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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1845
Page
1
A weekly printed poem from Western Wreath reflects a father’s gaze on his child and the memory of a departed wife. He vows a steadfast paternal love and echoes the mother’s heavenly blue eyes while acknowledging life’s hardships.
The narrator recalls treasured letters kept for years one by one. Each note marks hours and emotions, chronicling hopes and fears with tenderness. Some are torn or stained by time yet remain priceless witnesses to the days gone by.
A fragmentary poem from the New York Tribune describes a spirit as a viewless bride returning from death. The speaker hears the departed’s silent talk about heavenly love and life, concluding that earthly existence may mirror heaven. The piece reflects spiritual longing and eternal companionship beyond death.
The passage portrays Elizabeth I as culpable in Mary Queen of Scots execution. It claims she urged assassination attempts on Mary through Paulett and Drury, then signed the execution warrant after failed plots. It portrays her as merciless, hypocritical, and a "assassin in her heart" whose cruelty eclipses other monarchs.
A Greek maid says she will bring her husband a heat unepotted and a virtue unstained, inherited from her parents. Mr Stunes, famed English engineer, is reputed to have designed a new railroad engine capable of 50 miles per hour on eight driving wheels.
Correspondent praises Edinburgh as the finest city seen, detailing its dramatic geography from the old and new towns. He describes Castle Rock, Calton Hill, the Quarries’ stone palaces, massive bridges over Cowgate, Arthur’s Seat, Salisbury Crags, Leith water, and views of Firth of Forth, Fifeshire hills, and Pentland springs.
A Journal of Commerce correspondent from Lake Superior reflects on solitude among stone hills and pines. He describes stars above a remote landscape and counsels that faith and reliance on God offer strength in danger or hardship. The piece ends noting Auburn prison convicts and alcohol use.
A historical note counts about fourteen hundred newspapers in the United States providing employment to roughly twelve thousand workers, reflecting the scale of the print press sector.
The article describes Mars rising in the southeast around nine in the evening with Saturn nearby to the west, noting Mars approach to Earth within fifty million miles occurring roughly every two years and detailing an upcoming alignment on the 21st of the month. It recaps a prior Mars-Earth approach in 1843 1844 1845, and cites a Baltimore paper item about a country youth swindled at a gambling house and a church cautionary tale about a sleeping lady in Wooster Massachusetts.
A Cincinnati discussion contemplates Eve the first woman with claims that she must have been exceedingly resplendent and beautiful since nothing created by God could be imperfect in any respect.
An exchange paper notes a lovely woman who grows lovelier among flowers. It speaks of a sweet affinity between a rose bud and a coral lip, claiming they have kissed one another more than once.
The Land Office in Chicago reported that nineteen thousand five hundred and five acres of land were sold during July. A distant battle ground near Quebec once noted for General Wolf is now described as a race course.
A Maine style letter from the Maumee describes fever and ague among western residents with vivid imagery of sickly faces and shaking limbs. The piece notes widespread quinine and calomel use as a common remedy during the period. It also recounts a juror confrontation where a juror insults the clerk and court, resulting in a contempt citation and commitment for twenty four hours.
A Troy man has patented a method to petrify dead bodies or similar substances. After preparation, the body is placed in a liquid that in fourteen days makes it as solid as marble. The cost is small for a lasting preservation, and even a bouquet of fresh flowers immersed will become solid and durable like marble.
The Florida law prohibiting marriage without a county clerk issued license remains, but the Legislature repealed the county courts and stopped issuing licenses. The case is hopeless until an extra legislative session permits marriages again.
A young lady fears widowhood if life ends early, while a older suitor replies that a virtuous wife doubles the days of a man. The exchange preserves wit in a maritime era tone.
A burglar entered an Albany residence recently and left a matches bundle and a handwritten note. The note quotes a line about Thad and a chisel, hints at silver being taken, and signs this as the thief's first crack with a warning not to offer a reward.
A simple rule explains that doubling the time of sunrise yields the night length, and doubling the time of sunset yields the day length, providing a quick method to determine day and night durations throughout the year.
The Rio Grande Rio Grande del Norte and Rio Bravo are the same river. Texans claim it as the true boundary with Mexico while the Mej boundary is set by Mexico.
The St. Louis New Era reports Radnor arrived with ten to twelve men from Pratie and Cabanne’s employ under Mr. Vinnet. Traders sailed from Fort Laramie with buffaloe robes and beaver, faced low water, landed peltries at Cedar Bluffs, sent for wagons, and later met Col. Kearney who spoke with Sioux at Fort Pratte. Embered by emigration, Pawnees raided cattle while Sioux warriors and rubidoux traders moved through the plains.
The steamer Illinois ran aground on a rock in the Detroit river and sprang a leak. Passengers were taken off and one died of fright, reportedly in feeble health. The vessel carried about $10,000 in goods and freight was damaged, per the Cleveland Herald.
At a recent session the Pennsylvania Legislature passed a seduction crime law. In Harrisburg the first case under the act resulted in Tod's conviction for seducing Miss Early. He received one year in the county prison with solitary confinement, a one hundred dollar fine, and prosecution costs.
The guide advises avoiding injury to small fibrous roots and warns against cutting large roots unless lacerated or deeply exposed. It also notes that excessive pruning of limbs is detrimental to transplant success.
A reader describes making a transparent glue by melting a spirit and glass with water and gentle heat. The mixture forms a strong adhesive that unites broken glass with minimal visible fracture.
Within ten months sixteen girls married who were operatives in one room of the Lowell corporation in Massachusetts.
A crusty man quips about paying for his newspaper provoking his wife to retort with sharp venom. The exchange ends with a taunt about settling the bill.
A newly invented musket tested in Potsdam Prussia shows full success. It can fire about 1100 paces and execute 17 shots in a minute.
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