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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1850
Page
1
The Athens Messenger outlines subscription rates with advance payment of 1.50 per year and 2.00 if unpaid within four weeks. It notes no discontinuance until all arrears are settled and warns that failing to notify editor of discontinuance may be considered a new engagement. Clubs receive a liberal deduction.
The notice lists ad rules including fourteen lines per image limit, three insertions at $100 each, and liberal yearly discounts. It warns FP ads without marked insertions will continue until forbidden and charged accordingly, with UF and LP terms for candidate names and advance payment. ads must be in by Wednesday morning for next paper.
A satirical poetry piece presents hearts as rental property at ages eighteen twenty eight and thirty eight. It frames love as a lease with terms, including comfort, debts of unrequited affection, and eventual decline in aging. The speaker gauges worth, supply, and eligibility for a tender, humorous auction of affection.
Cavaract questions the honest Pump about humorous midnight pranks that bewilder men and embarrass citizens. The speaker urges the Pump to protect secrets seen in darkness and keep from exposing drunken acts that stain reputations.
The piece argues young men must avoid idleness and pursue exertion for rewards in a busy world. It laments a rising idle class in England and notes heirs turning wealth into a "human wyster bed" to live slothfully until death.
A reflective defense of honesty and modesty in personal and business relations. It warns that concealment breeds harm and crime, urging truth as guiding motive and modesty as a guard of virtue to preserve integrity and prevent ruin.
The piece ponders time as an undefined, celestial, and limited portion of eternity. It warns that life is spent heedlessly while urging use of time to educate, mature, and enrich the mind to grasp eternal truths and happiness.
The Baltimore Convention of Editors calls for cheaper postage and free circulation of newspapers within congressional districts. They argue newspapers educate public morals and that current rates burden local papers, hindering domestic news and local enterprise. They urge Congress to adopt two cent and five cent prepaid rates and seek support from Maryland's representatives.
The New York Sun argues that leaving the farm for a merchant or professional desk taints toil. It warns against trading natural labor for artificial professions and links dignity to usefulness and hardiness rather than appearance.
A 1850 Washingtonian letter urges whiskey dealers to quit selling spirits, condemns the social and moral damage of alcohol, and calls the island community to abandon the trade. It advocates total abstinence, owner responsibility, and public reform to prevent further drownings and deaths from alcohol.
Rev. Orville G. Wheeler preaches at Daniel M. Brown’s drowning funeral in Plattsburgh New York arguing alcohol sellers bear moral responsibility. He cites Genesis and Cain to denounce rum traffic and urges humane accountability for the deadly effects of drink.
The report estimates 7,000 grog shops in New York City and surrounding areas spending over 25 million dollars yearly on drinks. It cites prison statistics showing 30,000 intemperate arrests in 1849 and claims most crime originates in intemperance. It also notes the Rochester Temperance Star's shift on liquor sellers and ends with a temperance anecdote about a man named Bi and his new wealth from a temperance society.
A 1850 Ohio act requires immediate publication of general laws in two English and one German newspaper in Columbus, with copies sent to county auditors. Auditors contract for local papers, ensure correct print, and publish compliant texts. The act covers local acts, certificates of proof, repeal of conflicting provisions, and takes effect after passage.
The act exempts the family homestead of the head of a family from sale on execution for debts incurred after the act takes effect on July 4. The homestead cannot exceed five hundred dollars in value. If levied, appraisers must set off the homestead and return the assignment. rest of the debtor’s lands may be sold unless a valid complaint triggers reappraisal.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio. The law addresses cases where a judgment is obtained on a contract or undertaking involving joint liability. If other liable persons are not known to the sheriff, they may be named as parties to the judgment unless they show otherwise. The writ directs the sheriff to proceed accordingly.
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