12 Sep 1845
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1845
Page
1
A devout Deacon eager to lead a new church opens worship as scaffolding fails. He slips from an unstable gallery, landing astride a heavy, protesting parishioner below, while the minister’s sermon pauses and the congregation turns toward the accident. The incident unfolds amid the village’s early church construction and bustling choir.
In a rural church Elder Mack preaches an hour of brisk sermonizing while Deacon Marvel nods off on the gallery beam and Mrs Broaders struggles with a crushed bonnet. The prank escalates until Marvel answers the preacher with a sharp retort provoking gales of laughter from the congregants.
A Galena exile sends a Bangor letter recounting a boatboard quarrel between a dandy tourist and a Yankee settler. The Yankee narrates his plan to outwit a sanctimonious Bradley and his roan mare, ending with the yacht-like scuffle on the cabin deck and the dandy’s ejective retreat ashore.
A letter from Dr. Austin Church in Cooperstown New York dated February 6 1845 describes using aqua ammoniae to counteract bee stings and insect bites with rapid relief. It cites Dr Moore of Alabama and Silliman's Journal and notes variations when the solution is carbona ted.
A poetical note from the editor recounts a hummingbird that flew into the office, glittering with rainbow colors. The bird lingered briefly, watched the typing, then vanished through an open window as a ray of light flashed and the Thought fluttered away.
A reflective line recalls childhood memories the mother’s love and prayer and a departed friend’s voice. It invokes ancient church and schoolhouses in green, hallowed associations that rise in a dark hour of sin and sorrow.
A man who loves his family will always take one or more newspapers and a man who aims to train his children in the right way will pay for it.
The Locofoco critique charges banks with evading the six percent tax on profits under the state law. It argues even with modest profits, banks pay far more than other property, citing the Bank of Chillicothe and past Cincinnati charter terms to claim the tax system favors banks and challenges the argument of the anti-bank faction.
The Greenville Patriot urges every voter to decide if the winter adopted Banking System should be repealed to prevent reliance on foreign swindling shops or sustained to maintain a guarded home currency convertible to gold and silver under local law. It calls for careful, dispassionate suffrage in this vital issue.
The Albany Argus, an Administration paper, recalls that war for conquest harms workers and burdens labor. It argues leaders gain favor while the masses bear sacrifice, urging statesmen to oppose wars for selfish purposes as a great national evil.
The Baltimore youth Har wood, active in politics and aligned with the dominant party, killed himself on Sunday evening after seeking a clerkship and reportedly promised a position by major city and port officials. The report notes political tension following Mr. Polk’s election and Har wood’s financial and career pressures.
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