19 Dec 1877
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1877
Page
1
The poem depicts a blacksmith's joyful daily toil with clanging hammers and roaring bellows. It ties labor to family needs as Kate and baby await bread, praising the smithy’s warm glow, family life, and steady rhythm of ding dong and clang. The speaker finds happiness in work, weather, and shared evenings with Kate by the forge.
In a Bradford farmstead on Christmas Eve a gentle minister visits as snow blankets the fields. The elderly farmer and his daughter Lizzy welcome him, share stories of past joys and losses, and reveal a long-held guilt over mistreating their son. On Christmas Day the family learns of a son’s return, and forgiveness, reunion, and renewed faith light the house with a profound, healing happiness.
The piece warns against habitual procrastination, labeling the “afternoon men” who delay work until later as unreliable. It argues quick action builds success, while delaying tasks undermines both present prospects and long term outcomes. It also notes the benefits of morning exercise for readiness. St Louis Journal ends with a quip about a handkerchief flirtation.
A mill worker, Mrs Hay, was pulled into a revolving shaft causing a severe scalp wound. Surgeons grafted skin from healthy volunteers’ arms, with 241 grafts covering about half the scalp, and the patient shows signs of recovery though unconscious for days.
A Detroit Free Press account recalls Justice Lemkie hearing a case where a destitute woman claimed John Doe owed forty five dollars. She alleged long toil in his home and a vow to settle via summons, while the defendant teased a “bundle of sunshine.” The twist ends with marriage and threats to drop proceedings, as the woman euphorically departs.
Albert T. Bledio editor of the Southern Review and former University of Virginia professor died recently in Alexandria Virginia of paralysis.
Washington correspondent recounts a dramatic Civil Service reform tale about a deceptive clerk at the Interior Department. A penniless orphaned country girl seeks work, is misled by a supposed secretary, and suffers years of heartbreak as notices promise a vacancy she never receives. The story ends with reflection on guilt, remorse, and a tragic grave.
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A rhythmic excerpt by Robert Southey catalogues names ending in off and related suffixes. It lists Formazow and Jemalow and many others, then humorously pairs each with verbs like off, shoveled off, crossed, touched, cut, pared, worred, doctored, flogged, and flogged off.
A long fragment blends musings on meerschaum pipes with literary quips and stray jokes. It notes poets and authors who praised pipe culture and includes humorous squibs from Worcester, Danbury, and Philadelphia papers. It also covers Mennonite settlements in Manitoba with population figures.
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