19 Dec 1859
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Newspaper
Adams Sentinel
Location
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1859
Page
1
A fragment from a 19th century paper recounts a playful scene at an Ambrotype portrait session with a couple vying for a natural pose, followed by assorted brief items from Parson Browson in Lynchburg, fashion notes, household tips, and war imagery including a dramatic Bastion St Andre battle scene.
Samuel Weaver, an experienced artist, advertises a new Sky Light Ambrotype Room at his West Middle Street residence offering ambro, melatno, enamel, and protograph pictures in various styles with satisfaction guaranteed. He notes reduced prices due to hard times and also operates a second room on Chambersburg Street near Bringman and Culp’s Shoe Store, continuing portrait work with copying from old specimens and a range of jewelry keepsakes. Children portraits priced from $1, ambrotypes from one dollar and up, with gallery hours from 8 A.M. to 1 P.M. May 3.
A poetic meditation on summer, love, and inner longing. The speaker contrasts intimate, heartfelt joys with public life, noting the hearth’s warmth against the world’s tempests. Images of leaves, wind, and birds evoke seasonal renewal while praising selfless care over vanity.
A passage recalls a mother with two daughters, the elder neglected while the younger, “sweet,” receives all affection. The child reveals that her nickname is not sweet but her own name, and the piece shifts to meditations on faith, mortality, and consolation. It includes anecdotes about religious figures and rural life, reflecting on suffering, hope, and moral guidance.
A long misc text piece weaves comic barbs about patience and a deacon’s consolation failing with a young servant named Patience. It shifts to a New Jersey judge scene with odd courtroom exchanges, a New York lawyer denied in New Jersey, and a quirkily described old squire justice. The fragment ends with moral quips and a bitsy chopping of weeds and life wisdom.
Fragmentary OCR describes a stuffed cabbage dish with chicken filling and boiled two hours. It also mentions a farm near a water source and a geological event where water nearly eroded soil, later treated by gravel layers. details are incomplete but imply a historical hearth and an environmental note.
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