24 Jan 1848
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Newspaper
Adams Sentinel
Location
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1848
Page
1
A poetic hymn praising good temper as a priceless gift that elevates even the poorest. The verses compare it to virtue, peace, and beauty, describing how it brightens mornings, soothes sorrow, banishes grief, and lends joy to all lives within a home. The piece culminates by calling good temper the noblest boon a woman can offer a household.
An English traveler recounts his ascent into Jacob's Well near Shechem with a servant crew and Arab guides. They recover a Bible, measure the well at seventy five feet deep, and describe the ancient, rock-hewn shaft amid surrounding ruins. The tale blends biblical reflection with travel lore and a moral aside about kindness and virtue.
An honest man famed for stubborn opinions sat on several juries and clashed with judges and jurors. When asked why he caused so much trouble the man replied he always ends up on a jury with eleven obstinate men.
Advice to mothers on handling a child s faults with care. Warns against publicly taunting or exposing misconduct to outsiders. Encourages shielding a child s character, fostering return to propriety, and seeking mercy and guidance in private.
A reflection from Life of Simeon urges careful listening to avoid spreading harm. It prescribes hearing only prejudicial reports with restraint, withholding belief until compelled, avoiding echoing malice, moderating unkindness, and assuming counterpoints would alter the story.
A health journal notes that sleeping in a cold room suits those accustomed to cold beds, boosting robustness against weather changes. The Washington Intelligencer describes a Lady's Benevolent Society fair cake winning by lottery, Henry Clay among the lucky recipients, in a light political anecdote. Rural life sketches show a verdant youth amid a print shop joke about two long-eared animals, and a claim that meat kept from nighttime slaughter lasts longer due to slower respiration and lower temperature.
A Worcester Cataract correspondent from Walpole recounts residents opposing rum licenses with a dramatic ruse. Merchants sign hung high is lowered by a box of snuff after a stealthy ascent. The ruse calms the group with a cloud of snuff and a chorus of sneezing and shouts of ho ash ho as townsfolk are disturbed all night.
A miscellany notes playful medical superstition teaching children to treat ill humor with rhubarb. Also recalls General Taylor’s Buena Vista council adjournment and a short, pointed religious verse. Includes potato preservation tips from Maine lumber camps and a parade of India’s transport and a jurist’s blunt courtroom charge.
A discussion on true heroism contrasts battlefield bravery with civilian and public service courage. It lauds statesmen missionaries philanthropists and everyday workers who endure adversity with duty, faith, and conscience as higher heroism than military glory. The piece cites Nor th American Specie Movements and Pennsylvania Relief Notes in Circulation, noting vast specie exports from New York and Boston and detailing miscalled relief notes totals and bank restructurings.
A sermon warns that even as waves erase beach impressions and storms scar earth, childhood traces remain graven on the soul. Virtue shines in God’s light, vice bleaches only by divine grace, and parental influence bears judgment on the Day of Books. Religious tidings report widespread revival and unusual religious interest across multiple states and Canada.
The Pea Patch Island case over ownership of the island in the Delaware River opposite Delaware City has been finally decided in Washington in favor of the United States. The ruling ends a thirty year contest with New Jersey claimants and pending federal suits. The United States will rebuild the fort destroyed in 1831. Also notes on Senator Corwin’s anti war speech and a Cramp remedy and moth prevention tip.
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