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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1850
Page
1
The notice states that subscriptions cost one dollar and seventy five cents if paid in advance or within sixty days, and two dollars if payment is delayed beyond sixty days. It also notes the paper will not be discontinued until all arrearages are cleared and that advertisements are charged at the usual rates.
Poetic meditation compares death to restful sleep beneath a Westering sky. The speaker contemplates gazing at a loved one, then likens dying to an infant finding peace on earth beside the maternal figure. The lines evoke quiet, intimate surrender and comfort in final stillness.
From Arthur's Home Gazette this tale portrays Edgar Sumner a man of upright nature tormented by a social drinking habit. His wife Emily endures loneliness and illness as Edgar neglects home for revelry, until her health fails and a Sabbath morning departure foreshadows tragedy.
A troubled husband Edgar neglects his sick wife Emily for social nights and wine. After years of dissipation Emily nears death, a crisis sparks Edgar to redemption as he pleads forgiveness and vows to change, family faith, and hope restore their home.
A Perrysburg-Reveille clipping lists Ohio senators by county with years of service. Hamilton County names John Smith 1803-08 and others Ethan A. Brown 1822-25 Wm Harrison 182?-28 Jacob Burnett 1828-31 Salmon P. Chase 1849-55. Clermont County Alexander Campbell 1800-23 Thomas Morris 1831-37. Warren Jeremiah Morrow 1813-29 Thomas Corwin 1845-50. Highland William A. Trimble 1829-32. Ross Edward Tiffin 1807-9 Thomas Worthington 1810-14 William Allen 1837-49 Joseph Kerr 1813-15. Washington R J Meigs 1808-10 Belmont Benjamin Ruggles 1815-25 Fairfield Thomas Ewing 183?-37-50 Jefferson Benjamin Tappan 1837-45 Ashtabula S Griswold 1808.
The selection contrasts routine wealth with the vitality found in knowledge love and beauty. It cites industrious happy girls and quotes John Williams a Welsh rail worker famed for beating ninety pound hammers daily. It notes Petrarch insight on youth and folly and warns that a half truth is the worst lie while activity outshines dignity in life’s affairs.
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