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Newspaper
Mount Carmel Register
Location
Mount Carmel, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1857
Page
1
A tavern crowd hears a tale of a king who trusted a philosopher to predict rain. A countryman warns of rain, they ignore him, getting drenched. The king replaces the philosopher with a jackass, noting the folly that since then every jackass seeks office.
Poem reflecting desire for a steadfast heart through changing years. Refrains emphasize fidelity amid fleeting friendships, sorrow, and eventual death. Compares wealth and beauty as shallow unless tempered by lasting love and faithfulness. The speaker pleads for constancy in love and character.
The writer reports a surge of secret killings across streets in St. Louis with four incidents in one night. Victims include an Irish boatman and two German men named Heinz and Greigert. Assailants remain unknown as police fail to connect clues while others are wounded. The piece then pivots to moon phase weather lore and farming tips about planting corn by moon cycles.
The piece notes a strong migratory habit among Americans, with many emigrants heading to Kansas Nebraska Minnesota and Iowa. The Cincinnati Gazette cites Miami Valley farmers as leading migrants who stay on their homesteads rather than selling. The Cleveland Herald reports growing emigration lengthening East to West passenger trains, with trains carrying twenty four to twenty six cars as lines of emigrants pass through cities toward distant homelands.
The Mount Carmel Register 18 is published every Wednesday by T. Bowers from Worth's Building. Subscription is $1.50 per year if paid within six months. otherwise $2. Subscribers are deemed to continue unless they notify otherwise. No discontinuation while arrears remain unless the publisher opts to.
The article extols Southern Illinois mineral wealth based on a geological survey and Dr. Owen's findings. It highlights coal measures in Haran, Galintin, and Saliso counties, with fifteen to thirteen workable deposits totaling about thirty two feet, and notes high quality coal. It praises iron ore belts on the Saline Manufacturing Company property, including hematite and carbonate ores, and outlines favorable manufacturing conditions and raw materials nearby along the Ohio River.
The article argues iron production will thrive in Southern Illinois due to abundant ore and hematite beds, cheap power, and proximity to rail and river networks. It highlights high raw material yield, a favorable market within the western rail system, and the potential for factories and labor opportunities, stressing regional growth and economic independence.
A farmer named White near Washington Pennsylvania was robbed of 750 dollars in a nighttime burglary. While his wife called for help, he was found dead with an ax injury and the desk rifled. Detectives have no identifications or clues, but believe insiders familiar with the house aided the crime.
The text compares Apostles Paul and Peter, noting Paul as small with a lean, Jewish-Greek blend and a cheerful, confident face, and Peter as larger, harsher, with a dark eye and gray hair at the time of Antioch. It argues tradition likely has some basis, using these portraits as imaginative aids.
The text argues success comes from industry and good conduct rather than fortune. It warns against blaming fate for indolence and urges self examination to identify neglected means of achieving goals. It notes many people stay angry at fate and rely on riches for happiness, missing effort.
An esteemed Philadelphian young woman, daughter of a respected resident, was to wed Wednesday. Illness struck that week, she died Sunday, and was buried on her wedding day. Her marriage dress became her shroud as per her request.
Late intelligence from Nicaragua reports William Walker’s forces improving prospects. New York correspondents claim Walker defeats Chamorro and Henningsen, inflicts heavy losses on the allies, and gains a stronger position while allies grow weary and may withdraw soon.
Intelligence reports Canton, a million strong, the chief Chinese commercial city, was razed by the British fleet after prolonged negotiations and skirmishes. The destruction is described as a severe blow to global trade in tea and silks, provoking calls that Britain justify the act to humanity and commerce.
The Calumet of Peace notes favorable early wheat prospects in southern counties including Alexander Jackson Perry and Washington, with Clinton County showing patches of promise despite the aray bug damage last fall. Winter injuries reported further north, but spring showers may revive growth and improve yields.
The letter questions meddling in others private affairs and gossip about courtships dresses insolvency and dancing schools. It rebukes busybodies who mock misfortunes or errors and urges people to mind their own business and protect reputations.
Fragmentary lines address Ellen Bayne with lullaby tone and dream imagery. The text blends romantic and nostalgic verses, repeating phrases like sweet Ellen Bayne and gentle slumbers, evoking memory and beauty alongside fading scenes and cherished pleasures.
A Philadelphia correspondent recommends a burn cure from the Cotton Planter. Make a paste of soot and hog lard or fresh grease in a 1 to 3 ratio, spread on muslin, and apply to all burned areas until healed. For extensive burns, tear the cloth into strips before application. No other treatment is needed.
The piece counsels young women that beauty is the mind and virtue, not dress or expense. It warns that reliance on outward finery misleads and urges modest dress and plain, agreeable speech to attract worthy suitors and lasting affection.
The guide lists seed shelf lives from one year for parsnip, rhubarb and other thin scale seeds to ten years for beet, celery, cucumber and squash. It notes carrots onions peppers and small herbs last two years and asparagus eggplant endive mustard parsley three years, and cabbage cauliflower corn radish kale turnips four years. It advises storage in a coal dry environment to avoid dampness.
Addison argues that men who flatter and rely on words rather than ideas are not loved by women. He notes that true respect for women should translate into kind actions, while flattery is mistaken for affection and sentiment.
Mr Dean of Corydon plank road refused tolls on the road. The company gatekeeper barred him from passing until payment. He sued for damages claiming poor road maintenance. The court ruled against the company, awarding $5 damages.
At a Lebanon Ohio wedding a pistol hidden in a youth’s pocket discharged when Frederick Spohr asked for it. The bullet struck Spohr in the left corner of the right eye, penetrating the brain. He died within moments as guests panicked and the celebration turned to tragedy.
In Richt Cass Memph is a case where Mr and Mrs Helbing sued Phillip R Bohlen for breach of marriage contract. The jury awarded 1250 dollars to the injured parties. The suit arose after Bohlen did not marry Mrs Helbing when she was Mind Agnes Handwerker.
In St Louis the wharf teems with more than a hundred steamboats and a vast flow of cargo. Thousands of packages, hundreds of drays, and tens of thousands of personnel create jam and confusion unprecedented in the city’s maritime commerce.
In Mississippi politics Gov Poindexter leads a Palmetto flag campaign while Robert J Walker adopts the Union flag as his emblem. He wears it around his waist and denounces union as treason in major towns and villages.
The excerpt cites ancient authorities to claim women endure hunger longer than men, resist wine better, grow older without baldness, and rarely face lions, while jokingly noting they can talk a lot. It blends Plutarch Pliny Unger Gunite as sources.
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