31 Jan 1848
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Newspaper
Adams Sentinel
Location
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1848
Page
1
A romantic verse reflects on Love as purest in youth and strongest in mature years. It likens early passion to a bright stream, then to an ocean storm, concluding that Love sustains souls through loneliness and sorrow toward a hopeful, sublime happiness.
The Life of Barnard Gilpin recounts his pious stance that all events are for good. On his way to London during Mary I’s reign he broke his leg delaying his journey. Molesting questions arose but his meek reply stood. Queen Mary died, persecutions ceased, and he regained liberty.
Dr. Baird spoke in Hartford on Sweden and the Midnight Sun. He described Stockholm’s long days with near continuous light, noting a mountain near the Gulf of Bothnia where the sun does not set on June 21. The North Cape at 72 degrees latitude is bright for weeks. Travelers ride steamboats to witness the phenomenon.
The excerpt argues that lens study reveals nature's precision and beauty from bee polish to insect patterns. It contrasts rough surfaces with fine textures seen under a microscope, then attributes these intricate wonders to divine wisdom and power in creation.
A moral lesson urges promptness in duties and honesty in finances to earn respect. It contrasts carelessness with reliability, warns against delaying tasks, and discusses prudent dress and behavior as keys to trustworthy character.
An English tale recounts Dr. Radcliffe ordering a large quick pudding for a patient, then quarreling with his servant over serving. The comic fracas ends with both men splashed and the patient amused, while a hospital scene shows a mother and daughter delivering twins in the same room, causing identity confusion for all.
A crude Yankee from Maine tours a Hatton church during service. He gawks at the organ, disrupts seating and music, questions the hymns, and causes a comic uproar from the gallery to the aisle before being escorted out amid amused and exasperated congregants.
A travel ta le and humor set in a New York dining hall. anecdotes about manners and mischief. notes on a Prussia officer and Sunday in the yard. obituaries of John Hib uebrand aged 92. political commentary on Polk, Santa Anna, and battles. bank notes after a $50 000 robbery. and fresh intelligence from Mexico about Congress and military reform.
A grammar of the Jingong language spoken by the Gaboon Africans is printed in New York at the American Board’s expense. The text claims the language rivals Greek in copiousness and facility, noting the natives’ capacity for written form through missionary effort.
Famous female rouniterfeiter Flonora Shepherd, long celebrated in New York for counterfeiting, was arrested Friday with five others including Louisa Berry and Bridget Phalen. They passed bills of the Fradesmen's Bank. Shepherd’s life spans crime, jail, a Sing Sing sentence in 1813, a later pardon, and a Westward exile.
Reports from Salisbury describe a woman named Mary Carl accused of stabbing her husband with a razor during puerperal insanity. Portsmouth Chronicle details a fatal fire at Photius Franklin’s Old Point home killing two children while he rescued his wife and youngest child. The excerpt also includes reflections on books and a humorous clerical stumble over gender in a burial rite.
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