16 Jul 1879
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1879
Page
1
Local notice indicates a Speer tax or fee set at 1.50 per year with payment requested within a stated period. The fragment mentions Erust and EGG but lacks explicit names, places, or dates for full context.
A short verse fragment titled by attribution to Frederick Langsridge explores haunting music and elusive identities. The lines emphasize the listener's unsettled memory and a refrain about never revealing the source of the accents.
A fragmented verse about composing a sonnet for a runner. The speaker requests a specific form and voice and notes the need for love and a woman as essential elements. The text recalls a Scribner’s Brae tone and hints at a playful, self-aware style.
A New York Graphic account describes the torment of alcohol withdrawal known as the jim jams. It details relentless cravings, severe physical and mental distress, and vivid sensory hallucinations, with examples from drinkers in California towns like Sonora and Jamestown, including names such as Greenwood and Doncaster.
A camp tale describes a physician's drinking terror and delirium tremens. He raved about rats and cats, chased by men with clubs. An outburst led to a club strike, then sobriety, then renewed whisky binges as the story notes the dangers of alcohol.
The piece recalls earlier sensational dives by Samuel Scott from Waterloo Bridge in 1841 and Sam Patch at Niagara, noting Harmon Peer recently performed a dangerous leap from a Niagara suspension bridge. It details Scott’s hanging stunt, failed resuscitation, and Londoners’ later safe dives from bridges and ships, contrasted with the Niagara acts.
The article recalls Harmon Peer, a Canadian who leaped from a platform above Niagara Falls in April, using a sponge to breathe while plunging into the river. He was unharmed after being rescued by a boat, with historical allusions to Sam Patch and Blondin and reflections on sensational stunts at the falls.
The text argues that home influence shapes a child more than school by instilling self control. It warns passions and sensuality undermine character, claims moral training outranks academic skill, and defines education as training of the mind rather than rote knowledge.
The Crawfordsville Democrat reports a remarkable snake sent by James In gram of the county. The serpent measures thirty one and three quarters inches, has a slim form, and bears all letters of the alphabet in large capitals on its back. No one recalls seeing such a creature. The item ends with a moral remark about steadfast souls.
A collection of short sayings: We ask war but we mean approba tion Colto. A man's life is like an appendix to his heart South. Unbidden guests are often welccesans when they are gone S. A judicious silence is better ae truth spoken without charity DeSales. No one will dare maintain that it is ae do justice than to bear it Annihilate not the mercies of God by the oblivion of gratitude Sr Thomas Browne.
The quotation portrays Robert G. Ingersoll praising women as more prudent and truthful than men. It contrasts men’s failings with women’s steadfast devotion, noting women rescue men from degradation and, unlike men, remain devoted even in tragedy.
A clipped summary notes the Seminole Indians reduced to roughly four hundred individuals living in South Florida. The piece collects diverse items, including court jests, social observations, and historical snippets, without a single dominant local event.
A stranger asked a bootblacked boy what he would do with a dollar. The boy said he would give half to the heathen and spend the rest on the Fourth. The man then offered a nickel instead and left, later revealing his ruse to learn the boy’s answer. The boy proposed hiring someone to pare his feet to fit No. 7 shoes. The man walked away unsettled.
In Jackson Tennessee a field near Cotton Grove draws crowds with hollow drum like echoes over a subterranean cavity. Residents speculate on a hidden cave as dirt falls and a lake sounds below. A frightened plowman fled the field after his horse stumbled, only to find the land normal upon return. An official investigation is urged to explore the mystery.
In Detroit on Monroe Avenue a small man attempted to haul a large empty barrel to the third floor with improvised gear. A crowd debated pulleys ladders and skids before the man finally shoulder carried the barrel upstairs and found it empty.
A survey of U S presidents notes death dates on July 4 for Adams Jefferson and Monroe, plus Madison’s 1835 close call. It lists ages at death for many leaders and mentions Grant as the only living ex president, with several others dying in the 1860s and 1870s.
A missive from Miss Emmerline Pinson to Mr George expresses deep affection in florid spellings. The sender pledges to visit on the second Sunday in June if nothing intervenes, signing as your dear love and describing romantic imagery in archaic prose.
A Syracuse courier profile of James Findley known as The Horse Catcher. The twenty three year old man has halted over two hundred runaway horses, saving lives and property while risking his own. His technique involves running with the horse and leaping to seize the rein. A notable rescue on May seventh redirected breakneck team near the Empire House and Syracuse Savings Bank, earning a bronze medal from Patrick Lynch.
A nostalgic list assigns each principal city a trait describing its women, naming Boston Baltimore New York Philadelphia Chicago Toledo St Louis New Orleans Cincinnati Louisville Mayville Detroit Cleveland San Francisco Mobile Hartford Buffalo Rochester and Nar a City with labels such as the gayest, most refined, fastest, dullest, and most anxious to be loved.
A diverse evangelizing party led by Rev. J. S. Inskip will depart Philadelphia next spring for a worldwide tour. The group, though led by Methodists, will be non denom inational and invite representatives of all faiths. They will carry a two thousand seat tent and visit Great Britain, continental cities, Egypt, the Holy Land, India with Rev. Osborne, then return via California and across America. Funding will come from subscriptions.
The Princess Clothilde, wife of Prince Napoleon Jerome Bonaparte and mother of the heir linked to Napoleon IV’s vacancy, is portrayed as temperamental, with a dominant demeanor over her seventeen year old son. She bellows commands, threatens strict schooling and sanctions, while observers note her resolve against republican factions in France.
An 1879 Toledo Blade sketch chronicles Samuel Popman a Secessionville druggist driven by wartime gain and postwar inflation. It details his rising wealth during war finance, lavish lifestyle in Louisville, and collapse as currency reforms and Sherman policy deflate his assets.
Advertising rates announced by the Clermont Courier include legal and transient ads at $1.00 per ten lines for the first insertion and $0.50 for each additional insertion. Yearly terms offer liberal reductions. business cards up to six insertions cost $4.00 per year.
A reader questions government purpose and cites fears of elites shaping policy for personal gain. The temperance debate prompts a wary view of public money and influence, noting distrust of officials fostering heavy drink culture.
Secretary Evarts in town and at a Brevoort House breakfast discusses the extra session and Democratic tactics. He brands the parliamentary protests as a revolution not to be tolerated, notes Thurman and Frankard positions, and foresees Republican gains in the South with cross-aisle support from intelligent property holders.
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