31 Jan 1877
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1877
Page
1
Clermont weekly page lists Browning Brothers as a regular feature every Wednesday with subscription terms set at $1.50 per year in advance.
A withered man hoards gold while a starving family suffers. His joy in coins blinds him to need, until a mother casts her frozen child at his feet and death claims him. The tale ends with the man found by the river, hands full of gold, taken away.
Lydia Dearborn learns her brother James Barrows has returned from five years at sea with a new beard and a warning about Ambrose Dearborn's gambling habit. Ambrose loses four thousand dollars at a city saloon to a skilled card player who vanishes with promise to restore every penny. The mysterious benefactor later reveals himself as Captain Barrows who counsels and then heals the family by teaching a second poker lesson and reuniting Lydia with prosperity.
Captain H W Howgate argues for a slow, multi nation Arctic ascent with small parties, depots, and photographers. Concurrent Senate and House items discuss hog cholera commissions, county land damage, and constitutional and jail system reforms as January sessions progress.
The piece recalls duels and near fatal encounters involving figures such as Jackson Barron Decatur Clay Randolph Benton Clinton Broderick and Terry. It notes a surge in Baptist church baptisms in Brooklyn with 773 converts in the last year and a total membership of 9 024, marking gains across most churches.
In McClellan's description from Scribner's Winter on the Nile, a dark holy man joins the boat crew as a ritual accompanist. He sings and dances, guiding two bow cables while the boat pulls through the First Cataract. The event ends with thanks and backsheesh for safe passage.
The article notes lace burials in Malta Greece and the Ionian Islands where tomb looting markets lace goods. It mentions the Capuchin catacombs at Palermo and European nobles such as the Duc de Croy the Duke of Alva Aurora Konigsmarck and Mrs Oldfield buried with rich lace garments and accessories, illustrating fashion and scandal in death.
A Foochow naval officer recounts a dinner at Amoy with thirty nine courses lasting three and a half hours. Dishes included por fat garlic birds nest soup and sharks fins as guests drank jamshee from cups and cups were spilled under the table. Pipes passed around and singing girls plus wind instruments filled the entertainment.
A humorous sketch recalls a couple debating names after the birth of twins. Mrs Butterwick rejects biblical and German options and finally consents as the husband suggests famous names, ending with the twins being baptized John and Henry.
A French savant presents alarming claims about color poisoning from green fabrics and wallpapers. Experiments show plants with green light wither fastest, red light makes them elongate, blue light causes upright spikes, and mixed red and green light directs leaves toward danger. The findings suggest color itself, not just arsenic, may influence health.
The writer laments human folly and questions why people teach fear instead of love. He cites Darwin's Galapagos hawks as examples of animals tame to humans, contrasting tame behavior with generations of mistreatment that bred suspicion.
The Glermont Courier outlines legal and transient ads at 1.00 per square for first insertion and 0.50 for each subsequent insertion. Annual reductions apply. Business ecards up to six lines cost 6.00 per year.
A dramatic piece from July 1863 depicts windlike roars at University Tower New York collapsing into threats and cries. It condemns riots and slavery with lines about ignorant mobs, burning, and bloodshed, reflecting tense wartime unrest and the cry for justice.
A mosaic of notes and anecdotes touches on manners, finance, and social quirks. It recalls Alexander and Napoleon as beardless leaders, warns about vanity and indulgence, and blends curious tales from New York to Missouri with playful witticisms and stray verses.
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