20 Mar 1878
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1878
Page
1
An elegiac meditation on unnamed graves and lost loves. The poem recalls friends and lovers, praising memory and sorrow while lamenting betrayal and the passage of time. It elevates late memories to sacred ritual, ending with a quiet hope of reunion beyond life.
Mr. Aminidab Jones, a prosperous gentleman of six and thirty, dismisses complaints about ingratitude and indulges in memories of devoted servants and admired friends. A shadowy figure named Suspicion appears and offers to reveal the truth behind social bonds by entering under a large mantle that will render them invisible. Jones agrees to test the claim and prepare for a journey with the mysterious observer.
Suspicion reveals Jones's vanity through a comic and eerie夜 plot in Mrs Greenbough's parlor. Glass-voiced gossips, mock marriages, and sly confidants expose his self adoration as he is fooled by friends, rivals, and a dramatic dinner party. In the end vanity spares him from a worse fate.
A disheveled survivor regales bar patrons with a rambling shipwreck tale on Chestnut Street. The scene shifts to a comically haughty diner who orders lavishly while the bartender and waiter cater to his whims. The punchline: the mysterious wreck is revealed to be a Chicago drummer.
A collage of historical anecdotes shows shy figures like Pitt and Webster struggling before audiences. The piece contrasts private fear with public life and segues to a Perak mangrove night lit by fireflies, praising natural spectacle as a journey worth making.
An Alabama judge ruled that individuals who set spring guns do so at their own risk and must bear responsibility for any damage caused, including to trespassers, stressing personal accountability in such traps.
A meditation on accepting mortality as a natural phase. The author argues death is a transition, not a cessation, and that wisdom lies in yielding to providence. Emphasizes self mastery and serene trust in a timeless, unchanging deity to strengthen character through life’s trials.
The saying asserts that a man's earnings reflect how the public values his work, implying societal judgments of labor worth and personal merit. It notes that income serves as a barometer for the perceived value of one’s labor in the eyes of society.
The department aims to present the views of intelligent journals from America and Europe on topics of public interest. The editor does not endorse every sentiment but offers the items for general attention and consideration.
The text notes thirty four doctors inviting Bertha Von Hillern to walk twenty six hours without sleep to illustrate feminine endurance and the benefits of regular habits, diet, temperance, and exercise, and argues a male demonstration is equally needed to prove masculinity benefits from similar living. Physiological living would improve the average man’s health.
A contrarian view argues flirtation rarely breaks hearts. It suggests men, driven by vanity, inflate self importance when flattered by a woman's attentions. The piece counsels flirtation with care, noting the emotional bluff may wound pride but not kill romance.
A writer can squeeze thousands of words onto a postal card, but pasting a printed slip with a single word costs six cents, while printing on the card is allowed. If a slip is pasted, the government ships card, slip, and envelope for a cent, yet charges six cents for the card alone. The workaround: place the paragraph in an envelope to reduce cost four cents versus the card alone, as five thousand words in an envelope must be carried for a cent while the card with few words is charged six.
The piece argues the Ottoman Empire will inevitably fall despite Western European reprieves in 1839 and 1854. A dramatic tale of a man who leaped and hanged himself and others who cut him down only to witness the self-inflicted death after rescue underscores a doomed course. The author warns that postponing ruin will let deeper entanglements unfold until a collapse is certain.
The article reflects on Cuba's ten year civil war, noting insurgents with limited resources and no formal government, relying on mountain strongholds and strategy. It cites massive Spanish casualties, slow campaigns, and a protracted stalemate that outlasted rulers from Alfonso to Castelar.
The report notes Cortese war expenses totaling 70 million over three years sparking calls to halt the drain on resources. It claims western Cuba loses interest in civil conflict and envisions Cuba sending representatives to the Spanish Cortes with equal voice, local government led by residents, and gradual abolition of slavery, arguing independence would yield little gain.
Washington weighs sending a U S representative to the European powers conference at Baden Baden. The piece questions what stake the United States has in Turkey’s fate or Balkan shifts and mocks using such postings as political spoils. It argues for letting visiting statesmen pay their own way.
In a debate over adding Irish to public school study the committee reported finances prevent its adoption while German remains allowed. The discussion frames a satire on teaching other languages at public expense and notes the German voter bloc as a factor in curriculum choice.
The article argues that belief in hell is universal and ancient, not limited to Christianity. It suggests ancient systems like Hindu and Egyptian faiths developed conceptions of a future life with torments, and questions whether these beliefs arose from divine revelation or natural human superstition. It also discusses the evolution of early religious systems and prehistoric theology inferred from primitive human thought.
Saturday Review essay argues early attachment to belongings shapes character and life success. It contrasts generous play with envy, warns against clinging to possessions, and urges cheerful engagement and measured curiosity in childhood.
The article notes kilt skirts fitting the hips, velvet striped grenadines, net embroidered silk ties, and spring bonnets for matinees. It highlights fatigue costume buttons, high bonnet coronets, pearl button shading, primroses and cyclamens as plant trends, and a gold slipper candlestick. It also mentions mastic color, square necks with long shoulders, and dolmans and Carrick capes as wraps. Havana brown and black bourettes appear in color pairings.
A list found among a young man’s papers outlines tasks before his nuptials. Items include obtaining keys for a valise, arranging carriage to the train, securing a marriage license, grooming, repairing attire, buying perfume, and washing face.
March 12 to 15 coverage includes Toledo borrowing authorization for 100000, school child numeration every four years, and various senate and house actions. Bills target alimony appeals, wage payment in money, county officials, and Cincinnati rail expansion bonds of 2 million.
The tale by Washington Mackett, oldest tramp printer, recalls a Kansas town where a lone editor offered a few days work. The pay came as animal skins, coon skins and other pelts, traded for tobacco pins and thread, while Mackett marked his case and worked the week.
Fragmentary verse hints at life and love as a blessing in the final resting place. The lines suggest a flowered wreath of memory and the idea of a peaceful home beyond life. Unclear author or publication details.
The Clermont Courier lists legal and transient ads at 1.00 per insertion for ten lines plus 0.50 for each addi tional ten lines. Business cards limited to six lines priced at 14.00 per year.
A meditation on a unnamed man in Rome whose noble deed remains elusive to history. Passersby whisper prayers and lay flowers on a plain tablet, honoring a life shrouded by time while memory flowers fade into a shadow on fame.
A collage of quirky notes, jokes, and puns from various papers. Items reference one armed men, charity, decor mania, poetry requests, a Chaucer joke, see England theater chatter, and social quips about calendars, painters, and a miscellany of humorous observations.
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