29 Jun 1839
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1839
Page
1
Edited and published weekly by A. M. Gest outlines subscription terms. Two dots per year in advance or within thirty days. Price $260 at renewal time within the year and $3 if payment is delayed until year end. Discontinuance requires order. failing to do so renews engagement.
A nostalgic poem by Samuel Woodworth describes a boy’s joy at the mossy moss-covered bucket hanging in the well. He recalls scenes of childhood including the orchard, meadow, pond, mill, bridge, and cottage. The refrain centers on the bucket as a treasured link to his father’s plantation and past happiness.
A fragmentary 19th century miscellany opens with a verse urging girls to avoid tight lacing to dodge death and illness, then pivots to reflections on public sentiment, power, and pleasure. It cites De Wirt Cuixtoy and a Beavriron Scene item, then jokes about liberty and a Mastiff attack on an Irish immigrant.
The passage, citing Byron and biblical allusion, portrays Belshazzar's feast as a celestial excess eclipsed by a divine sign. The writing contrasts imperial splendor with prophetic judgment, detailing the king's trembling as Daniel interprets the hand writing Mene Mene Tekel Upharsin and Babylon's doom.
The text argues that great fortune rarely brings happiness and that the poor or virtuous are often happier. It claims enjoyment grows with effort and restraint, while riches lessen gratitude and the capacity to savor pleasures. Deliberation on whether universal wishes fulfilled would improve comfort is urged, noting abundance can increase chagrin and disappointment.
Reflections on old letters revealing how memory links the dead and the living. Absence and death sever ties, while living correspondents offer enchantment. A Vienna tale questions real contentment, and a boarding school quip mocks refined speech through wordplay.
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The narrator recalls sighting a striking troop of cavalry from Princeton to Trenton. Among them a tall figure stands out as a beloved hero, eyes meeting, hats raised in recognition, amid blue and buff uniforms and glittering military accoutrements.
Paris dispatch notes Baron Solomon Rothschild was presented to the Pope during his stay in Rome. It recalls past Jewish oppression in the Christian capital, the protective stance of Leo XII, and Rothschilds influence with the Holy See to gain trading rights and professional opportunities for Jews as soon as circumstances allow.
A New York Commercial Advertiser item notes the 20th anniversary of the Methodist Episcopal Church Missionary Society. It reports twenty principal missions with 66 missionaries, 20 teachers, 2 physicians, a missionary steward, and a printer, serving over 3 000 church members and 800+ school children, plus large domestic missions in the South with more than 18 000 members. The overall church membership includes over 15 000 enslaved members in the South, with yearly missions income of 185 521 dollars and expenditures of 103 664 dollars, leaving 81 860 dollars, up 89 434 from the prior year. 830 000 of the balance pledged to the Oregon Mission.
A witty Scotch farmer, after Preston Pans, penned a ballad that angered a basely acting English officer who issued a mortal combat challenge. The farmer, busy with dung folk, sent back a reply to his second, then delivered the line that if the Englishman wished, he would simply run away, urging him to return to Master Smith. The tale urges courage against bullying challenges.
A passerby quotes a darkey offering a plan to save a tired horse hitched to a front street oyster wagon. The exchange suggests tension over animal safety as roosting crows witness the scene near Dock Street.
A Canadian woman named De 'lara struck her husband kneeling at prayers with an axe, fracturing his skull in a shocking assault. The incident details remain sparse but indicate a violent domestic attack.
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