28 Jul 1848
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1848
Page
1
George Sumner reports on Paris turmoil, the fall of insurgent factions, and the rise of Cavaignac as executive power. He explains the causes of the revolt, criticizes provisional government acts, and notes the spread and waning influence of Communist ideas, urging honest pursuit of truth.
A large New York paper dealer notes the speed of modern production from rag stock to finished sheets. Rag pulp is processed in dusters and vats, rolled for glaze, cut and packed, then shipped by railroad within hours. Telegraphs allow instant orders from Massachusetts with near-immediate returns.
A five year extension of acts to satisfy claims for military services in the Revolution has been enacted. Warrant holders owe much to Gen. Taylor, representative of Ross County District Ohio, for this liberty effort.
A Quaker speaks to a gunner during the Revolutionary era urging no bloodshed while noting the gunner’s aim toward a small red-jacketed foe. The fragment preserves a tense exchange reflecting pacifist sentiment amid conflict.
A Texas roving fiddler known as Old Catgut joins Col Hays Rangers. He saves himself from guerillas by playing Possum up a Gum Tree on violin. His tune attracts laughs, leads to capture and later release, with a triumphant reunion of his comrades.
A fragmentary exclamation greets the return of Oid Catgut and his fiddle as a crowd cheers as if risen from the dead, marking a vivid moment in a local scene.
The Journal des Debats details the Kerentrech hanging bridge over the Scorli river near Lerient to Paris. It uses iron wire cables for suspension, spans 292 metres, width 16 metres, and clears a 70 centimetre footway. Engineers Leclere and Noyon directed the project, with future sculptural adornments planned but postponed due to costs.
A gentleman from the provinces visits a Paris shop to buy a bonnet for his wife. The mistress says the price is paid. A street apple seller testifies that the gentleman gave a gold piece to a sick girl and told her mother to keep it until change. The seller returned the hat as gratitude for the gift that eased the mother’s suffering.
The text explains breathing uses oxygen and expels carbonic acid gas which sinks and enters plants. It notes carbonic acid gas in caves and valleys can harm life. Hydrogen gas is very light, hard to contain, and retained in balloons by carburetted hydrogen.
A man asks what happens if an irresistible force meets an immovable body. He answers it would knock a hole in it. A wit asks what would be punched, the force or the body, noting that nothing can be truly immovable or irresistible.
Lieut Corwine recalls Gen. Taylor on the Buena Vista field noting his determination under fire. The scene shows Taylor on a commanding height during a fierce charge as his horse reels, tears in his eyes, and the victory is won despite perilous odds. The sketch praises his bravery and foresees future honors from a grateful nation.
A narrator recalls receiving a Royaumont Bible from his mother on her deathbed. He describes its engravings of sacred subjects and how his mother would read aloud, her voice lending solemn charm and a lasting, resonant memory.
A Cape Cod crew battles a huge shark said to be sixteen feet long after harpooning it when it attacked their boat. An old salt reportedly struck the shark three times, mortally wounding it. Its stomach reportedly held human bones, a boot with the name D. Brown, and other debris.
The text urges cherishing good humor and Christian charity, avoiding anger and perturbations of the mind. It compares calming influence to David's music soothing Saul and urges gentleness toward others and self restraint to protect health and well being.
A Nottingham Guardian excerpt describes a Friday market scene in Whitney where a young woman of "abandoned character" who had been six weeks married was led by her husband with a quart round her neck and sold to a paramour for two pence and a pint of beer.
The text discusses average sickness of human life, estimating a span of two years in every seventy or about ten days per year. It notes before age forty the rate is half, then increases rapidly after that age, accelerating toward life’s end.
The Paris National reports across quarters favorable harvest prospects with corn strong and well grown. Interior journals note unmatched conditions this season with vines heavy with grapes and flowers. Grains are abundant and prairies already mown as lucerne and clover thrive despite lush growth.
The Washington general orders discharge all deserters enlisted for the war who are confined or under court martial. The word honorably is erased from their discharge and they may return home without punishment or trial. No rewards for apprehending deserters are authorized and deserters cannot re-enter the army.
A reader describes making a cider like drink in a jug using 3 gallons of water 1 quart shelled corn 1 quart molasses and water. Refill with molasses and water after each use and the mixture remains drinkable. The corn vessel also yields vinegar and provides a quick cheaper alternative to whiskey.
Two pedlars traveling toward Saude taviole were smoking cigars when embers from straw at the wagon bottom ignited. They fled to extinguish the blaze as a countryman on horseback offered aid after following the smoke. He quipped he hesitated to warn them thinking they were traveling by steam due to new inventions.
An early 1840s parade in Ohio featured Petticoat Allen Ruadae displaying Col Johnsons wounded hand to crowds during speeches. The piece notes a shift to Gen Cass campaigning and suggests a dramatic prop of the generals broken sword when pathos rises.
The Washington Union ridicules Whigs for supporting Gen. Taylor while noting his self admitted lack of qualifications. It questions past electors like Gen. Jackson who resigned as a judge in Tennessee over alleged failure to perform duties.
A Lancaster County family fell gravely ill after eating a sponge cake flavored with porch water. The notice warns housekeepers to beware of using this common additive in pies and confections as it is a mild form of prussic acid poison.
The text explains that deeper water becomes heavier and a stone may never reach a bottom, spawning legends of bottomless ponds where the sounding stone cannot find the floor.
Advice to suitors suggests testing a young lady's temper by tearing her ball dress as if by accident. If she maintains composure, proceed to propose. otherwise, consider the moment lost and count yourself unlucky.
The article explains how water running power to halt equals its weight times velocity, a principle used to describe methods of raising water by hydraulic action. It emphasizes governing projectiles and the time factor in hydraulic raising processes.
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