08 Nov 1849
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1849
Page
1
Printed and published by Andrew M. Gest. One dollar seventy five cents in advance or within sixty days. Two dollars if paid beyond that period. Paper not discontinued until all arrearages are paid. Advertisements inserted at usual rates.
An Italian tale depicts Zerbinio's widow Isabella in Provence. A Saracen king Medoro, bent on conquest, is won over by her courage and a hermit's defense of chastity. Isabella's herbal vow cures violence, and her sacred oath ends in Medoro's tragic, noble death, preserving fidelity.
A quotation on philosophy contrasts ideas of love and death as it notes that asking a young lady to marry is experimental philosophy while refusing in jest is natural philosophy. It adds that self harm in similar circumstances is moral philosophy.
A sheriff arrests a wild young man and is challenged with a mocking claim that virtue does not exist in him or his office. The exchange highlights the tension between law enforcer authority and defiant attitude in a brief incident.
A sorrowing Tree laments the loss of its green robe and awaits the Angel of the Leaves. He comforts the tree, promising renewal after winter, and springs forth with a new, brighter garment as nature regains joy and life.
A mix of domestic guidance urging husbands to praise their wives and cultivate kindness, followed by a long practical section on animal care. Tales of patient home life contrast with farm recipes for horses, cattle, and wounds, including cures for stiff hocks, bone spavin, galls, bloating, heaves, sore teats, and cattle itch.
The Cincinnati Atlas reports on a visit to the Columbus Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb where an intelligent young lady, deaf since age two and a half, recalls only her mother's voice. The memory of that sound sustains her through a life of silence, a touching insight into memory and love. Also noted is the discovery of a vessel hull in Parkville West Jersey, dated before nail use, lying twelve feet below marl and eighteen feet below surface, with wooden pins and no metal.
A piece from Scientific Americana describes an Adirondack man who traps rattlesnakes with a long pole and loop, then extracts their fangs with pincers to prepare them for sale and showmen. The article notes crude oil from snakes sells as a rheumatism remedy.
A fragment notes that shoemakers were said to be exempt from the 1666 plague and that no deaths occurred among the London Shoemakers' Trades Union during the 1832 cholera visit. It adds a moral about civility as safe business capital.
Moses Dawson, veteran publisher, recalled a subscriber who took the paper for ten years without paying. After he sent a bill, the man grew angry and threatened to stop the paper, then Dawson kept the paper going five more years and sent another bill. The response was dismissive and sharp.
A Coventry England jail chaplain was dismissed for holding a prisoner's hand over a lighted candle to induce penitence by frightening her with hell torments. The reverend admitted the act and said he did it because the woman was of a stubborn temper and needed sensory appeal.
A letter from San Francisco describes a drastic transmog rification. The writer says they resemble a fully dressed American on the Change, with cinnamon colored complexion, long beard, close haircut, a South Sea Island cap, a Mexican blanket, blue pants, and a red sash.
A New London, Connecticut gold seeker writes home detailing California as mean and unfit for a white man to endure. He laments it is windy dirty hot cold and sickly and warns friends to stay in New London if they know what it means to be comfortable.
During late war a Quaker aboard an American ship faced an enemy climber. As the Briton mounted by rope, the Quaker grabbed a hatchet and warned, then cut the rope, sending the climber into the sea while he kept his peace principle intact.
Archdeacon Fisher, after preaching an old sermon he thought new, learns Constable had heard it before. The reply reveals the constable’s fond familiarity as he says he always liked that sermon.
An old instruction suggests placing snuff into cricket holes and cracks to eradicate them. The method relies on smoke or scent to deter the insects from their hiding spots.
The Genesee Farmer reports that a farmer achieved a ready cure by using his own stock as the remedy. Lice on cattle respond to a method devised by M Linley who notes that dusting calves with sand, repeated weekly, is highly effective. The approach aligns with the observation that bulls dusting themselves reduce lice.
A historical overview explains soils as products of rock disintegration with decayed organic matter. It details primitive earths like clay silica lime magnesia and salts including soda potash and metal oxides, plus organic matter forming humus and essential nutrients for plant growth.
In lower Egypt the bee transportation system moves hives by the Nile from village to bate station toward the Said region. Hives are marked and pyramided on the waiting boats, returning after three months to harvest nectar from orange blossoms Facium roses and jessamine. This annual cycle yields rich honey and beeswax. Dr. Bevan.
A specimen from Wm. Choate of Derry New Hampshire shows a vegetable with a squash body and melon neck grown in one bed where seeds of squash and watermelon were planted together. The larger end is the melon part with the neck resembling a squash and a distinct boundary line between the two.
Dr Samuel R Smith of Tompkinsville New York shares an old shipmaster taught technique to stop nosebleeds. Roll a piece of paper under the upper lip and apply a knot tied bandage over the lip and around the head to compress the artery and halt bleeding. J Smith reportedly halted four days of bleeding with this method.
Peter Orndorff and his under ten year old son vanished from Cedar Creek on the 15th and were found four days later dead beside a distillery scene. A hollow embers and an empty gin lay nearby as relief crews investigated the tragedy.
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