11 Jan 1849
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1849
Page
1
Fragmentary notice outlines payment terms for a newspaper subscription. States fee of one dollar and seventy five cents with possible continuation if paid, or two dollars if delayed beyond sixty days. Mentions arrears and advertisement rates.
In a boarding school reminiscence, Ellen Conway, seventeen, captivates with grace and resolve. After her father’s death leaves the family estate insolvent, she journeys to Lowell to work in a factory to fund her education, insisting work need not degrade her resolve or future.
The narrator recalls Helen Conway's rise from a Lowell textile setting to intellectual respect and social dignity. Despite snobbery from elites, she learns, works, and grows, defending operatives’ rights, earning an Education Society address, and pursuing a future possibly as a President’s wife.
A speaker argues that humanity expands universally and rights should be shared by all, citing Dr. Channing on social progress. He speculates on prairie origins from ancient lakes, considering whether waters drained or convulsions formed the plains, and notes the need for divine revelation to resolve such questions.
In a lively session a noisy interrupter is trapped by Sheridan with a sharp quip. Brinsley jabs at a famed political character who plays the rogue but fools himself. The bench bursts into Hear Hear as the wit sits down amid laughter.
An Acolporteur knocked on an Irishman's door in the second Municipality asking if the owner would read an essay on the Holy Land. The Irishman demanded a proper title before agreeing and quipped he would consider it if the land offered prairie and new settlers were safe from problems.
A historical remark recalls Louis Philippe telling an English nobleman that he was the only European monarch to have cleaned his own boots. He claimed he could do it again, a lesson in personal independence learned long ago.
A fragment reflecting on a tongue that devours all it touches and on envy and duplicity among professed Christians. It cites Massillon criticizing church spectators who revel in blood and violence, contrasting with Jesus Christ’s tenderness and condemning stage cruelty.
Major Noah cites the New York Journal of Commerce noting that a divine prediction about Solomon's Temple was not literally fulfilled but that underground vaults and passages have been uncovered, linking them to the great temple now buried under ages of rubbish. The Journal adds the temple remained hidden for 500 years, covered by earth and debris up to twelve to fifteen feet deep.
The passage presents a line from the poet Crabbe likening a great lie to a large fish stranded on dry land. It frets and makes noise but cannot harm when one remains calm and still, since the lie will die of itself.
The passage extols home life as the sweet reward for virtue, arguing that true domestic bliss comes from a loving wife, obedient children, and a temperate honest man. It asserts that humble homes offer real joy beyond wealth and honors, with laughter, healthful meals, and a clear conscience easing weariness.
William Sturges of Boston lectured at the Yarmouth Institute on the Indians of the Northwest Coast. He described female lip stretching with wooden contrivances, noting a three inch projection and the practice as a beauty standard. The account recalls forest life and affection toward whites.
A French sloop returning from India left twelve chained monkeys on deck. When the animals broke their bonds they invaded the captain’s cabin and spilled ink on official papers. To spare them death, the crew built a raft with a mast sail and provisions and set the animals adrift, watching tearfully as it disappeared toward land.
The Beyrman Government declares it unlawful for a woman to mourn beyond three days except for her husband. It vows a harsh divine punishment via a tongue seventy cubits long and other unspecified disfigurements if a mother mourns a child.
The text argues covetousness grows from niggardliness in trivial matters, not grand expenses. It suggests saving a few pounds yearly could spare a man the stain of avarice.
A youth faced with choosing between two beloved girls is moved to decision by a rose incident. One sister scratches a finger, white rose becomes red, another lurks behind and faints over a fall. The tale ends with a swift union with the calmer, kinder girl, hinting at how small signs seal hearts.
Accounts from Batavia report the Kloet volcano erupting with loud detonations and black skies. Cinders set crops aflame while lava inundates Kedirne district, destroying farms, villages, and livestock in Passarondo province, Borneo.
A recipe advises mixing egg yolk with a spoon of cream or milk and two drops of cinnamon oil to serve three. It claims the yolk and milk oil are lubricating and nourishing, cinnamon oil is cordial and tonic, and the mixture helps lung disease with breathing difficulty, dry cough after meals or activity, and evening hectic fever with night perspiration.
Gov. Graham reports the state has a single debt of 500000 tied to the Raleigh and Gaston Railroad Company. Total revenue from resources stands at 96604490.
The Washington Globe reports letters from Captain Folsom describing California gold discoveries. It notes desertion from towns for El Dorado, gold forms from thin scales to chunks up to five ounces, and mining methods in creeks and mountains. Gold spread across Feather and Bear rivers and toward Santa Clara.
Lieutenant Lynch procured two Aranian calves during his Dead Expedition and presented them to Virginia agriculturists. The calves, sent to Richmond, are red like Devonshire stock, taller and thinner, with deerlike heads and limbs. They are gentle and in good condition after six months on ship, ten months old with notable weight for their age.
Jington laments the era of medical quackery as she ridicules metaphysical cures and nostrums. She promotes exercise, fresh air, personal care, and simple remedies, noting her own experiences and criticizing diet drinks and summer beverages endorsed by Mrs. P.
The Virginia governor repeats a recommendation to deport about 50,000 free Black residents to Liberia, the English West India Islands, or to New York and Massachusetts. He is portrayed as a benevolent yet severely biased figure.
The Hon James Whitcomb has resigned the office of Governor after being elected U S Senator from Indiana. Duties of Governor devolve upon P C Dunning the Lingnpant Governor.
Mrs Weller wife of Cal J B Weller died at their Hamilton residence on the 23d ultimo.
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