19 May 1848
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1848
Page
1
Printed and published by Andrew M M Gest announces pricing for subscriptions One Dollar and fifty cents in advance or within sixty days Two Dollars if delayed. Paper not discontinued until arrears are paid Advertisements inserted at usual rates.
At Franklin school-house on May 29 1848 the Clermont County Teachers Association adopted resolutions urging bold education reforms. They praise Mr James Ferguson, condemn indifference among educated citizens and teachers, and call for concerted effort to improve the school system and appoint a county superintendent. The group plans to meet in Amelia and nominate a superintendent, with editors asked to publish proceedings.
A cautious forty-something hires a calm old horse and sober gig from Disbrow in the Bowery. The animal suddenly bolts Bloomingdale Road racing past Macomb’s, with the narrator clinging to control as the chase ends when the horse stops at a roadside. The master vows to confront the stableman over the deception.
A New England traveler seeks stories of Mike Fink from an old Mississippi boatman and learns of his buffalo robe remedy. Nearby a policeman interrupts a young man kissing a Telegraph post claiming he was kissing a girl in Philadelphia via telegraph.
The European and American settlers in the Fejee Islands number about sixty. They mostly marry native wives and work in ship building, piloting, and trading. They own eleven small vessels of six to thirty tons and are granted land by the chiefs for houses and gardens.
A witty courtroom exchange features a judge telling a talkative lawyer that necessity knows no law, leaving the attorney to ask how to interpret the remark. The judge replies that the comparison rests on the idea that necessity transcends formal rules.
A piece argues that wives bear excessive burdens in childrearing, sewing, and house management while husbands should share tasks and provide support. It cites Elihu Burritt’s rise from humble work to public influence to urge working men to pursue useful knowledge, and warns of the five minute to live scenario stressing temperance and duty.
The article reviews spring bonnet fashions with shapes, materials, and trims from Neal’s Saturday Gazette. It notes cottage crowns, low rims, Leghorns, Neapolitans, and decorative plumes, plus popular straw braids and prices. It also describes Icelandic ice travelers tying horses head to tail to prevent straying, forcing a circular path unless they align directions.
An editorials lament condemns drunkenness as a degrading vice that causes crime, disease, poverty, and social decay across all classes. It describes drunkenness as a force that corrupts virtue, destroys health, and fills almshouses, prisons, and workhouses with misery and sin.
City clergy in support of the American Bible Society announce that since its formation the society has issued 5,125,009 Bible copies in various languages. They report 627,764 copies issued in the past year.
A letter-writer recalls a nun fleeing a Montreal convent after entering at age five. The first request upon reaching the safe house was for a looking glass, highlighting her sudden view of her fate after years in confinement.
The text presents a future where Europe becomes republican led by France, with Germans Russians Poles and others joining in liberty struggles. It predicts hollowing of feudal power, widening revolutions, and England's bankruptcy triggering global democratic change, ending with the speaker proclaiming himself an Emperor and awaiting the future.
The Albany Knickerbocker offers a quip about boys in a shop noting one boy is calm but two boys charm the crowd with mischief and tumbling. It adds a note on steel showing it requires 115000 pounds to tear a one inch area steel rod.
The President sends to the House a message on Yucatan’s upheaval and Indian rebellion, noting reluctance to acquire dominion but readiness to aid via Gulf naval forces. Yucatan seeks protection and offers sovereignty transfer to the United States, while Congress is urged to decide measures to prevent European control or eviction.
Congress considers an act allowing the President to seize Yucatan for a temporary occupation to aid the white population against Indian incursions. It would authorize arms and troops, accept volunteer forces for wartime service, and place command likely with Brigadier General Harvey.
A woman's beauty hinges on expression the sour mood of imagined cares spoils her looks and shortens youth. True lasting charm comes from a placid benevolence and a heart full of gratitude for blessings, love for kin, and goodwill toward all people.
A patient at a Massachusetts cold water asylum reports five months of treatment resulting in a 33 pound loss of fat and a regained sense of being made over. The piece notes water cure drawing attention from leading physicians.
A Chester County survey for a Delaware map shows William Smith, two years in the Delaware Assembly, actually lives in Pennsylvania about four hundred yards from the Delaware boundary. The finding suggests his dwelling lies within the Pennsylvania side.
A thoughtful maxim on fearing to disoblige others and the consequences of unnecessary disobedience. It warns that harming others without cause yields poor satisfaction unless repaid by hatred or contempt, and notes the danger of lacking support when duty calls.
A religious man in Louisville, wandering on a dark night, stumbled and fell headfirst into a Keller that served as an open entrance. Observers remarked on the impact and invoked a harsh racial insult in the aftermath.
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