01 Oct 1879
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1879
Page
1
A Kentucky traveler recalls a camp meeting in a rugged valley. He describes the Squire turned converted bully tester, rustic hospitality, scant meals, and crowded quarters among preachers, families, and outsiders. He ends with a supper-less hut, corn mush, and a fiddle scene.
The memoir recalls life in Kentucky and Tennessee before railroads, with clerical figures shaping local culture. A horseback journey to Big Sandy leads to a quarterly meeting at a grand log-house, hosted by a sturdy Kentucky figure described in vivid detail.
A report to the Statisti Society cites Ravenstein on Celtic populations totaling about 2.2 million with Welsh making up roughly half. Irish language use declined from 1851 to 1871 with 1.5 million in 1851 down to under 600,000 in 1871 and only about 400,000 Irish speakers. Reading Irish books was rare and no Irish newspapers existed, while Welsh publications and American Welsh newspapers thrived. The note adds no North American Celtic statistics, but warns Irish language loss outpaces emigration effects.
A historic notice warns that filthy pond water near a barnyard fosters disease and foul gases. It condemns the pond as a repository for dead animals and decaying garbage, urging cleanup and sanitary action. A recipe for making varnish is included, detailing resin, beeswax, boiled oil, and turpentine.
A vivid tale mixes a flirtatious woman judging suitors with a dramatic Wyoming chase. Miss Maggie Foreman rides to aid a wounded elk, firing shots to top a daring pursuit, while Jim Adams praises Iowa women for bold feats in the wild. A Venice letter weighs Italian titles and American fortunes.
At a social gathering an outsider would not notice any villainy in Mrs M s voice as she corners Mrs B and accuses her of storing lace curtains in a dresser. Mrs B retorts that she feared Mrs M s daughter would borrow shawl and diamonds for a church wedding. The exchange is described as playful banter.
The article questions whether titled status drives wealth pursuit. It notes an Italian count values his title at a yearly sum, arguing that a thousand dollars per year seems modest in America, yet titles carry significance beyond income.
The piece contrasts Italian and American girls focusing on marriage duties. It notes Italian brides sew embroider and prepare a twenty five year trousseau, while Italian girls neglect singing drawing or piano, and are taught cooking sewing and ironing. A quoted exchange from Forney and Punch adds social flavor.
A reminiscence of an eminent clergyman visiting a preacher. The short, bald visitor preferred a raised pulpit, stacking a Bible, hymn books, sermons, and manuscript to preach on the text Thou shalt see greater things than these. Editor's Drawer Harper's Magazine.
An English obituary notes Mr William Wilberforce’s death and his daughter as a witty relative of the Right Reverend Samuel Wilberforce. It recalls a Yorkshire election incident where a mob shouted for Miss Wilberforce forever and the daughter retorted she was not Miss Wilberforce forever. A divine praised Wilberforce’s mix of angelic sweetness and monkeylike agility.
An anti teetotaller, intoxicated, collided with a freshly painted house. He freed himself and blamed the painter or residents for leaving the paint out, declaring it a careless trick in someone who painted the house.
The Chicago Times presents a statistical table of marriage probabilities from ages 15 to 70 based on 8,000 county licenses. It shows women peak at 19 to 22, with declines after 23 and near 54 onward. men peak 21 to 30, with best years at 23 and 25, and decline after 30.
James Payn recalls how harsh reviews daunted young authors in the age of the Quarterly Review. He cites Byron and Keats legends as apocryphal, argues critics could not kill genius, and notes Samuel Rogers as a favored idol now mostly forgotten as memories fade.
The republic has 429 army officers and soldiers while 482 teachers serve 316 schools. Government revenue exceeded expenses by nearly $2,000,000 last year, the surplus earmarked for a Caribbean to Pacific railroad project.
A German poet compares love to fishing using a girl as a rod the eyes as the hook the smile as bait the lover as the gudgeon and marriage as the butter that fries him. The quip lampoons romantic vows and courtship with a sharp humorous tone.
A 9 or 10 year old girl tends a dilapidated doll on Brush Street while a mockingly cruel boy ridicules her. He later recalls his cruelty, apologizes, and offers to help with the doll and care if the mother is dead, pledging support for medical help.
Old Jack Mills the Mad ison and Indianapolis engineer faces a deadly moment near Columbus when a two horse wagon driver darts onto the rails. Mills hesitates, the train strikes the wagon killing the man and woman and the horses, while Mills bitterly recalls a past slur as a tiny pair of baby shoes reveal the cost to the children left behind.
A Missouri friend cites a Little Rock Gazette report on Frank Jones of Franklin county Arkansas, a man described as changing from black to white with a white breast spot that spreads. he is in good health and regarded by some as history’s greatest wonder. The note praises Arkansas as home to remarkable natural phenomena.
The East India Company divides India into Bengal, Madras, and Bombay presidencies and assigns servants accordingly. Bengal holds the best posts and salaries, with India offering much higher pay to attract young men due to greater life risks. Civilian retirements occur earlier in India, prompting higher early salaries to maintain parity with England.
A short dialogue depicts clergymen asking a boy why he stands alone. He says he has nowhere to go and does not know his parents who are gone. They ask who will care for him if his parents forsake him, and the boy replies the policeman will take him up.
The report notes annual US consumption of glycerine surpasses 40,000 pounds. It discusses industrial applications and potential economic factors driving demand across sectors.
Public notice of advertising rates in the Clermont Courier. Legal and transient ads cost $1.00 per square for the first insertion and $0.50 for each additional insertion. Discounts available yearly. Business cards over six lines priced at $4.00 per year.
A collage of eclectic notes, including jokes about well bred men and madness, a coal fire tip, a grim instance of suicide, a massive Vermont marble block, observations on Japanese oil refining, a Scotch hotel boast, and social tidbits from Oil City.
Miners blasting near the Hemelen cascades found a rock blockage opening into a cave. They rafted along an underground river to a 60 meter distant lake of clear water with stalactites and stalagmites. A seaward channel suggests a large fissure linking to Bebdon and Tatna sources. The traverse length is about three kilometers and the lake two broad. They captured a swarm of blind insects.
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