28 Nov 1850
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1850
Page
1
One Dollar and Seventy-five cents if paid in advance or within sixty days and Two Dollars if delayed beyond that time. In no case will the paper be discounted to a subscriber until all arrearages are paid. Advertisements inserted at the usual rates.
A playful verse about a girl named Bill with bright curling hair and ruby eyes. The speaker recalls love vows then notes the girl places her hand on her nose and declares, You can't quite come it. Grief follows as the plea fails.
A British brig in Galway skirmishes with smugglers. Captain orders execution of a smuggler, the condemned dies, and his son vows vengeance guiding a dangerous voyage to a harbor. The boy leads a perilous rescue and the storm seals the captain's fate. A second tale features Farmer N and a grim dream of a glass railroad warning against sin.
A Pacific coast scene notes the Monterey surf at night with deep, solemn crashes and a tremor in the air calming the town. A country lass at Oxford College jokes about culture versus fashion amid a year of rapid student growth from ten to one hundred ten.
Citizens are urged to value the local county paper as a measure of town intelligence and activity. The piece argues subscribers sustain the press and that non subscribers should support the publisher at home, lest the town appear lacking in public spirit.
A long excerpt discusses the seven seven-year cycles from biblical law, linking them to education and aging rites and noting a World’s Fair exhibit by Wyld MP. It ends with a Goethe quote on energy and an Irish joke about uncles and aunts.
Horace Greeley notes in Watertown that a portable steam engine by Howard and Bradford proves transformative. A two horsepower model powers a Napier press, burning little fuel, with prices from 75 to 300 dollars, and potential to replace much manual labor.
A collection of moral exhortations and humorous vignettes. It urges young men to follow inner honor, warns against sin, and promises peace and nobility. A tale of a vain gallantry punishment ends in a humorous indigo dye episode. Also notes fattening fowl diet and Berlin Vienna emigration trends.
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