13 Mar 1857
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1857
Page
1
A collection of vignettes and biographical sketches extols endurance from figures like Stephan Girard, William Pitt, Wilberforce, and Johnson. It documents a dramatic tale of Captain Patton and Mrs Patton steering a distressed ship to safety while he lay ill, with her leadership saving the voyage and earning relief from insurers.
A sprawling poem contrasts stark winter nights with bright dawns over distant lands. It moves from the vigilance of stars and the moon to scenes of Cashmere hills, Cathay huntsmen, and Russian and Finnish struggles. It then shifts to antipodean noon, palm groves, and Columbus’s shores, ending with a Northman yearning for Spring as banners blaze in the sky.
A reformulated excerpt argues that talent without endurance fails and contrasts the careers of Daniel Webster Abbott Lawrence and John Jacob Astor. It emphasizes deliberate profession choice, perseverance, and integrity, citing self discipline as the path to lasting success and public honor.
A late London Times puff extols the U S presidency praising the chosen leader as the nation's object of care for 27 000 000 intelligent people. It notes merit over birth or wealth and lauds personal fitness for the high office. It then offers a proverb about judgment in others and a quip on men unable to bear a joke showing it as a social reflection.
A historical account recalls Wolfgang Mozart dying in Vienna in 1791 after completing his Requiem. His daughter Emelie sang the dying man’s last notes as he urged her to finish the hymn of his mother. The scene ends with Mozart’s silent, enduring smile as death approaches.
The text notes the rapid action of cotton machinery where the finest lace thread passes through a lamp flame, burning fibers without harming the thread. It compares a woman to ivy, clinging more the more ruined she is.
The article surveys shifts away from Catholic power, citing Austria with many Protestants, France with protected Protestants and reduced papal revenue, Sardinia granting liberty amid conflict, Tuscany disaffection, Naples resisting Jesuits, Spain curbing Rome, and Protestant gains in Canada, the Americas, and Mexico where church estates reach about 59 million.
A playful exchange reinterprets Archimedes lever as a metaphor for effort. It notes that moving Earth even a small amount would require immense power, while every leap small part moves the world away and back. The idea ties Archimedes to everyday acts and physics.
Fragmentary line discusses desire vs necessity and suggests essential needs can be met with restraint. No clear event, person, or location identified in the readable text.
John Brickley of Nebraska, formerly of Columbus Ohio, touring this city says farmers in 8 Territory prosper but lack female help as few women have moved west. He notes two hundred industrious girls could be provided for this spring to join settlers, if they go.
A mountain maiden recounts a tale of a woman choosing an indifferent husband after seeking the finest reed in a cane-brake. She explains that while many finer options were seen, persistence yielded a less perfect match, illustrating how one ends with what is available rather than ideal.
The Icarian Community at Nauvoo Illinois once numbering about 1210 members has shrunk to four or five hundred. It petitioned the Illinois Legislature to repeal its charter so the stock of about $45 000 can be divided. A bill for the purpose has been printed and will probably pass.
The article discusses historical oat sowing rates per acre, noting two to two and a half bushels of plump seed as common in the past. It cites England’s best lands using four or five bushels per imperial acre and suggests farmers’ experience supports about three and a half bushels of various oat varieties per acre, with weight-based measures roughly half a bushel per acre for white corn oats.
A California farmer reports fifty five acres this year use for a cow yoke claiming cows work faster than oxen. He says cows provide milk and cheaper upkeep and cleaner operations.
A Worps-era clergyman urged his congregation to live out their faith with action over mere resolutions. He contrasted early Christians with contemporary practice, saying too many resolutions exist but too little concrete deeds.
Readable bits describe labor, promotion, and a war scene with a British lieutenant talking to a wounded colonel who is his brother. The text is fragmented, with misspellings and archaic phrasing, but hints at sacrifice, family ties, and battlefield risk amid illusionary war rhetoric.
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