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Newspaper
Adams Sentinel
Location
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1843
Page
4
A reader poem invites readers to subscribe for two dollars in advance, promising broad coverage and a playful critique of current ideas. The piece references Parson Miller, Mesmerism, phrenology, Mormonism, Seminole War, Boundary Question, and hints at the British minister Lord Abburton in treaty negotiations.
The Staunton Va Spectator reports a hungry jury in Halifax County court holding a disorderly session with song and dance. Judge Leih ordered a proper room. the tale recalls a Detroit jury's comic improvisation as foreman restored order. A second item describes a New York sleigh ride mishap ending in a cow and a man dodging danger.
A writer in the Farmer's Cabinet publicizes a method to restrain a cow by using a beam and noose to stop kicking. The Lowell Courier lampoons oversized ladies muffs, advocating liberty for the ladies while noting fur costs and the price of fashion.
A young man recounts fleeing his father after learning he is actually his uncle in a humorous life history. The note compares this tale to Waleon’s comic origin in the farce The Boor at the Swan. He claims he knows nothing of his parents and jokes he was won in a raffle for geese.
The text explains that in great houses especially royal ones mean dirty dependents carried coals and moved furniture between palaces. As these figures were derided by the public, the term Black Guards arose from their service and behavior. The account notes the term became familiar but not fully explained.
A fragment describes historic dishes as travellers note exotic meats from lambs to dogs and monkeys, and references to Washington era dental artifacts by John Greenwood. It also reports the Nantucket town facing abandonment due to a new river channel threatening to cut it off.
An exchange paper recounts a simple preventive device used in England. A conical zinc ring set around a plant with a copper ring beneath creates an electric shock to insects on contact, aided by moisture, keeping them away from delicate flowers and fruit trees.
The fragment offers maxims on punctuality avoiding unpunctual people to gain composure and happiness. It includes a tale of an Easten Caliph seeking happiness via a shirt exchange and a note on life and death. It also lists a NH legislative draft about admitting attorneys based on moral character.
In Scotland the ablest lawyer is chosen to manage matters to avoid ban and to share practice among peers, a habit noted by a shrewd elder who doubly criticizes judges and lawyers for their conduct.
In Ohio and Kentucky distress is described as sound banks shrinking hard currency depleting property values. A Dayton paper notes hay sold for a dollar, cows for three, and corn and wheat at low sums. A fatal accident in Lewistown, and towns culling consuls and cave business are reported alongside foreign dispatches and curious social quips.
The lecture argues that Moses authored the Book of Job prior to the Exodus, citing linguistic hints and lack of Mosaic law references. It highlights Job as the oldest dramatic poem, compares its structure to Greek tragedy, and notes parallels between Proverbs Ecclesiastes and Job in style while praising Job’s exalted pathos and divine addresses.
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