17 Aug 1839
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1839
Page
1
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A Rhode Island contingent led by Major General Presley? Prescott’s troops plotted a bold July 1777 assault to seize General Prescot from his Warwick Neck quarters. The plan involved 41 officers and volunteers, five whale boats, and precise navigation under stormy seas to infiltrate Hog Island and capture the British commander.
William Barron recounts a daring raid that seized General Prescott at his Warwick Neck residence. After misleading the guards, he and a party forced exchange of the general, sending him to Providence with his aide. The mission culminated in the later exchange for General Lee.
A Montreal Transcript account describes a second spectral visit to a widow, where the ghost of her husband delivers a writen paper and asks paying a newspaper account, amid a tale of fear and cold dread. The column then notes Haverhill Massachusetts with eleven churches and quotes Captain Marryat praising American women.
A Niagara Falls author adds a tale about state treasurer Bates Cooke described as a federalist. The narrative recalls a siege on Ridge road during invasion days, where Cooke’s brother Lathrop was carried with a leg amputation and a two horse sleigh driver faced pursuing Indian war parties. The driver, Bates Cooke, shot a pursuer, while Tuscaroras aided the fugitives, and the Queenstown battle is linked to Cooke’s boat voyage.
A New Orleans Times report recounts a wind driven incident where a woman, tightly laced, was lifted into the air and torn from the waist as her jupon inflated. The scene, described as a warning to avoid extreme corsetry, leaves the fate of the lady unknown.
The Foreign Quarterly Review reports a proposed Italian rail line linking Venice Padua Vicenza Verona Mantua Prescia and Milan with a bridge over the lagoons to connect Venice to the mainland. The 166 mile route would serve about 3 500 000 people and is attributed to German enterprise. Italian Spring Wheat yields and a New York weekly titled Humbug are noted.
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A Gen. Farmer note warns that weeds exhaust soil, crowd crops, and dry ground, reducing yields. It cites moisture loss, stunted plants, and rampant weed growth in fields and pastures, urging active control to protect land value and productivity.
The article outlines beet sugar production starting with cleansing and shredding the beets, pressing the pulp, extracting juice into a copper-lined tub, adding sulphuric acid and lime to precipitate impurities, boiling to concentrate, using animal carbon to clarify, and filtering as it crystallizes into sugar. Molasses yield is substantial and the remaining residuum is used for cattle feed.
A note on potato storage suggests burying tubers deeply slows vegetative growth. An French experiment buried potatoes three and a half feet to keep them sound for two years. In this country deep burial is unusual and may not protect against frost through winter. The idea of spring burying and digging for summer use is proposed.
The piece urges strong support for agriculture as the nation’s foundation and calls for education and scientific advancement in farming. It argues science and practice must unite to create capable farmers and a prosperous country.
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