21 May 1879
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1879
Page
1
Che Clermont Courier issues published weekly with Chas W Pegg listed as proprietor and publisher. Terms show yearly rate of 1.50 dollars in advance, with a higher 3.00 dollar rate if not paid within the year.
An old horse laments neglected feeding and freezing conditions as the owner contemplates letting the animal die rather than endure cold, hunger, and labor. The speaker pleads for mercy, noting the decline of food, warmth, and care. The scene conveys rural hardship and the animal’s plea for relief.
Dolly, a steadfast spinster, resists suitor David Wiggin who, after Olive’s death, seeks a marriage to secure a home. He pressures Dolly with talk of a better life and her farm's future, while Dolly weighs loyalty to family and independence against his earnest plea.
A summary of Henry Bergh methods highlighted in O. O. Buel’s Scribner piece. Bergh relies on moral suasion and firm demeanor, rarely using physical force. Vignettes show him halting a streetcar, ordering gas-pipe workers to fill a trench, and earning public respect from drivers who bow as he passes.
The tomb of Charles Louis Napoleon Achille Murat, nephew of Napoleon Bonaparte and son of Joachim Murat the ex king of Naples, a great cavalry general, rests in Tallahassee city cemetery. Murat once owned a large plantation in Florida.
The piece traces poisons in common life from bitter almond essence and fish toxins to lead exposure and syrup additives. It warns that familiar foods and household items may carry toxic risks, noting arsenic substitutes, lead in pipes, and tin in glucose syrups, with cautions about baking powder containing alum and the dangers of misused flavors.
A Sundry Civil bill limits payments to contestants for seats in Congress to 2000 each. Last Congress had 26 contest cases costing about 80000 dollars and 46616 in contestant payments. Average per person exceeded 3000. Many cases were not acted on and evidence was largely irrelevant. Nutting vs Reilley produced 1200 pages with rulings of irrelevancy. The Gov’t paid 4000 to each party. Bisbee case cost 6000. Under the new law total would be about 50000, saving over 30000.
A young attorney seeks help from a renowned Detroit lawyer about how to address juries with confidence. The elder replies that if the issue is confidence it will fade, but if it is brains, he should sell his office and buy a pickax. The young man then jokes about buying the pickax to take a chance.
A wide collection of brief items notes Annie Rutherford Scott’s death in England and Sir Walter’s niece, General Pemberton in Philadelphia, Jefferson’s age at independence, news girls in Philadelphia, and various odds and ends. It reports on Beaulieu’s outlook on French youth, Gray’s lunacy claim, Vanderbilt expanding into stock farming, MacDonnell’s outburst in the Canadian Assembly, and other curiosities from world figures to local incidents.
A Robertson County man finds his son Newton after twenty years living with Sioux. Kidnapped as a toddler on the Missouri river, Newton, known as Polar Bear, was raised among tribes and learned only broken English. His odyssey included a Detroit girl’s abduction and a lengthy search culminating in Kentucky.
The Ohio Senate and House across May 12 to 16 discussed and acted on multiple bills. Militia reforms cut infantry, cavalry, and artillery units. soldiers pensions and public works questions were scheduled. petitions urged Sunday laws and tramp suppression. debates on county officer salaries and political reorganizations continued.
A large portion of messengers and several pages appointed cannot speak English, causing frequent blunders. Recently a member of the House of Commons had to summon a passerby to interpret a message for the messenger to deliver.
A short, charming vignette recalls a girl of uncertain age who, speaking with her mother, declares her dream to become a man who cures coins and has his picture in the paper. The exchange captures a playful vision of future fame.
A narrator recalls a chaotic circus episode with camels and swans while family figures clash with a showman. The tale blends odd characters, a rough punchline, and a riotous scene at the tent door ending with a Boston fade.
Ann Wilson of New Orleans recalls Grandma Wilson a shabby stand keeper on St Charles Street who for forty years cared for fever patients. She nursed in Grenada during a deadly outbreak then at Memphis tending the sick like an angel of mercy before returning to her small stand.
Mr Joseph Jefferson showcased a self sufficient fence idea at his Orange Grove plantation. He built an 8 foot wide sod fence 3 feet high with five layers at a 75 degree angle, filling the gap and leaving 3 feet ditch on each side, topped by Macartney rose cuttings protected by a board panel.
Paper napkins, introduced about a year ago, sold around 250000 units. Produced largely by Yankee papermakers, they retail at 1 to 1 1/2 dollars per hundred, wholesale 6 to 10 per thousand. A group of 200 or 300 can be supplied cheaply, saving washing and ironing. hosts also avoid table-linen theft and napkin pilfering by absent guests.
The Clermont Courier lists advertising rates: legal and transient ads priced at 1.00 per square for the first insertion, 0.50 for each additional insertion. A yearly reduction is offered. Business cards up to six lines are 84.00 per year.
A fragmentary poem contemplates hope amid life and decay. It traces how hope persists beyond death, contrasting worldly aging with a higher aspiration. The voice urges a nobler path, affirming an inner calling that sustains the seeking, dreaming soul.
A collage of quips and verses from various newspapers recounts humorous notices about manners, pirates, spring poetry, weather, and social foibles. It mingles playful jests on punctuality, advertising, shopping, and courtly misadventures with light verse about spring, love, and rural life.
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