15 Feb 1858
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Newspaper
Adams Sentinel
Location
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1858
Page
1
A garbled communication fragment mentions fear, a plea to save home, and references a mysterious inquiry. Names and clear details are unreadable, leaving only a sense of urgent distress and potential danger to a place or person.
Excerpted reflections on home as virtue’s sanctuary and the discipline of a household. A tale in which a boy’s respectful act toward an elder on a crowded car is praised as moral instruction, contrasting wealth with integrity. The piece argues household affection fortifies virtue against vice and dissipation.
Captain Spraggs runs a rough grocery on Poss Creek at Crackers Neck. A rowdy crowd led by Arch and Spraggs Junior causes drunken escapades with whiskey molasses and a mysterious “devil” at the door. After a chaotic night including a confrontation and near capture, the townsfolk reclaim order and the captain contemplates continuing the enterprise.
A humorous anecdote from a city editor describes a witty clergyman in a State town. The story recounts a drinking dispute outside a public house when a neighbor wagers the minister’s age and the minister coolly deflects the challenge with a sharp family records quip.
The text discusses conjugal felicity with observations from Wieland and Barah Cole ridge, noting couples too busy for routine evenings. It analyzes European military costs, detailing armies of 2,300,000 sound men and annual war expenses around 400 million dollars plus allied land value. Anecdotes recount a clergyman overheard by a boy and a preacher’s quip about women preaching.
A Washington correspondent reports a humorous scene at Secretary Nonsey’s reception where a guest, seated with a lady, accidentally flung an apple that struck the secretary in the face and rolled under a crinoline before being recovered. The event lightened the room as the secretary smiled and resumed.
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