30 Dec 1862
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Newspaper
Adams Sentinel
Location
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1862
Page
1
Our neighbor PouLry and Mr. Cook showcase a new brick building opposite the Globe Motel. PouLry offers a wide variety of rare stove patterns at cheap rates while Cook handles tin work and spouting promptly and well. Give them a call in their new habitation.
A mournful poem reflects on a lost child or infant, describing a guardian presence near a rose bed and a tomb. The speaker requests comfort and healing as memories fade into twilight and sorrow. The piece uses tender religious imagery and soft, sorrowful language.
A Sunday school teacher recalls a ten year old pupil deemed unruly who torn between disobedience and mischief. After expulsion failed, a half hour of prayer and personal instruction convinced the boy Jesus loved him. He became devout, later an office bearer, merchant vessel mate, and Christian advocate aiding his mother.
A strolling account on Chestnut Street recounts a man apologizing after stepping on a wife's flowing skirts, his apology provoked by the husband who declares him a fool for showing politeness. An Irish vignettes block follows with a Quaker and obstinate cart driver and a jocular Kilkenny boatman joke about a drowned brother found alive.
A long miscellany on marine life describes ocean beds full of living diatoms and medusae, with vivid notes on sea creatures and fossil-forming processes. It includes cartoons of clever anecdotes, jokes, and short vignettes about explorers, philosophers, and everyday people.
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