15 Mar 1852
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Newspaper
Portage Sentinel
Location
Ravenna, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1852
Page
1
A reflective poem recalls a mother’s prayers and blessing as a son faces a seafaring life. The speaker credits his mother’s touch and faith with guiding him away from sin and saving him from ruin. The lines celebrate maternal influence, hope, and repentance.
A village tale recalls two similar men in a southern country village who plotted a fake wedding for a colored couple. The Dominie N entered a house full of dancing “Africa’s clever children” and misread the setup as a genuine ceremony, only to flee amid laughter among his flock over the practical joke played on him.
The Vienna Gazette reports the execution of Pataski a 29 year old native of Presburgh Hungary who served in the Hunyady battalion and Bam's staff. Accused of aiding Kossuth and Mazini and plotting with emigrants to overthrow the empire he traveled to Hamburg and Rendsburg to rally former Honveds and draft plans for an uprising. The case, tried in Vienna, is described as a solemn but secret proceeding. Also noted is Goslar executed on the 5th for preparing the population for the next revolution.
An excerpt from Stephens new Memorias of Methodism recounts Jesse Lee a pioneer New England Methodist preacher. On a Boston Lynn horseback ride two lawyers taunt him about study and sermons and he replies he reads on the move and edits aloud only when necessary. The tale highlights Lee’s wit and rural humor in early American religious life.
From the proof sheets of a history of Hungary an 1610 narrative recounts Elizabeth Bathori the sister of the Polish king and wife of a Hungarian magnate plotting murder to gain youth and beauty. She lured maidens through a secret passage at Csejta castle pouring blood in a search for the elixir of life, ordering hundreds of executions before a Palatine halts her reign.
A long excerpted commentary defends industry and personal effort, arguing that no father should grant a child the right to idleness. It condemns idle lives as immoral and praises toil as the foundation of civilization, citing a 19th century extract about labor creating the goods humans wear and use. The piece also includes letters and snippets from travelers and local anecdotes about voyage difficulties and humorous notices.
The Ohio General Assembly lays out schedule for District Court terms across Butler, Preble, Darke, Miami, Champaign, Clark, Greene, Clinton, Warren, Montgomery, Shelby, Mercer, Auglaize, Allen, Logan, Union, Marion, Crawford, Wyandot, Seneca, Hancock, Putnam, Van Wert, Paulding, Defiance, Williams, Fulton, Wood, Wayne, Holmes, Coshocton, Licking, Knox, Richland, Ashland, Lorain, Medina, Summit, Cuyahoga, Clermont, Brown, Adams, Highland, Ross, Fayette, Madison, Franklin, Perry, Fairfield, Hocking, Athens, Vinton, Gallia, Meigs, Washington, and others, with deadlines from May through September and provisions for special terms if counties miss dates.
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