06 Dec 1852
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Newspaper
Adams Sentinel
Location
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1852
Page
1
In Nashville Bishop Otey spoke at Polk’s reinterment, reflecting on gratitude to God and duty, warning youth to choose right over worldliness. The sermon critiqued empty phrases, urged language care, and shared anecdotes on humility and propriety.
A prose poem extols aged parents and grandparents, praising their sacrifices and memory. It invokes tears and reverence, urging children to honor gray hairs, remember infant dreams, and bless the elderly as guardians of family and faith.
A homemaker brags of cheap fabric and bargains while her husband notes the hidden costs. Illness, ruined clothing, and a $85 loss from one day of shopping follow as the family endures a costly lesson in frugality and consequences.
A humorously framed chain of debt replays how nonpayment by Hack Dilatery sabotages a communal feast. Voices lament broken promises, urging a righteous era when owing and not paying becomes theft, and hint at social remedies in a reflective, early 19th century style.
A farmer in La Madeline on the Burgundy frontier lured wolves by leaving a colt carcass in a fenced yard. Eight wolves entered, were trapped by high walls, and a rescue by family and dogs ended after a fierce struggle with casualties. The tale ends with reflections on terror and a quip on human vanity.
A tale of a countess who boasted she could win Lord N s attention but fails before his wife. Lord N praises his wife s virtue. the countess is silenced by his loyalty and the couple s dignity. The story ends with the countess coveting a husband like Lord X yet remaining unfulfilled.
A collection of miscellaneous vignettes from a nineteenth century paper includes a preacher's quip about obeying God's book, a boy asking about eggs, a misfired remedy story, a shoemaker and a weaving swap, prison images in England, a curious snake joke, and notes on thieves, a German scholar’s journey, and Patent Office expansions.
An old soldier trades a recipe for Day and Martin’s blacking for a guine in a London shop, the hairdresser becoming wealthy Day of Regent's Park. The piece also notes letters from Lima on Sandwich Islands danger, and British imperial plans, with commentary on territorial greed and global power shifts.
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