25 Feb 1856
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Newspaper
Adams Sentinel
Location
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1856
Page
1
An ornate devotional poem invokes sleep for an infant, urging calm and protection. It blends spiritual imagery with calls for heavenly guardianship, expressing hope for restful slumber and divine watch over the child through night and into dawn.
Fragmentary verse mourns the midnight wind and remembered loves. The poem speaks in mournful tones of lost years and a heart lingering in sorrow, with imagery of dew and farewell to earlier days and cherished memories.
The article argues cold feet invite pulmonary disease and urges warm dry feet and proper clothing. It cites indigenous practices of keeping feet warm, warns against damp footwear, and stresses protection over cure, noting links between extremity circulation and lung health.
A reflective critique questions politicians and war leaders for chasing power, urging focus on agriculture and national well being. It contrasts civic zeal with personal virtue, noting women and family roles as guiding social forces amid hardships.
A late 19th century tale from Northwestern Georgia recalls dry goods dealers Hillens and Danberry and their customer Joe Denny. After an evening of drinking the wife falls into a creek and is rescued by her husband. The scene inspires the colloquial phrase told within the tale.
A schooner captain discovers the compass is missing after a late search. The crewman reveals it was hidden inside a soap-box and nailed into a cupboard, prompting the captain to order further investigations aboard the vessel.
A countryman plans to kill himself but fears death and is tricked by a neighbor into following to a tree. After real danger, he flees, recounting the near-fatal joke and comparing it with other thriftless bravado in German lore and a Danish style tale.
A quirky tale traces the phrase Nine tailors made me a man to 18th century London. An orphan beggar boy aided by nine journeymen sured a tailor’s shop, starting small trade through thrift and effort and leading to the famous inscription on his pride of work.
A serious accident near Paris Michizin involved Nicholas Carlton's son Nathan, age eighteen, and another youth while felling a tree. Nathan suffered a crushed leg and head injuries, was briefly believed dead, later revived, and had his leg amputated the next day with recovery hoped.
A traveller and native guide observe an ape probing for crabs along a dry sand strip within a former settlement. The ape uses its tail to reach a crab in a crevice, then cracks and devours the prey. The scene ends with the ape displaying resignation and then retreating as others vanish into the jungle.
A tale from Constantinople reports a Pasha sealing fate with Turkish law as couples in a hospital seraglio are torn apart then drowned. Nearby at Columbus Lunatic Asylum a pair of lovers lose sanity and hope, their bond enduring despite seclusion and despair.
A Take Shore train delivered about eighty orphaned and destitute children from New York City to the Midwest. They are under care of a gentleman and three ladies, provided with clothes and passage by Mr. Phillips of the Toledo road, and will travel to Oberlin for rest before being placed in the West for schooling and support.
An excavation on the Milwaukee and La Crosse Railroad near Schlessenger Iowa uncovered petrified Indian remains. The body stood about seven feet two inches and bore a copper plate with engravings likely symbols of ancient meaning. A fragile relic and strong curiosity drew antiquarian interest from the find.
A citizen set a spring board with a 16 pound tobacco cutter to deter intruders. The device launched, striking a thief and severing a foot as he fled. Blood flowed. the offender escaped despite pursuit, likely aided by accomplices. The apparatus pierced a two inch plank, leaving boot fragments behind.
Georgetown December 20 reports the burial of George Washington with funeral honors at Mount Vernon. The article notes a veteran procession, music, artillery from a river vessel, Masonic rites, and a Congress led memorial plan including a marble monument in the Capitol and a formal procession from Congress Hall to a church.
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