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Newspaper
Steubenville Weekly Herald
Location
Steubenville, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1850
Page
1
An early Steubenville Daily Herald item presents Original Poetry about spring's joys and the heart. The verse reflects the season’s warmth, birds, sun, and showers and contemplates memory and fading hopes amid changing life.
A letter from 1850 California describes the rapid growth of San Francisco, gold discovery, and the vibrant mix of sights, including gambling halls, churches, and benevolent societies. It details the road journey across deserts and valleys, encounters with buffalo and Mormons, and plans for statehood, railroads, and potential ventures.
The column notes a city survey by engineers of the Steubenville and Indiana Railroad, fines for swearing and loafing in Allegheny City, the O Neal House as a hostelry, and pending manslaughter sentence for Hennis tied to Tiltonsville. It also mentions gas speculation, brick price rise, and local hat shops on 3rd and 4th streets with editorials thanking Joseph Cable for public documents.
Agricultural proverbs describe signs of future fortune for a farmer. Observations include a young marriage indicating Providence aids self-reliance, a large barn foretelling profits, a driving farmer showing resolve, household lamps signaling frugality, and readiness for winter to imply steady operations. Other verses warn against idleness and applaud prudent planning and preparedness for long-term security.
This receipt from the horticulturist instructs on making whitewash using lime and water, plus zinc sulfate and salt. It details color variants by adding yellow ochre, Indian red, French blue, sienna, and Venetian red, and notes brick or stone walls can use hydraulic cement in place of lime.
Farmers are advised to plant corn early in warm regions using dry seed, with shallow ½ inch covers and bright moisture. Plant eight or nine kernels per hill, thinning later by hoe, accepting worm and squirrel loss, and use fine spread manure to support immediate growth.
In Washington County the wheat and rye crops promise an abundant harvest. Oats and corn look well too though severe weather has damaged much fruit. Crops in Fayette Berks and Dauphin also look well.
The Journal editor details a vivid rappings display by Rochester ladies, noting they drummed Columbia on a table with a motionless group and claiming Gen Washington’s spirit was invoked though no drummer was present. The piece teases the mechanism and promises more if known.
Industry. Excellence is never granted to man but as the reward of labor. He argues that perseverance in the habits of industry is strengthened by the pleasure of perceiving advantages, which approach the point like clock hands, yet move so slowly as to escape notice.
The Ohio Cultivator published at Columbus by W Bateham Estq is praised for serving Ohio farmers. It notes Mr Batesham has advanced agriculture in the state and will achieve more with proper encouragement.
The convention discusses committee structure and aims to amend the constitution to appoint three commissioners. Their duty is to revise reform and simplify statutes rules of practice pleadings and court procedures, reporting to the legislature for approval.
The Tuesday session saw debates on multiple constitutional resolutions. Committees, led by Mr. Huant and Mr. Patterson, were instructed to study representation, real estate clauses, and penal reforms.
In Washington May 12 Mr Clay previews the Omnibus bill work while Mr Webster advocates dissolving California from the 6th and pushing Mason's Fugitive Slave bill. He backs Territorial Governments sans Proviso and plans a public land speech. The Southern Address urges consulting Elwood Fisher amid sectional pressure.
In this voice to laborers, Dr Cuakning urges workingmen to study the country’s history and interests to form sound judgments on public issues. He warns against rumor and passion, arguing informed intelligence will curb designing politicians and grant workers real influence in government.
A Picton Nova Scotia couple McDonald once feared their six year old son was dead after a search in the woods. A widowed mother learns a white boy eight living with Indians near Picton speaks with a Scotch accent claiming the name McDonald. She travels to reclaim him as her son.
A city paper reports a humorous change to a business sign for the firm Ketchum and Cheatum in New York. Friends urged adding Christian names from scripture, Isaiah and Uriah, but space limited the inscription to I and U Cheatum on the shingle, reading Retchum and U Cheatum.
A country clergyman faces a dilemma when asked to lend his pulpit to a young relative preacher. He jokes that if the youth preaches better, the church will blame him. if worse, the young man is unfit. The exchange captures wary wit about authority and talent in preaching.
A playful hypothetic asks whether a captain facing a wind and a spur in the canal would be justified under maritime law to reef the stove pipe without consulting the cook. The wording imitates a crewroom riddle rather than a formal ruling.
A harsh verse mocks belief and commerce with satirical lines praising blindness and deafness to dodge ghosts, loans, stories, and advertisements. It laments marriages blocked by gospel comforts and implies a cynical view of expectations and advertising.
The Lonkcville Courier reports a recent scene on the small boat Ben Franklin during an upward trip. A colored preacher and his wife sat at the dinner table with other passengers bound for Madison. White passengers protested. Captain Summons ordered them to leave. Two white gentlemen with their families exited with their colored friends.
As British troops prepared to march out and lay down arms at Yorktown, General Washington addressed the American army urging restraint. He told his men not to insult a conquered foe, predicting posterity would cheer their conduct.
A Cumberland Massachusetts woman was brought before a magistrate on a charge of manufacturing pudding and sausages from putrid cattle and sheep that died of disease and selling them to residents. An expected witness in the case may reveal shocking facts from the cave.
During the month of vii, individuals were committed to Allegheny County facilities for Gruber jad, reflecting local judicial actions. The brief notes the month, location, and names tied to the commitments without sensational detail.
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