19 Nov 1847
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1847
Page
1
Printed by Andrew M. Gest, the notice lists price terms: one dollar seventy five cents if paid in advance or within sixty days, two dollars if delayed beyond. Paper not discontinued while arrearages remain. Advertisements offered at usual rates.
A brief fragmentary verse by Rev. G Croly contrasts evening beauty with fading memory. It reflects on love, loss, and the hope of Heaven as life concludes and morning light returns to give the heart to Earth.
An aged cottage near Saratoga sparks a tale of Kate Harden and Ned Johnson. Their youthful love, Kate’s death, and Edwin Johnson’s later life unfold across generations, ending with a climactic heavenward reunion under the elm.
A boy from Herry sur-Alby in Geneva was seized by an eagle after taking eggs. The bird carried him to a high rock over 600 metres above ground before shepherds intervened and saved him. He escaped with fright and claw marks on his flesh.
A modern astrologer proposes a theoretical sun hole through which Earth might pass. The claim presents speculative celestial ideas and lacks scientific backing.
A Vera Cruz correspondent describes a Mexican fandango with a Spanish quadrille, dancers of mixed ages and colors, a bar and ballroom, and a lively scene as sailors, soldiers, and locals mingle. The piece also notes a battlefield memorial and a tragic Glasgow chest incident, alongside a New York poll tax debate.
The Salt Wells of Kanawha in Virginia produce vast combustive gas flows and salt water from two thousand feet underground. Salt production at Kenawah yields about two million bushels annually with alum salt and high specific gravity bitter water. Saltville improvements cut fuel and labor by halves and reduce kettle breakage to zero. Yankee innovation heats fresh water in pans and removes saline cake, signaling advanced Virginia mining methods.
The piece explains the elusive Indian Summer, its uncertain origin, and how autumn festivity marked harvest time. It notes the Indian use of fire to drive game to cover and the phrase The white man's summer is past and gone, but the Indian summer is come from Buffalo Commercial.
After five years of labor the Lahn tunnel near Wei burgh in Nassau Duchy is finished. The river will be diverted into the tunnel on the 11th and 2,000 gas lamps will be lit and kept burning.
It is thought Bishop Onderdonk's case is disposed of and the convention to the House of Bishops for final action. On the 28th alt. bishops sent a reply to his memorial affirming the legality of his sentence and granting him leave to W.
The New York Commercial Advertiser reports church statistics showing a nationwide decline of 12,741 members with 12,184 whites. The Baltimore Conference leads with 52,338 white and 16,387 colored members. Ohio follows with 61,684 white and 514 colored. Totals: white 600,941. colored 29,901. Indians 716. grand total 631,538. Traveling preachers 3,296. superannuated 346. local 4,913. total 8,555. Southern branch excluded.
The Hannibal Gazette reports Houghton, a Marion volunteer, vanished while trying to escape a buffalo herd near Santa Fe. Frantic stampedes trap riders. mounted hunters can be carried miles before disentangling. Last seen lying on the plain amid several thousand beasts, he has not been heard from since.
A Troy inventor claims a patentable Skirt Expander made mainly of India rubber that can expand or contract to alter a woman's apparent size while walking. He says it will do away with the cotton bustle, improve dress setting, save labor, and reduce the need to carry multiple skirts or a bale of cotton.
In Illinois, Wilson Corey was struck while cutting a large oak. A hole five feet deep appeared in the earth, burying him up to his neck until his friends rescued him next morning. Four panthers, hidden in the tree, were found dead in upper branches, killed by the lightning. French engineers arrive in Egypt to survey a Suez Isthmus ship canal path.
The Hon. John Quincy Adams and Hon. Albert Gallatin met at the Historical Society Rooms on Tuesday night. Both men are over eighty, remain active in mind, and are among the few Americans who signed the treaty of Ghent. Adams Gallatin and Clay are cited as leading Whigs and renowned figures in the era.
A communication in the Union reports Brazil grown tea sent to the Secretary of State. The leaf is dark and strong tasting, resembling China and English blends. Cultivation may succeed in the southern states where climate parallels China’s tea districts. Warning issued about Prussian Blue ink used in Blue Ink as hazardous.
The Massachusetts law requires three days of church announcements or two to three weeks of posting before marriage. The press now prints notices of intended marriages, a practice the author calls troubling as it intrudes on courting and romance.
A man was found 11 o’clock at night on top of a 125 foot liberty pole in New York, he descended unaided and escaped memory of the event. He wore only shirt and drawers when brought to the station, later recovering none of the adventure.
A fragment describes office conduct for staff. It warns to enter softly sit down hands off papers and avoid controversy or touching manuscripts. It notes editors may stall indicate sensitivity to the manuscript and calls attention to preserving quiet discipline.
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