26 Sep 1845
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1845
Page
1
Printed and published weekly by A. M. Gest, the piece urges perseverance with the refrain never give up. It frames hope over despair and counsels steadfastness through trials, storms, and adversity, urging readers to stand firm like a rock.
A lyrical meditation on Sunday quiet and sacred atmosphere. The verses describe the morning gale tolling bells, the silent valley, and nature’s peace as workers and children rest. The text contrasts labor and leisure with the reverent mood of Sabbath observance.
A romantic tale traces Thomas Becket's lineage from Gilbert Becket a Crusade veteran who was enslaved by an Emir. Gilbert escapes with the Emir's daughter who searches London streets chanting Gilbert as she seeks the man she loves leading to a reunion and marriage in England.
The Washington Bee editor toured the Alexandria Museum and describes relics linked to George Washington. He highlights Washington's Masonic apron given by Lafayette, embroidered by Lafayette’s wife, with US and French flags and cherubic halo. Also notes white kid gloves and the master’s gavel used at lodge meetings.
An editorial tale describes a Pennsylvania tailor famed for his speed who must keep a bowl of ice water beside him to cool his needle after rapid stitching. The whimsical item highlights craft, ingenuity, and humorous exaggeration in local lore.
An excerpt from Captain Ire mont's Journey to the Rocky Mountains describes Capt Fremont and a small party climbing the Rockies. They reach a 13,570 foot summit, plant the national flag, observe a lone bee, record a 19,293 barometer reading, and note surrounding lakes and ranges while surviving a perilous ascent and descent.
A young woman from a prominent New York family, jealous of her lover, joined by an older married friend, donned male clothes to follow him. Their awkward debut drew a police officer’s attention. they were taken to a station, locked up overnight, and released with a warning not to misbehave again.
Slice thirteen large apples thin without paring. Boil in water, strain to obtain juice. Add a pound of sugar and lemon juice to taste. Clarify with eggs and boil to a jelly. A delicate palatable dish fit for a wedding table, as served by a housekeeper making the centerpiece at a wedding.
A large meteor was observed over New Bedford on Monday evening around eight o clock in the northwest. It was followed by two distinct explosions like heavy artillery, then a sharp rumble lasting about thirty to forty seconds.
Felix Ferguson, a Virginia Penitentiary keeper, was stabbed in the neck by Moses Johnson, a free negro convict, and died within a half hour.
George W. Fredrick died at Greensboro Alabama on the 9th ult from effects of a water moccasin bite received while fishing in the water sixteen hours earlier.
An agricultural report highlights a chestnut grafted onto an oak as notably productive. A recent case supports its value and emphasizes its importance to farming practitioners.
The Lowell Offering editor Miss Parley was robbed of a gold watch in the cars above Lowell about one to two weeks ago. The incident involved a missing timepiece and occurred while traveling. No further details on suspects or motives are provided in the readable text.
Ohio Cultivator advises planting strawberries in late summer or early autumn when ground is moist. Prepare rich, well-drained soil with manure buried 8 to 10 inches deep, and select runners from healthy beds. Plant 2 feet between rows and 18 inches within, with three-row beds and wide alleys, keeping weeds down and covering with straw to protect fruit.
A Columbus Journal note predicts new papers in the city led by Mr C H Brough aiming to align with Van Buren or Benton interests while a Cincinnati paper backs Cass. Whigs forecast strong opposition. The piece argues Polk’s sub treasury Free Trade stance will doom loco foco prospects and warns against a third loco foco term.
The Trumbull county Democrat cites the Western Reserve Chronicle alleging David Too vowed not to accept any Polk administration appointment. It reports that Tod accepted a Polk office linked to the Lake Superior Copper Mines, displacing his state duties at fifteen dollars daily plus expenses.
A New Orleans correspondent to the National Intelligencer notes the oddity that Gen. Taylor’s force in Texas carries artillery but all guns were sent without them. The remark underscores perceived mismanagement by the government.
The Booneville Observer reports five or six men with pack mules recently rode through Booneville on their way back from California. They hailed from St. Louis County and intend to return to their old homes, dissatisfied with the land they had sought for a new and better location.
A Providence coroner's jury ruled that Mary Baxter an Irishwoman died from poison self-administered reflecting a refusal of her intended husband to consummate the marriage.
In a western editor’s note the threat of flogging is linked to a perilous ascent, claiming he could be found up stairs and that it is due forty feet to the bottom. The piece opines on men using friends as they do clothes, worn out. The county of Franklin Maine sees at least twenty potato starch factories under construction.
The Ohio Conference lists new appointments for multiple districts including Zanesville Newark Granville and Portsmouth with a long roster of pastors and supervised missions. Bishops designate P E positions and supply duties across Marietta Beavertown Athens Pomeroy and beyond, detailing the assigned churches and circuit coverage.
The excerpt cites Edmund Burke’s view that manners surpass laws in importance, shaping behavior and morals. It argues manners influence laws indirectly, purifying or debasing society like an unseen atmosphere.
An eastern tale says Prophet Mahomet washed his garment and left it on a mallow which, upon removal, turned into a sacred geranium. The plant then inspired multiple geranium varieties. England received several geranium varieties in 1534.
The text advises preserving apples as sweetmeats by combining apples with sugar or molasses, adding water if needed, thickening with flour paste, and baking in a brick oven with bread. The process yields pearlike flavor and provides fresh treats in all seasons if apples are obtainable.
The text states there are forty five tribes west of the Mississippi totaling 236 769 people with nine tribes removed westward and 62 013 east. It notes an estimated 394 585 red men east and west. A Vermont legislator avoids a speech by remarking he cannot reply for it “wrenches me terribly to kick at nothing.”
Fashion entices visitors who would rather stay in, eats when not hungry, and drinks when not dry. It ruins health and fools its followers.
Birds have hollow bones filled with air not marrow. The flea can leap 200 times its body length, about a quarter mile for a man. A single house fly yields over twenty million offspring in one season.
A man noted for talking to himself explained to his wife that he enjoyed conversing with a man of sense, revealing a humorous self view about his habit.
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