow, though the force is limited. The move draws more Europe interest than U S attention.
The General Conference in Boston elected Rev. Levi Scott M Sampson O C Baker and E R Ames as bishops in the Methodist Episcopal Church.
An account of a church founded in Salem Massachusetts on August 6 1629 its long history through four buildings its shift toward Unitarian sentiments and a witchcraft era episode in 1692. It highlights minister Nath Noyes Mary Easty and Sarah Good among those executed and the era’s climate of suspicion.
The article notes large Chinese emigration to California amid gold discovery, driven by high San Francisco labor costs and Chinese wage reductions. It cites 9 362 arrivals in the March quarter, 1 539 from China, and 4 21] arrivals in mid April with 1 038 from China, stating San Francisco Chinese population above three thousand and uncertain statewide dispersion.
A lake about two and a half miles long burst its banks on April 21 near Brighton Canada. The flood eroded a forty foot bank, carved a twenty five foot deep channel two miles long, uprooted trees, destroyed mill dams, and drowned two men as the lake drained in hours.
A letter from Rev Dr King, American Missionary in Greece, published March 9 in the New York Evangelist, reports his arrest and confinement in Athens for preaching. He appealed to the Areopagus, was moved to a police office jail, treated civilly, with visitors allowed until his case was decided.
The steamer Telegraph was found fully in flames off Turtle Island light around 1 o clock on Tuesday morning May 25. Captain Pheats of the Southerner could not find any crew nearby and fears the entire six to eight man crew perished. The Southerner left the wreck around 5 o'clock in the morning.
A Louisville dispute between the Church of the North and Church of the South over a newly built church edifice led to a chancery decision to rent the meeting house to the highest bidder. Both sides attended the sale with counsel as bidding climbed from seven to seven hundred dollars per month, eventually securing the property for the Southern faction. The annual rent totals five thousand four hundred nine dollars.
A newspaper note reports rapid progress on a railroad project aiming to build an independent line into the city rather than using the Little Miami connection. Proponents favor a depot near Court and Broadway, central to business, which could force the Little Miami to adopt the same terminus in coming years.
A note reports Thomas Lottridge died in Norwiely Ct prison after fifteen years imprisoned for debt. The text cites a Chicago Democrat remark about punishing political opponents by seeking a chancery decree forcing payment, with imprisonment for nonpayment.
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