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Newspaper
Mount Carmel Register
Location
Mount Carmel, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1859
Page
1
Printed and published notice outlines subscription Terms One dollar per year in advance and advertising rates. First insertion priced by square ten lines or less, subsequent insertions rise. Cards of six lines per year receive discounts for prompt payment. Goforth's Building on Main Street referenced.
The article notes a forthcoming Congress session expected to be lengthy with major items including final settlement of the Mexican treaty, resolution of the San Juan Island dispute, finance reforms, and the start of the 1860 presidential campaign. It discusses Mexico's instability, Ward's Chinese hospitality, California division debates, and national political theater. It also reports a lightning death in Warren County Illinois and a vivid piece on Nauvoo and its Mormon temple ruins.
A New York Central freight train loaded with flour derailed in Albany near crowded streets. Many barrels smashed, providing a winter flour supply for residents who had little or none before the accident.
Large volumes of wheat are entering markets with Manck's Mill handling nearly a thousand bushels daily for weeks. Grand Rapids mill also reports heavy receipts. Price stands at 1 dollar per bushel.
Neighbors congratulate each other on rapid gas works completion with pipes laid since Tuesday and expected lighting of the town by the 25th of next month. The Old Post is rising in prominence among state cities.
A friend recounts Simon Suggs style mischief during a night as a lodger at Floyd House in Macon Georgia. The room is invaded by two men who pretend to catch a ghostly family prank, prompting a comical chase to a bar where a mock confession and royal punishment are demanded.
The piece argues that mothers shape notable men more than fathers shape women, citing Sir Walter Scott and Byron as examples. It notes Scott's mother as educated and charitable and Byron's mother as proud and temperamental, suggesting parental influence equals talent or tragedy in gifted descendants.
The passage surveys mothers of notable figures such as Bonaparte Burns Bacons Nero Washington Jay Patrick Henry Adams and John Quincy Adams. It contrasts traits like beauty temper intellect and piety with outcomes in their sons, noting mothers shaped character and energy and urging mothers to remember their lasting imprint on their children.
A London correspondent recounts Seward’s hurried court dress prank before a royal audience and a grim Austrian travel broker murder. The tanner’s son then takes over the business as a dog-scented ambush and a cabriolet crime unfold with arrests underway.
The steamship Royal Charter from Australia to Liverpool was wrecked on the English coast during a hurricane like gale. Five hundred aboard. four hundred seventy lost and thirty saved. About 2 900 000 in gold sank with the ship. Cables parted before striking. she drifted ashore and split in two amid heavy seas. Many bodies washed ashore. numerous wrecks reported along the coast. The American ship Charles Jones of Mobile is listed among the lost with all crew. The voyage of Boston Jim Peru on August 10 foundered September 2. the boat with Capt Seabury and five sailors reached Peru after 28 days at sea. others aboard are believed drowned.
The exchange column recommends a home polish for stoves and ranges using weak alum water mixed with British lustre. Apply to a cold stove with a dry brush for lustre, rewet dry spots, and repeat. Two applications a year keep the surface bright like a coach body.
In Hamburg a French player at a gambling table drew a pistol and killed himself after betting his last napoleon. Attendants covered the face and removed the body as the game continued.
A lighthearted note suggests rosy cheeks come from a pretty compliment. It frames flattery as the simplest cosmetic, praising charm over cosmetics and linking praise to appearance in a playful voice.
A Yankee boasts a horse that lies down on cue to scent game. A hunter tests it and buys the docile creature for 300 dollars. Crossing a river, the horse sinks and turns out to be a hippopotamus. The Yankee remains unfazed, saying the horse is good for fish as well as rabbits.
A moral exhortation praises associating with the intelligent and virtuous rather than the vulgar. It cites Lord Clarendon on learning and virtue as keys to happiness, respect, and success, warning that mingling with low society leads to degradation and vice.
A quotation recalling how a mother’s guidance shaped Hon. Benton’s abstinence from tobacco gambling and hard drink. He credits her pious wishes for his total abstinence since age seven and attributes his character to her admonitions.
Dont keep solemn parlor habits with a parson or sewing society Hang around your walls pictures which tell stories of mercy hope courage faith and charity Make your home the largest and most cheerful room Let it be such that when your day ends or when he clings to a plank the unlikely scene brings light hope and love Avoid dungeons closed rooms and always shut blinds Iike Marvel
Gustus Alexander Tramilton tells an intimate friend that true genius lies in lifelong study of a subject. He describes hours spent with a topic, exploring every bearing until the mind is fully permeated and diligent effort yields the fruits of genius.
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