20 Jul 1846
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Newspaper
Adams Sentinel
Location
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1846
Page
1
A patriotic poem by Mrs. Be Schermerhorn urges readers to cherish and unfurl the flag of the Union. It recalls battles from Bunker Hill to Yorktown and calls for unity against petty bickering, stressing the flag’s enduring, unforgotten symbol.
The piece by John Quincy Adams from Woasutsierox dated April 9, 1546 describes Miss Exris M Gooey of Baltimore County presenting knitted gloves to Mr Apsus. Adams contemplates public life and conflict, praising woman’s gentleness and friendship and promising enduring love for the giver.
A mother overhears her child resisting prayers and discusses conscience while nursing the boy. She asks him to feel her pulse and contemplates the fragility of life as the child learns about breathing and mortality through a gentle morning exchange.
A distressed child seeks divine protection for himself and others, asking God to care for the family. The scene shifts to Dr. Savages Johnson, praised as a moral writer, who on his deathbed urges a young man to read the Bible daily and heed spiritual counsel.
Reverend Rowland Hill is teased after a Sabbath service by a parishioner who questions why he travels to church in a sumptuous carriage. Hill answers with wit saying he has a carriage but no beast, and invites the critic to ride him to church if he comes next Lord's Day saddled and bridled.
A judge comments on a minister mounted on a fine horse and aims to joke about riding. The minister replies that even Christ rode an ass and laments the abundance of “asses” made judges, implying difficulty for a humble minister to find a horse to ride.
A collage of 1799 Virginia vote recollections, Civil War relics, colonial anecdotes, Chinese punishment notes, Niagara power estimates, Indian treaty news, and a dramatic Mackinaw incident. Details include a Fairfax Court House vote, Battle banners, the Tampico standard, and vivid crime and travel stories.
The New Orleans Picayune recalls the beauty of a child who has died, praising Barth and Hesyen with poetic phrases. The notice frames the child as a source of the city’s tender memories, invoking a fountain of youth and cherished impressions.
The brig Francis imy arrived in Baltimore from its second voyage of exploration and treasure recovery. It recovered about thirty five thousand dollars in Spanish dollars from the ship San Pedro wreck sunk off the Spanish main in 1815. The treasure lay three feet under sand beneath coral in sixty feet of water. The total recovered so far exceeds sixty thousand dollars.
A middle aged woman, daughter of a third English aristocrat with a 25000 dollar annual estate, fled an unhappy arranged life after eloping with her father's groom. She endured many trials from wealth to poverty and is now selling fruit in a New York market, a curious commentary on English customs.
An anti slavery lecturer named David Offcer spoke on the Sun instat in Shanesville Tuscarawas Co Ohio. David M Mains caused disruption drank returned with a brickbat and struck the officer on the head shattering the skull. The officer died after a short time.
Sauseel Ford and his wife visited Boston for the Fourth celebration. Separated in a crowd at the depot, he, already intoxicated, wandered to the dock and drowned. The 64 year old husband and father of four left a sorrowful scene as his death was confirmed.
The Clerk of the House proposes supplies for the next session including 1000 English pen knives with four blades and 240 two blade knives of the same quality to serve 225 gentlemen for three months with a small surplus and various accessories noted in the source.
A young man enters a barber shop and asks to be shaved after swaggering. The barber completes the routine. The fop asks for no charge and the barber jokes about whetting razors on soft calfskin as the exchange ends.
A woodman from the interior of Arkansas boards a steamboat bound for St Louis and asks the captain for the best fare options. When told to choose cabin or deck, he bluntly replies he wants the best available, preferring a cabin he is used to at home.
A little boy tells his mother he has a headache and sore throat. The mother promises medicine, but the boy retorts that the herbs they have don’t hurt him, revealing a stubborn, wry attitude.
An up country man recently visited and spoke after a long quiet period saying he needed feed and a livin. The exchange reflected a rural mock formal tone as he chatted with Mrs Nanry.
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