04 Dec 1861
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1861
Page
1
In the Mississippi Valley years ago a lively horse race unfolds at Prairie du Chien with a bay horse and a nimble mare racing five heats for a catch purse of five dollars. Spectators, including Native and French groups, backers, and two half breed jockeys, cheer and wager as the mare takes an early lead.
A chaotic scene unfolds with three heats in minutes among Black people Indians and Frenchmen. A Native woman bets whisky while a French owner taunts an old mule horse. Jenks and crew recover two hundred dollars as the gray Billy lags then storms ahead to win the final heat.
A Dubuque Herald account describes a crowd shouting fraud as a chap attempts to swindle. Jenks rides forward and, from his saddle, grabs a handkerchief containing the stakes and races toward town, escaping the danger.
A Washington correspondent offers humorous remarks on women and soldiers during the Civil War era. He jokes about tract misreadings, a soldier mistaking God as father, Berdan’s Sharpshooters near a target, and misperceived military movements. The letter blends satire with observations on troops and officers.
A Perry County man, described as a peace advocate, circulated peculiar handwritten notices about a peace meeting. The unsigned postings mock printers and newspapers and include garbled phrases about a gathering at the Yaller Skool Howse on Saturday night. The document also quotes a terse aphorism about hypocrites and deceit, attributed to someone named MENNY SI'TERILNS.
Reporter from Port Royal describes enslaved people flocking to Union lines, refusing to flee with masters despite threats and gunfire. Observers note jubilation among blacks, readiness to work, and aid to Union forces, signaling a rapid shift in South Carolina slavery dynamics as Confederates resist.
Fashionable conversation shows Miss Lucy visiting a friend after a ball. She rattles through remarks on a pink tall girl, a shawl, Paris purchases, Monsieur Spry, a beautiful pin, and Harry with a mustache while avoiding Mary and boasting about social plans.
The piece notes the term origins by quoting Judges seventeen verse five where Samson explains his strength would depart if shaved. It dismisses the notion with a playful jab about Delilah’s role, attributing the phrase to a biblical archetype and a local newspaper quip.
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