16 Aug 1849
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1849
Page
1
Advertisement note outlines subscription prices of one dollar seventy five cents in advance or within sixty days and two dollars after that. Paper not discontinued for arrears until all payments are settled. Advertisements run at usual rates.
An essay by Ewd. Stabler of Sandy Spring Md. wins first prize in the American Farmer contest offering 100 for top essays on renovating worn-out lands. The piece argues draining, deep ploughing, and judicious manuring as key steps, favoring lime marl and stable manure while urging practical, debt-free farming and farm-resource use. It previews further discussion on lime effects and long-term soil improvement.
A country bar tale pits a Yankee humorist against a Southern sticks joke. A wager forms over locating what a pen knife is stuck in, leading to a twist as the blade is gone from the handle and found buried in a stump.
Riddle asks for a word where first two letters name a man, first three a woman, first four a great man, and the full word a great woman. Likely answer: heroine.
The article notes rust in wheat may be caused by a parasitic fungus and warns that consumed wheat could harm people and hogs. It cites edible mushrooms and moulds as toxic in some cases and calls for investigative study before wheat enters general use.
A Newark Advertiser correspondent outlines a seven day Albany to Minnesota trip for 32 dollars. It covers Albany to Buffalo meals included 12 dollars Buffalo to Chicago by rail five dollars Chicago to Galena by stage eight dollars plus meals 1.50 and a total nine dollars and fifty cents Galena to St Pauls five dollars by steamboat. The mail boat from Galena to St Pauls leaves Galena every Monday at noon.
Dr. Thornton notes wild plants' powers with nettle juice. Lint dipped in nettle juice applied to the nostril reportedly staunches nosebleeds when other remedies fail. Fourteen to fifteen nettle seeds ground and taken daily said to cure goitre without harming general health.
A Western congressman writes to a Massachusetts friend that Congress will push to disband the army and lay up most seamen. He urges petitions from the people and asks if New England allies should send similar petitions to Congress.
New York Common Council allocates 1000 to cover expenses of bringing General Worth and Colonel Duncan’s remains to their native state for suitable interment in New York City.
Founder in horses is claimed cured by feeding a pint of whole sunflowers mixed with the horse’s own feed. The remedy is presented as immediately effective once founder is discovered.
A moral reflection condemns excess and drunkenness as ruinous to health mind and conduct. It warns that intoxication corrupts judgment reveals secrets provokes quarrels and leads to madness.
Arrivals at San Francisco run about 1,000 per week by sea and coin is scarce. Flour worth $100,000 and dry goods exposed for want of storage. Rents high. Parker House at $143,009 yearly. City Hotel $16 base, $45,000 yearly underset. French Restaurant earns about $1 a minute. Mrs. Fremont left with the Colonel for a Puebla de los Ángeles rancho bought for $200,000 with 10,000 cattle. Private mint in operation. only dollars used. Reported by Mr. Jarvis of Vermont after a California tour.
Dr. Baird notes Rome remains on the Tiber eighteen miles from its mouth with the river’s path shifting westward. He says cultivated valleys replace former buildings, ancient hills are less prominent, and the Pope’s palace sits near the city center while St. Peter’s measures 750 by 550 feet and once housed 52000. It cost fifty million dollars. The Vermont Mercury editor quips about borrowing and paying for papers, contrasting a poor man’s newspaper habit with a circus visit and drink costs, calling it saving at the spigot and losing at the bung hole.
A passage extols gracious conduct toward strangers as evidence of a world citizenry and compassionate action toward others. It likens a generous heart to a noble tree that bleeds balm, and praises forgiveness, gratitude, and a mind above injuries in weighing people’s motives rather than their trash.
A bashful young man strolling with a young woman attempts small talk as she prompts conversation with a polite greeting about the pleasant evening and the moon. Her companion breathlessly agrees, and they drift back into silence.
A Yankee quips about Locoface heads and Gen Taylor, claiming planting them in Free Soil will yield the largest squash crop on record. The remark blends political jab and absurd agricultural hyperbole.
A concise reflection on mutual dependence where rich and poor sustain each other like stones in a grand building. The world is interconnected, and no one lives in isolation.
The old method of self inflicted death by pistol or poison wanes while eating cucumbers is cited as equally effective in many cases. The remark frames a shift in methods and notes cucumber consumption as a reported alternative.
A curious note contrasts the human brain as the twenty eighth of the body with the horse brain as the four hundredth. The remark highlights anatomical comparisons and a playful take on animal cognition.
A rose bush growing near Bristol Pennsylvania is described as flourishing and more than a century old, noted for its age and vigor.
Local quip notes that supporters of Old Bullion are described as Bent-on-men by Simon, highlighting a humorous take on gendered viewpoints and favoritism. The line implies social attitudes rather than a formal event or outcome.
Report notes the Atlantic Ocean’s narrowest point plunges to more than two miles below the surface while other sections reach about one and a half miles, indicating dramatic depth variation across the sea.
A concise aphorism notes that ten days of illness per year is typical for humans, reflecting on health expectations and the fragility of daily life.
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