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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1854
Page
1
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Poem fragment imagines a world where wise men unite in love and justice. It envisions end to oppression slavery warfare and vice and calls for light clearing blindness and freeing all people through kindness and knowledge.
The readable lines present a poetic scene with nature motifs. Imagery of wind, forest, colors, and dreams suggests a reflective, lyrical piece rather than a complete narrative or report.
In a Boston estate scene a rich old gentleman named Mr Wheatly disinherits his son for marrying a poor girl. The tale ends with Ellen revealing Charles’s son Thomas Bonner Wheatly and the family moving in together, the father softened and hopeful for happiness.
A fragmentary quotation attributes wisdom to Dr. Franklin and speaks on virtue. It contrasts good nature gathering sweetness from herbs with ill nature likened to a spider draining from towers. The text appears as cut speech about education and character.
A colonial editorial argues total prohibition of groggeries as a legitimate government aim. It likens liquor shops to lotteries and bawdy houses, urging laws to curb appetites and protect health, poverty and public morals. The piece questions why liberty is cited for liquor but not for other vices and cites New York Governor actions as a contrast.
The notes urge readers to favor newspapers as the most potent tool for church and world good. They argue that newspapers cheaply inform families on many subjects and that subscribing supports labor and costs, yielding far more value than their price in improving intelligence, morality, and religion.
A moral philosophy emphasis on rising above life’s vexations through religious grounding. The text likens the Christian to an eagle who endures storms with hopeful fortitude, contrasting cheerful endurance with embittered reaction to misfortune.
The passage warns that alcohol addiction destroys industry, society, and decency, citing young men who once had bright prospects ruined by drink. It laments the misery and poverty that follow and urges abstinence, asserting willpower alone suffices to overcome the vice.
Fragmented text discusses pain, martyrdom, and nerve responses during torture or surgery. Mentions a surgeon, jaw injury, and a case where recovery allowed a hand to endure fire. References Mary and Joan of Arc in a digressive, uncertain context.
A poetic fragment describes love as a cosmic chord linking all sounds of creation. It suggests early love makes the heart a fertile garden full of sunshine and honeyed scents, while life without love turns to ashes and desolation.
A fragmentary discussion on Tom Hood and a dramatic passage about a wife’s steadfast love. The text contrasts a no sun no moon era with moral reflections on fidelity, gentleness, and the strength of a wife supporting her husband through calamity, citing Irving and heavenly imagery.
The report notes 135 men aboard Franklin's expedition. remains traced near latitude 68 and longitude five west of Greenwich, described as south of Wellington Channel. It mentions prior searches and misdirections, Rae’s later work, and expenses of about 4000 dollars for expeditions in Hudson Bay and around Coppermine regions.
The passage contrasts life’s struggles with hope. A laborer and a ragged figure carry dreams of growth and brighter days while an old man nears death, yearning rest beyond the grave as the sun fades from the sky.
A desolate scene shows families without music and clouded by anger and poverty. A mother and siblings endure a chilling atmosphere as discord and despair linger in a place that should be holy. The piece laments misery and pleads to keep strife from their door so song may return to their home.
An aphoristic reflection urges steadfast honesty and courage to admit ignorance. It argues that a new truth unsettles the soul at first but dulls with familiarity, and warns against flattery and disguise in personal conduct.
W E Le Duc Commissioner of this Territory returned from the New York World’s Fair with mummy wheat grains. He sent a sample to David Gilman of Benton county, who cultivated it. A sturdy 8 foot stalk with seed clusters appeared, a curiosity linking ancient Egypt to modern cultivation.
The article discusses Babinet's details on the great comet seen in 104 392 GR3 972 1214 1556 and its three century orbit. It notes astronomers predicting a return within two years, with commentary on public fear and scientific anticipation. It also includes a Chicago Times riff on Democratic defeat and opposition to the Nebraska act in Michigan.
In ten states including Missouri Connecticut Rhode Island New Hampshire Vermont Iowa Maine Indiana Pennsylvania and Ohio Gen Pierce leads by about 80000 votes in 1552. Two years earlier the same states gave a 21950 majority against his administration signaling a major political reversal. The Pierce party has elected six Congress members in these states, up from forty seven two years ago. The article argues the shift shows widespread voter anger at broken pledges and general disillusionment with the current administration.
The report lists 389 aboard the Vesta including 147 passengers and about 50 crew. Of these, 30 crew and 119 passengers are noted lost or missing with 3 to 4 dead and 50 to 75 missing among the passengers and crew.
The state constitution sets eligibility for African American voters in New York City. It requires a person to be a citizen for three years, own freehold property valued at 250 dollars above debts, and have paid taxes. The article notes about three thousand Black residents qualify under these terms.
On the ninth of the month in Urbana Ohio the Presbyterian church bell rang twice and the congregation waited in vain for a sermon. After an hour a note was read from the minister stating he would not preach until his salary was paid in full.
The great Pacific Railroad venture of Robt J. Walker & Co appears doomed as the pledged Texas land is not forthcoming. A 300 000 deposit was due by October 30 to state officers, and a Texas paper from October 21 warned lands would not be delivered, likely collapsing the entire scheme.
The new Iowa Legislature has an anti-Nebraska Senate majority of two and an anti-Nebraska House majority of thirteen, totaling fifteen on joint ballot, ensuring an anti-administration U S Senator next winter.
In San Francisco there are twenty church congregations with about nine thousand members. Religion is attended to, yet voice and influence gradually diminish in the golden city.
Farner Martuen, noted temperance advocate, is to sail from Liverpool to Madeira on the 24th. He has endured a long and painful illness, and friends hope the sunnier climate will aid his recovery.
The New York Tribune reports that over two days last week the port saw arrivals totaling nine thousand three hundred forty four emigrants. The surge marks an extraordinary influx affecting local immigration patterns and port operations.
The Boston Gazette reports Fy Gleason disposes of his interest in Gleason's Pictorial and Flag of Our Union to Maturin M. Ballou for $200,000. It is the largest newspaper sale in the country to date. Gleason retires with a sizable fortune.
Time from Baltimore to Cincinnati via the Central Ohio Railroad route currently stands at 29 hours and is expected to drop to 27 hours soon.
The Wooster Democrat notes the country is flooded with wool buyers from eastern markets who are seeking large quantities at the low prices seen last summer, pushing down spirits among sellers and altering the local wool trade dynamics.
The Hartford Courant mocks fusion in politics noting diverse coalition signals including figures from Massachusetts New York Pennsylvania Michigan Kentucky North Carolina and Mississippi and warns that rogues conspire honest men should combine in response to Locofo papers.
The United States Government and the Chippewa Indians concluded a treaty selling their rights to the Lake Superior country. A tract over two hundred miles of coast is opened for settlement. Plans consider creating a state from Michigan Wisconsin and Minnesota with Labinte as commercial seat. Names suggested for the new states include Huron and Superior.
The Charleston Mercury condemns free states for extending slavery and insists sectionalism has long guided Southern policy. It argues the South surpassed constitutional boundaries and urges free states to recognize the South’s view and protect their own interests.
The temple sits 186 feet long and 99 feet wide with a foundation 16 feet deep and 16 feet thick. A 20 foot wide promenade will surround the building, reached by steps. The temple will stand 96 feet high and cover 21 500 square feet of ground.
In New York City Court a suit over title to a property valued at 10 million dollars proceeds. Plaintiff A Brown widow of John Brown sues H F Schoonmaker with Llatatif claiming as an Arden heir joins or intervenes in the ejectment action.
Rev. Chas Burnet of the Methodist Episcopal Church Darien Connecticut hanged himself with a strap in his wood shed a short time ago. The report notes a rise in suicides as a pattern.
The Toledo Blade notes a local politician who threatened to mark every Democrat who abandoned the regular ticket. Since then he has been busy painting, likening the act to taking a census as he works on the job.
The Alvany Register claims the oyster disease story was manufactured by political candidates. It argues candidates use oysters as a symbol of expense to influence voters during the pre election period.
The Cleveland Herald Leader and Plain Dealer will charge twenty five cents for inserting marriages deaths notices of fire religious and other meetings in their pages.
The Ohio State Board of Agriculture schedules its annual gathering in Columbus on the Sunday following December Wednesday. Officials prepare reports and discuss state farming issues. Organized by the state agricultural board, the event gathers farmers, researchers, and public officials.
The remains of Hon. W. T. Barry who died while our Minister to Spain in 1545 were brought home and passed through Covington Kentucky on the way to the cemetery at Frankfort.
Capt Walker ex-president of the Humble Republic of Sonora was tried and acquitted at San Francisco. Clerk of the Mayor Smith Clark and the City Treasurer were arrested for large cash gaps and 360,000 city bonds. Forger Meiggs found to have committed additional forgeries. Passengers of the wrecked Yankee Blade criticized Captain Randall while Quinn received a gold watch for staying with the ship. The French Consul refused to testify. California miners prosper as earthquakes strike San Francisco and attempts to recover the Yankee Blade treasure continue unresolved.
In a National interlurobeer essay, the author discusses secret political societies and defends or condemns the Know Nothing movement. The piece warns against foreign influence, claims parties form through elite manipulation, and stresses vigilance by the people to protect republican government.
The article argues against an early February fusion or Republican state convention, urging delay until after Congress adjourns for fresh developments. It notes recent vigorous campaigning and favors waiting for new attitudes on issues before nominating state officers.
The article urges farmers to prepare houses barns cellars and sheds for winter, bank cellars to protect apples and potatoes, stock bedding with straw and leaven, hire a good district schoolteacher at $30 a month, and ensure children are warmly clothed. It stresses timely fall work, tree transplantation only in fall or spring, proper stock care warmth feeding shelter and water, sorting and classing sheep, and storing firewood and farm tools dry and ready for spring.
Practical rural guidance on manure production from sink and privy waste. Advice includes bedding for horses, sand floors to reduce vermin, gypsum or charcoal over manure, charcoal in hog pens, salt licks for horses, and rot prevention for fence posts. Also urges stone steps and weatherproofed gates with durable construction.
A Germantown Telegraph correspondent details an experiment where four turkeys in one pen fed on meal potatoes and oats, and four others in a second pen fed the same but with a pint of pulverised charcoal added. Both groups had charcoal available. all eight were killed the same day. The charcoal-fed birds were heavier by about nine pounds and meat described as tender and superior in flavor.
Savannah Georgia residents return to ruined homes after a two month spate of burglaries. Police report burglars struck repeatedly during the yellow fever crisis, leaving property damage and loss across the city. The News notes rampant theft amid unsettled conditions.
Fragmentary text hints at growing whims during travel and bite experiences. The lines suggest a playful, evolving language journey beginning in youth and expanding with movement.
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