17 Nov 1880
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1880
Page
1
The Glermont Courier notes weekly publication every Wednesday with Charities W Pegg as publisher. Terms show $1.50 annually in advance and other payments indicated for the period.
A collage of humorous snippets and snippets of wisdom, from weathered quips about ponies and windfalls to misheard phrases and moral maxims. The fragmentary prose hints at a newspaper humor page with stray anecdotes, wordplay, and brief dialogues. Notable lines reference poets, a chair with 800 positions, and a convict’s note.
A fragment discussing pillow design and sleep habits, advising proper head support, avoiding back sleeping, and recommending featherless cushions or corn-husk inner leaves. Mentions brain activity, heat, and a reminiscence of Ole Bull as a noted violinist.
In a Brooklyn-Eagle flavored vignette, students debate protoplasm, differentiation, and ascidians while praising Mr. Cook and Mr. Emerson. A Boston student idolizes science hats and scarves named after teachers, contrasted with a Brooklyn girl who longs for similar schooling. The piece shifts to a French law on dowries post Franco-Prussian war and compares French thrift with American views on marriage funds, highlighting changing norms and parental guidance.
Jupiter has reached perihelion, the nearest point to the sun, an event about once every twelve years. The planet will remain a brilliant sight through October, offering opportunities to study its moons and system. Fears of planetary alignment causing disaster were debunked by scientists, though the sun and earth may feel indirect effects.
A report from Youth's Companion explains how air from cellars rises into living spaces even with closed doors. It lists contamination sources such as rotting wood, stored goods, foul water fixtures, and defective drains, and it prescribes seven measures including ventilation, better construction, gas checks, and disinfectants.
Mr Thompson thanks Mr Simpson and asks him to keep pigs off his land. Mr Simpson replies with a quip about spelling pigs with one G. Thompson requests adding an E to a name in a note. Simpson returns Thompson's letter unopened, deeming its impertinence and vulgarity unmatched.
A minister installed a keyboard under the pulpit with wires trailing through the church. When congregants dozed the device sent an electric shock to wake them. It functioned until a sleeper reversed the setup causing the minister to be jolted and plaster knocked loose.
A compact verse sketch portrays a wife trapped in a strained marriage. She endures her husband’s cold neglect and roving moods, weeping at his breast while blaming herself for sin. Her love remains steadfast, yet she suffers as a loyal partner amid unreciprocated passion.
In Woodberry Maryland a woman born April 22, 1776 remains active and alert though blind for four years. Her gray hair darkens, she has no teeth but eats well on corn beef and cabbage. She adores children and shares old tales with a large immediate family including twenty five grandchildren and about sixty great grandchildren, oldest great grandchild a 24 year old widow.
The ancient Rajpoot princes formed confederacies linked by intermarriage with a Rana’s daughter. A princess could choose a groom by placing a garland on the favored prince, a ritual that lingers as tradition. A golden cocoanut sent in the bride’s name signified acceptance of the union.
A dated sermon-like critique argues that many domestic faults stem from wives accepting overworked roles after marriage. It urges women to conserve health, resist endless labor, and demand equality and respect from husbands when virtue has run its course.
A Victorian guidance piece argues couples thrive when there is a single shared will. It claims mutual yielding creates harmony after years together, noting bearing and keeping a husband in love can guide peace. It emphasizes faithful, provident, kind, and genuinely loving behavior as essential to enduring harmony.
A satirical passage portrays the sensitive woman as self pitying and easily offended. It mocks her constant sentimentality and claims she reacts angrily to any remark, likening her to a turkey gobbler and ending with a parodied steamboat exchange where she declares herself an honest woman.
A Boston girl, visiting Brooklyn, recalls the Concord School of Philosophy education and asks about its science focus. She enthuses that philosophy is really about molecules, noting her affection for them as they discuss the seat of learning and the nature of Concord entertainment.
Joaquin Miller describes the crowded chaos around the ticker at the Stock Exchange. He details 5,000 tickers, crowds of 50,000 traders, 2,000 brokers, and thousands of clerks, clerks, and speculators, totaling over 250,000 engaged in the market’s gambling milieu.
In Nashville a flock of geese quarrels over tasty mud-hole morsels as a lone intruder joins the contest. After a ten minute battle the aggressor gains the upper wing and the other flees. Spectators nod in silence as the victor parades. Separately, Standard Oil plans to convert its Pittsburgh wooden-barrel factory into a paper barrel plant.
A Utah Mormon woman argues polygamy empowers the first wife to select her husband’s wives, believing it shows her judgment is valued. Her tale ends with a ludicrous clash over a fourth wife and hair color dispute, revealing tensions behind polygamous life.
In Fitzgibbon's Manitoba study an Indian shopper, unable to speak English or French, selects only the best fabrics. He divides money into piles to compare costs, rejects inferior pods, and purchases through careful pantomime. Merchants note Indians visit annually, compare quality across shops, and avoid repeat cheats by seeking best bargains.
Nutmegs are widely used in households yet can cause serious harm when consumed in excess. A documented case shows a tea from one and a half nutmegs inducing deep stupor, with symptoms akin to opium and a similar remedy. Stupor and delirium have occurred with two to three drachms. in India, death has resulted from liberal use. Mace shares these narcotic properties.
A London Telegraph summary contrasts American trotting with English galloping from Maud S. to other records. It notes Vanderbilt’s Maud S. trotted a 2:10 mile in Chicago, claims bids up to £20,000, and praises American zeal and skill in developing trotters, with the vast wealth backing breakthroughs.
In a New York Graphic excerpt, critique of railway and French duel laws. It argues damages for fatal rail crashes are capped at 5000 dollars while maiming can yield unlimited sums, and notes French dueling outcomes hinge on weather, with proposals to criminalize duels. It mocks legislative reluctance to curb amusement among Parisians and cites Gambetta filibuster style tactics.
A Brussels journal recounts a strange tale of a cat whose eight rat pupils were found nursing in a cellar after the mistress drowned her own kittens. The cat continued lactating for a week, then killed the brood when no longer bothered by milk.
The Saturday Review lauds Alexandrine Timne a young wealthy traveler murdered in March 1869 near ezzan south of Tripoli by Touareg chiefs. Betham Edwards notes her bravery and the tragedy of her caravan escort, with details of the massacre and the left bodies.
A jumble of local items reports Tar Cassidy killed a switch engine near Youngstown, wheat acreage rising in Logan County, and various incidents including elopement, a cow attack in Steubenville, rats in Union County potatoes, a fatal fall in Wayne County, and a fatal kicking in Monroe County. It notes political activity with Clerk Richard J. Fannina’s re election bid and a proclamation by Governor Foster praising economic activity and setting a Thanksgiving observance for November 25.
A quoted excerpt from Youth's Companion explains chorea as a severe nervous disease in children aged ten to fifteen. It details twitching eyelids to violent convulsions, body bruising, and dangerous movements. Medical authority William Smith advocates nutrition, fresh air, and avoiding mental stimulation, plus regimen for stomach and bowels and cautions against fright and alcohol.
London Truth recounts a titled woman told by two letters she faced a royal dinner invitation. The letter to the Princess reached the wrong recipient, causing a comic mix up. The Princess met her with warmth, saying Fat Mary is pleased to see you. Wealth attracts friends but loses them when punctured.
The Clermont Courier lists legal and transient ads at 1.00 per square for first insertion ten lines and 0.50 for each additional insertion. A yearly liberal reduction applies. Business cards not exceeding six lines cost 4.00 per year.
A reflecting piece ties monastic ban on food to mythic ambrosia and recalls a London dinner with Thackeray, where the famed author spoke little yet ate well, followed by a vignette on relics of idol worship and a note on President Grevy's $120,000 salary plus $1,000 contributions to causes. Also mentions James Gordon Bennett selling polo horses and planning a return to Europe.
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