10 Mar 1848
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1848
Page
1
The notice states payment terms: One Dollar and Seventy-Five Cents if paid in advance within sixty days, otherwise Two Dollars. It notes paper discontinuation until all subscriptions are paid and that bests are inserted at the usual rates.
The remarks recount the death of John Adams and honor his long public service. Senators and House members praise Adams as a pioneer of American governance, noting fifty years of service from Washington’s era to his last election by his native district. His character and achievements are lauded as a model for future generations.
A long feature recounts Mira Clark now Mrs Gaines, born in New Orleans, adopted by Col Davis, eloping with William Whitney amid threats and court battles over her birth, later marrying General Gaines and winning a multi million property claim. Also a Peculiar fraud tale ends with a dentist victim and a shawl noted.
A gentleman criticizes western poultry practices by contrasting them with the Egyptian oven-method. He favors using a barrel to warm eggs and place a hen on top to hatch chicks.
This excerpt reflects on Dickens and the phrase The Battle of Life, arguing life is a continuous war against hunger fatigue sickness and sin. It asserts daily victories through self denial and virtue, surpassing martial heroism, with inner peace and heavenly harmony as ultimate reward.
A western paper praised an orator saying he spoke for an hour and a half and remained sensible to the last.
The text gives male and female character traits for each birth month from January through November, describing personality, temperament, and fates. It pairs men and women with notes on conduct, wealth, marriage, and health, using period aphorisms.
A Prairie Farmer correspondent recalls 1835 cow injuries from a mad dog. He killed the dog then, after a neighbor described applying corrosive sublimate to wounds, he treated cattle with the same method with apparent success. Another case where bloodletting did not occur led to hydrophobia and death.
A regional saying from Arkansas uses a grim image to define the phrase three story house as a pig-sty on the floor fleas in the bed and a line of fowls roosting above on a stick across a bed.
A letter-writer defends women against slander and urges husbands to honor wives after marriage. The piece cites examples of neglect and shows sympathy for domestic misery caused by inattentive husbands, urging mutual respect and shared domestic happiness. It also includes a political interlude recalling Polk’s Thanksgiving prayers and a reflection on Ishmael.
The Siberial Messenger cites Royal Astronomical Society data predicting a strong probability the great comet of 1264 and 1568 will reappear in 1848. Mr Hind, a renowned astronomer, places its earth approach around Feb 1, with RA about 260 degrees and declination 15 degrees south, visible near Serpens northeast of Antares from Cincinnati at dawn.
The article recounts Lorenzo Dow using a bell to warn of an immaterial fire for the sleepy congregation. He stops preaching and cries Fire. Fire. Fire, prompting many to rise and ask where the fire is and he answers Hell for sleepy sinners, ending the prior slumber.
A mother calls her little boy to stop tossing marbles on the sidewalk. She tells him to stay in the yard if he wants to play, noting it is Sunday. The child replies with a garbled question about it being Sunday in dag beck word capothes.
A jeweler described dissolving a cancerous blemish on his cheek using a gold chloride acid mix. He reported rapid changes and disappearance of the lesion. The practitioner Mr. Kecamier conducted experiments and claims discovery of a caustic for cancerous conditions using one ounce of acid to six grains of gold chloride.
The Hagerstown News notes Hezekiah Burlians an elderly Baltimore native left all his property of twelve thousand dollars to a young schoolmistress in the town who had shown him kindness during a past visit. She welcomed him warmly and introduced Monotonical Speller, authored by the deceased, into her school.
A fragmentary exchange questions authorial power and agency amid references to Wilberforce and strategic action. The text hints at using collective will and capacities to seize and improve intervals, suggesting a manifesto tone about advancement and control.
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