Printed and Published Weekly by A. M. Gest
A. M. Gest publishes a weekly periodical, noting the printer’s imprint and regular distribution cadence.
01 Aug 1845
Page 1
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1845
Page
1
A. M. Gest publishes a weekly periodical, noting the printer’s imprint and regular distribution cadence.
The Ohio Cultivator publishes Colonel David Chambers of Muskingum County urging scientific farming. He argues for soil restoration, manures, and planter education to prevent decline, cites silk premiums, and praises agriculture's public value and need for skilled farmers. He closes with support for the convention's work.
A late domestic economy writer suggests splitting the pods lengthwise and cutting them into short pieces. Boil separately with a pinch of pearlash or saleratus in the water, then finish cooking to yield bright green, tender beans seasoned to taste.
In Manchester New Hampshire a town with over 8000 residents no public sale of alcohol is known and the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows of Mississippi condemns dueling in a formal denunciation.
Letter from the U S Dragoon Corps under Col Kearney on the Oregon emigrant trail describes 255 miles to Fort Laramie 309 miles to South Pass and notes caravans of 40 to 60 wagons with families orderly camps and no liquor. It praises emigrant steadiness and lists travel details and numbers including cattle stock and deaths.
A New York newspaper portrays one of the citys fashionable gambling houses noting splendid furniture excellent cooks admirable servants exquisite wines and superb roguery. It highlights unrivaled cheating and unequalled rascality as defining traits.
A private letter from May 20 describes a civil war between Druses and Christians in Syria with villages, churches, and convents burned. Christians and Druses slaughter civilians, famine, and arson spread as European consuls and ships attempt to aid fleeing Christians, while the Pasha acts with troops and fears a sectarian uprising.
Professor Olmstead recalls a tale where a farmer and his wife share a keg of liquor. They agree not to drink until replenished, then pay six cents per drink to each other. The cycle continues until the keg runs dry, the liquor effectively paid for with the same sixpence.
The New York Sun reports farmers near the area earning three hundred to five hundred dollars per year per acre by growing poppies for opium production. The opium is said to exceed Indian-quality, raising prospects we may export more opium to China than the East India Company.
Dr. Leipsius in Egypt reports theriad Hasssa Dey has forty two wives and one hundred ninety seven children.
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