06 Dec 1849
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1849
Page
1
Printed and published by Andrew 1 Gest. Terms state one dollar seventy five cents if paid in advance or within sixty days two dollars if payment is delayed. Paper not discontinued until all arrearages are paid. Advertisements inserted at usual rates.
A verse attributed to Bishop Heber questions religious pretense and hypocrisy. It contrasts sanctimonious appearances with genuine virtue, urging true religion to guide daily conduct. The speaker champions treating others as one wishes to be treated and hopes for a world governed by grace.
Professor H. Coutras explains soil origin through geological agents and rock strata. He argues earthquakes and progressive sedimentation shaped diverse soils, enabling mineral access and fertile landscapes, and traces primitive plough design to early agricultural practice.
The text traces the plough’s origins from a hand tool to a larger animal drawn implement. It discusses Phoenician influence, Iberian cultivation methods, and the long blade hoe used in old Europe, noting adaptations for dry climates and later spread to Madeira, Brazil, the West Indies, and Macao. The imagery contrasts ancient and modern farming, including Egyptian depictions and the shift to oxen power.
The article explains why deep sea animals resist crushing under 60 to 90 atmospheres of pressure by equal internal and external forces and likens the human body to a sponge in water. It notes that removing pressure causes deep dwelling fishes to die as their air bladders expand rapidly.
Bayard Taylor's letter sketches Col. Fremont's southward march from Paso del Norte through Chihuahua and Sonora to the Gila at Pimos village. He details rough travel, wild wheat patches likely from Major Graham’s wagons, and Fremont's exploration of the river’s bends. The account says this aids his role as United States Boundary Commissioner, replacing Col. Weller.
A reader cites Albany Cultivator on using charcoal around peach trees to stop wormy fruit and gum. After removing soil around each tree and filling with charcoal, the fruit reached marble size, pests disappeared, and trees stayed healthy. Those trees left untreated continued to bear wormy, unhealthy fruit.
A first person narrator recalls attempting to win Mary Haines from Levi Smith, plotted to cut him out, confrontations on a brook, a parlor showdown, and finally a wedding. the piece ends with a boast that the plan hastened Smith's marriage and the narrator’s uneasy satisfaction. The second feature details the Louisiana steamboat catastrophe at New Orleans, describing boiler explosions, mangled bodies, multiple fatalities, and heroic efforts aboard the Storm.
A doctor visits a sick boy and, lacking a proper implement, chalks a fake prescription on the door and directs the mother to give the emetic to her child. The mother, trusting the physician, removes the door and urges the boy to swallow it, insisting the doctor ordered it.
The Pittsburg Saturday Visitor recounts two prim ladies accusing a neighbor of bathing in a stream near their home. When asked how they could identify him from afar they answer with a spy glass. Also notes on limestone burning properties and stove heating cautions.
Massachusetts emigrants who overlanded to the Great Salt Lake describe reaching the Mormon settlement in July. They note the Modimons kindness, a flourishing community, and strong agricultural prospects including a thousand acre wheat field. They report Mormons offering five dollars a day to help harvest, and observe abundance of gold among the settlers.
The Dumfries Standard reports Captain Ralph Wormley of Virginia has been promoted to Rear Admiral in the British navy by seniority after long service. A second item notes a moss plant called the flower of moss cured hydrophobia in a case where 15 cows were bitten. 14 survived after decoction treatment. A final item laments Brooklyn’s church shortage with worship in a livery stable.
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