17 Feb 1834
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Newspaper
Adams Sentinel
Location
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1834
Page
1
County tax commission reports the annual receipts and expenditures for Adams County from January 10, 1833 to January 9, 1834 under an act to raise county rates and levies. Commissioners publish the financial statement detailing income and outlay for the period.
A collage of poems and historical vignettes recalls love, faith, and national memory. Reflections on Hamilton’s last hours, Bennington and Bunker Hill, and calls for education for all echo amid Civil War era rhetoric and moral anecdotes about industrious virtue and social reform.
The outstanding tax appears to be in the hands of collectors. A $6217 mistake in the addition of accounts in the Commissioners and Treasurer books is noted.
Official affirmation at Gettysburg on January 9, signed by county treasurer and commissioners. The statement is declared a correct copy compared with the original books, with seals affixed by the clerk and officials.
Auditors McKesson Baugier and Fink certify the general statement covers January 1833 to January 1831 and show a balance due the Treasurer of 132 dollars 34 and 3 fourths cents after examining items including taxes rents salaries and state tax. The report notes cash received and hand balances with costs and jury fines in the hands of F Somerkamp Heagy and Cobean among others.
A playful exchange contrasts long vs short sleep and living size with comic lines about top hats and cabbage leaves. The fragment hints at humorous social rules for little folks and a Boston Lost reference.
The text compares women in domestic retirement to a dew that yields fertility and lasting benefits, arguing that humble, retired individuals provide more value to society than public figures whose bright but shallow pleasures degrade moral soil.
The article discusses Dr Stevens of London and his theory on blood health. It states arterial blood is bright crimson due to salt content while venous blood is dark from carbonic acid. Lungs remove this acid with oxygen, restoring bright color. poisons and malignancies are linked to blood deterioration.
A Gloucestershire farmer reports a horse that, after drawing a lame foot, escaped the field to the farrier’s shop a mile and a half away. The horse had been shod earlier that day and, after the farrier reattached the shoe, returned home sound. The incident astonishes observers.
A National Gazette note, cited as from a trustworthy source, says the President intends to press the previous question in the House and decide the deposit question soon. He is tired of the matter and seeks a short session with a possible adjournment if the Senate does not concur.
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