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Newspaper
Adams Sentinel
Location
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1857
Page
1
A Parisian style tale tells how two brothers share a field and secretly swap sheaves until the miracle reveals their equal harvests. The piece also includes moralizing quotes on study and effort, a humorous Yorkshire tale of arsenic and a pie, and a string of light anecdotes about manners, mourning, and oddities from the local press.
Mr J Stanley Smith editor of the Auburn American recounts a comic chase by a savage bull near Auburn while visiting a farm to view mower trials. He and a companion sprinted past an orchard to a tree and, after a tense pursuit, escaped as the bull neared the fence. The piece also notes fashion gossip about the Josephine dress and a Cincinnati sign, ending with social quips.
List of parenting guidelines emphasizing obedience, gentle firmness, and consistent discipline. Advice covers prompt instruction, showing tasks, avoiding anger, calm correction, avoiding promised rewards, and teaching truth, self denial, and avoidance of tattling. Encourages stable, consistent standards, and avoiding inconsistent punishments.
A moral essay urges husbands to praise their wives for daily work and homely care. It contrasts petty thanks given to outsiders with silence at home, urging civility, gratitude, and fewer criticisms to strengthen marriage. The piece cites common domestic labor, and skepticism about neglectful or scolding behavior.
The piece notes leather shortages and rising prices in Europe and America. It highlights strong moleskin as a cheap durable substitute for calfskin uppers in shoes, citing France's use and suggesting its adoption to improve durability and reduce costs for children’s footwear.
In a Wisconsin blackout a freight and two passenger cars sped by without locomotive or crew during a severe storm. Residents mistook the phantom train for a ghostly incident, later learned the cars rolled downhill from Fortville to Afton after being left on the track. A separate charity tale from Rochester tells of three children aided by a grateful captain and a benefactor to reach Philadelphia. A humorous classroom anecdote ends with a student's quip about living without brains.
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