05 Feb 1852
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1852
Page
1
The notice describes advertising pricing with a base rate of 25 cents per additional insertion. It states that one square costs 12nd or Tess, with longer ads scaled proportionally. Discounts are offered for year-long advertisers, and advertisements continue until ordered out and charged accordingly.
A fragment of verse extols a beloved woman with imagery of a lily, hyacinths, and a rose, praising her beauty, comforting presence, and gentle mercy. The narrator describes her breath, eyes, purse, and heart as sources of relief and hope, likening her to a divine, restful dwelling.
A reflective piece on purity, benevolence, and happiness. It argues a man gains true contentment through love, generosity, and disinterested giving, not selfish gratifications. Mentions David and Jonathan as ideal friendship, and notes the misery of a life centered on self.
Fragments reflect on death and burial as dust returns to soil. Ailing phrases mourn how monuments fail to distinguish one life from another, arguing that a nation leans on homegrown virtue rather than external praise. The text quotes a churchyard wind and laments low wages, noting an average yearly income around 620 per year.
A critical reflection on Michelet translations and the Russian state, arguing that universal punishment stems from a merciless system. It discusses the fate of soldiers, officers, and serfs under tyranny, the rigidity of Russian life, and the moral collapse it enforces on humanity.
The passage portrays exile to Siberia as a brutal, degrading fate that erases name and lineage, turning prisoners into mere numbers and condemning future generations to toil. It contrasts Western ease with harsh Siberian life, recounting stories of punishment, social collapse, and the erasure of personal identity across families.
A wounded veteran of army service lies near helpless, his face impassive and lips trembling as he gestures for a final salute. Though his mind wavers, he longs to speak and recalls past homes and places, asking visitors to stay as he imagines distant fruits and familiar rivers.
In Copenhagen fifty five years ago Amalie wept over keepsakes as Bertel Thorvaldsen announced his farewell to pursue Rome and fame. Years later a Danish funeral procession and a museum tomb recall a doomed romance and the lover who never returned.
A courtly tale recounts Adelaide Avert who envies her fiancé Carl Bigner. She plans fatal revenge using gun cotton hidden in a scarf. Carl is killed in a slow, tortured explosion, and Adelaide confesses to the crime and surrenders to justice.
The text argues that real difficulties forge talent and growth, while artificial hardships are harmful. It contrasts the comfort of the privileged with the unseen struggles of others, urging acceptance of challenges to sharpen intellect and satisfaction. It also notes two universal languages, love and work, understood across cultures.
The piece argues that working class voters lack access to just laws due to educational disparities. It contends national education would empower producers to elect intelligent, practical lawmakers who balance common sense with scientific insight, avoiding elitist sophistry the current classes face. It reflects a Delaware Free Press stance urging broad schooling for equal political influence.
A jumble of antiquated anecdotes and stray thoughts recounts a Boston hotel joke about reach of potatoes and forks, then shifts to Gibbon’s Hungary critique, musings on history and eternity, a child’s diving question, and a country woman’s remark about a lost husband.
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