13 May 1843
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1843
Page
1
Barrabas is arrested by an alleyway order and judged by the Mayor after a chaotic court scene. He confesses partial guilt and is beaten by a mob while the landlord plots removal to avoid care costs. A compassionate shoemaker rescues him, shelters him at his home, and his family nurses him back to health.
John Adams told his wife that educating children is his constant concern. He urged training them to virtue industry and activity. He urged shaming vice and instilling ambition to be useful and to value ornamental knowledge.
The article recalls Gnadenhutten on the Tuscarawas near the Ohio canal, a Moravian mission town that prospered amid peaceful reform but endured a brutal 1782 massacre. Ninety six Indians including many women and children died when white vigilantes destroyed the village and its church, with remnants later preserved and a monument planned by the Moravian Society.
A traveler notes sunken earth and earthfilled cellar bones near the Missionaries house, with the adjacent church site across the street. He reflects on Aborigines and the duty of Americans to spread the gospel as remedy and respect for those who perished, urging Christian obligations.
A critique from The Offering edited by the Factory Girls of Lowell argues that honest labor dignifies women and should be valued equally with men. It cites historical examples from Homer to Lucretia and Queen Charlotte to show women have long engaged in practical work, asserting that women earning a living with their hands should be esteemed, not shamed.
A newspaper fragment recounts two Paris visitors who win and then lose napoleons at a gaming table. One plans to quit with the loot after exchanging notes, but keeps gambling and loses all. The piece ends with a Connecticut man who walks so fast his shadow struggles to keep up.
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