24 Sep 1879
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1879
Page
1
The Glermont Courier notes Emery publication and lists Char W Pegg as publisher with terms at 1.50 dollars per year in advance. The notice specifies payment timing and in year due status.
Fragmentary diary line reflects a mother questioning a baby’s character and sleep as she debates whether the infant is angelic or deceitful. The terse phrasing hints at nocturnal worry and evolving parental perception.
In early times I journeyed from Big Sandy to the Kanawha by horse and later down the Ohio in a dugout. Night crossings and fords proved perilous as storms gathered, horse safety depended on instinct, and weary lodgings varied from hearty settlers like Bill Short to rough riverbank hospitality. A trek through Virginia and Kentucky reveals peril, humor, and frontier grit in a single extraordinary recollection.
Legal and transient ads cost 41.00 per square ten lines for first insertion and 0.50 for each additional insertion. Yearly liberal reductions apply. Business cards exceeding six lines cost 34.00 per year.
Disease development varies with temperament age climate and surroundings and each patient shows different morbid tendencies. Family history habits and prior illnesses shape symptoms and progress. self treatment by nonprofessionals carries risks.
The piece surveys perfume production in Cannes and Victoria NSW with per-acre yields for jasmine roses oranges violets cassia geraniums and lavender. It then reproduces an Ohio election law act detailing bribery penalties and campaign conduct with references to political corruption and regional contrasts in Democratic and Republican power.
The article notes that in a voluntary system preaching adapts to popular taste and audience wealth. It argues most hearers seek entertaining sermons and finance drives shape teaching, risking a decline in higher spiritual standards. It also mentions Brompton hospital’s Nightingale Wing funded by Jenny Lind concert and a new wing replacing Tom Moore’s former home.
Lieut Derby of the U S army sits in the Oriental Hotel rolling room when a small beggar girl asks for alms. He consoles her with a sad tale of a dead father and poverty. The girl secretly gives him all she has earned, prompting bystanders to reward her with accumulated donations.
A harsh critique condemns what is termed a disgusting travesty of justice, denouncing the process as corrupt and filled with hollow dignity. The speaker calls for reform and accountability in the legal system.
An English medical writer argues against sending invalids to the seaside for convalescence noting that coastal climate is highly variable and seldom sustains stable conditions. He suggests country districts may better suit recuperation as the supposed benefits of sea air are not overwhelming given constant climate shifts.
A collage of short items notes murder linked hangings, a curate's brief sermons, a fashionable hair adornment, a rural bread from grasshoppers, and a satire on marriage. Reports include a Arkansas killer to be hanged, a deaf mute survivor, and Bank of England notes noted for their counterfeiting resistance and rare destruction after use.
In Ripton forests, 9 year old Bertha Goodyear wandered off from a path during a neighborly errand. A daylong, lantern aided search by about 150 men traced her steps along Middlebury River. She fell thirty feet from a rock ledge into the river and died instantly from a skull fracture.
A humorous Chambers' Journal piece recalls Walter Scott as a fledgling lawyer who took a house-breaker client in Jedburgh. The rogue repaid with two bits of information and a claim that a terrier inside a house protects better than an outside hound. A quip about timing the coup and a playful exchange between a wife and husband closes the vignette.
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