17 Apr 1861
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Newspaper
Adams Sentinel
Location
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1861
Page
1
A fragmentary poetic piece evokes longing and romance as a speaker awaits a lover’s return, describing night, stars, and dreamlike imagery. The speaker hopes the beloved will come home tonight, with reflections on beauty, memory, and faith in reunion.
A dense 19th century prose piece extols the virtues of a good woman as mother sister and wife shaping home life into heaven. It contrasts refined conduct with secrecy over unbecoming acts and urges cultivation of kindness beauty and virtue in domestic life. The piece shifts to scattered notices about unions veterans and politics with anecdotes and declamations.
Dramatic incident years ago shows John Wilkes Booth performing Brutus in a cold Baltimore production. A supernumerary actor on the bier triggers a comic fiasco as props fail and the dead body convulses, prompting raucous laughter and a chaotic, staged collapse.
A jumbled excerpt recalls a comic anecdote about Jack O Flaherty and a prankster doctor. mischief with smoke, a dangerous drink, Rochelle powder, and a chaotic mix of reactions. It also touches on a rail editor’s revenge, wartime sentiments, and curious tales of distant places and strange happenings.
An extended, fragmentary reminiscence ties Boston and Chicago growth to a half-forgotten tale. The speaker recalls a Frenchman bragging of founding Chicago and a sequence of frontier trade stories from Cincinnati to New Orleans and Fort Duquesne, ending with a brief quip about starting a nursery and marriage plans.
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