12 Jan 1881
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1881
Page
1
The article details Esquimaux snow building from selecting blocks with a reindeer horn tool to stacking a dome shaped igloo. It explains digging pits, cutting blocks, inward slant to form a dome, then chinking done by women and children. Also notes a bed built of snow blocks and a small passage for lamps.
A parent recalls a boy who imagines lightning as red water and thunder as a noise that travels underground. The child fears storms yet is reassured by the father who explains delays between flash and thunder. The vignette ends with a playful query about why thunder lingers after lightning.
The Wheeling Leader columns mocks gullibility and political naivety by picturing a farmer and three other men in a game where the fourth is outmaneuvered and exposed as foolish. The piece uses sharp satire to critique public behavior and education.
A wry line notes a cynic’s belief that taxation breeds affection toward dogs as tax burdens rise. The quote contrasts financial strain with loyalty and companionship, implying tax policy shapes attitudes toward pets and greed.
In Kentucky, the Hooper family welcomes Uncle Brimmer a stout servant who travels from Mississippi to stay. He climbs into the loft to fit in, becomes a fixture, and charms with a banjo as Dr. Trattles Jex, the county physician, is summoned from Middleburn to tend to him.
A Baltimore paper highlights oyster dredging as brutal labor in the Chesapeake. Dredges scrape beds, hands endure freezing spray and cut hands as pay runs from 12 to 20 dollars monthly with food. The piece notes harsh conditions, parasite covered shells, and stories of kidnapped workers, then shifts to praising state promotion of favorable soils and climates for growth.
A long Arkansas scene blends moral reflections with a comic court moment as Ben Mildweed seeks an attachment from the court for Nancy, arguing love should be legally binding. The judge rebukes the notion, while a governor's fiscal report on Ohio debt and state institutions outlines bonds, sinking funds, and reform needs.
In New Orleans during a winter, Tom Ochiltree of Texas challenged Jem Mace to a bet and hit him at the bar. Mace instantly returned a sharp strike that felled Ochiltree, who required three weeks to recover. Ochiltree later explained he aimed to tap Mace discreetly to win a champagne supper.
Foote visits a demolished King's Bench prison area and spots a barber shop with a sign claiming Jemmy Wright shaves as well as any man in England. He calls out to the supposed barber, who answers from another window that Jemmy Wright has just popped out. Foote pays a guinea for the joke.
The Monthly Magazine discusses carbon in its many forms from tinder to plumbago, noting its combustion in different states and applications such as crucibles and electroplating. It explains how carbon’s properties change with form and temperature, stressing the fixed relations for ignition and their relevance to gunpowder manufacture.
The passage contrasts creative, financial, and practical acts, from poetic currency to national coins, showcasing how minds, capital, and labor determine worth. It cites Tennyson, Vanderbilt, currency, watchmaking, trade, fashion expenditures, and a ditch digger’s daily output, framing them as Genius, Capital, Money, Skill, Business, Foolishness, and Labor.
A shoeing smith in Rue Princesse, long partly crippled by rheumatism, learns a thief stole horse-shoes. His shock triggers profuse perspiration that unexpectedly restores his leg function. He walks to the police commissary to report the theft. A clergyman heckles an inebriated neighbor, and Wilkins replies in a semi confidential tone.
The Clermont Gowrier lists advertising terms: legal and transient ads $1.00 for first insertion plus 0.50 for each extra. yearly reductions apply. Business cards up to six lines priced at $4.00 per year.
The governor calls for salary and prerogative fixes by law and a five member committee to re legislate life insurance. He notes railroads report improved equipment and asks action to fund government needs. He lauds the State Board of Agriculture for collecting crop statistics and promotes farmers institutes across counties to boost agricultural progress.
The Ohio Senate, led by Lieutenant Governor Hickenlores, opened with prayer. Seven senators answered roll call as Governor Foster's message was read and referred to committees. Debates covered street paving costs, voter boxes, and a proposed constitutional amendment.
The session opened with roll call and remarks by Speaker Cowgill. Bills on water works, education bonds, and licensing reforms were introduced or debated. a select committee was formed to study a Cincinnati canal land dispute and potential relocation. Senator Archbold received 2 021 votes for Secretary of State. joint convention adjourned sine die.
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