23 Mar 1846
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Newspaper
Adams Sentinel
Location
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1846
Page
1
Poem by Worrall describing death and the afterlife. It envisions the disembodied soul enjoying realms of thought in light and love, transcending pain and earthly woe. Refrains promise redemption and pure joy beyond suffering.
A mix of moral reflections on charity from a Philadelphia liquor page expresses that a king of Luxembourg valued a simple act of kindness over war. The piece argues the death hour reveals virtue, urging persistent benevolence and critique of callous wealth.
In summer a Lincoln Vermont farmer’s meadow was clipped by local youths cutting grass and a few swaths through his potato patch. Potatoes dug from tops cut by the vandals remained rotted, while those left intact were sound, suggesting rot begins at the tops and supporting scythe cutting as a crop-saving measure. The account is attributed to TH. G. Canfield of Canfield, Trumbullville, Ohio. The text also describes making a potato jelly by grating potatoes, soaking, straining to obtain starch, then cooking with boiling water to form a jelly with strong flavor and nutritious properties comparable to or superior to arrowroot.
The fragment discusses Noahs Ark dimensions, cubit measurements, and ancient mountain locations. It mixes Biblical interpretation with geography, argues on Ararat or Caspian regions, and cites Shuckford and Hales about ship burden and capacity.
A Pennsylvania Whig convention denounces the Democratic faction as evasive and false on tariff policy. It asserts unwavering support for the 1842 protective measures, condemns anti protection and free trade, and urges unity to resist Democratic administration plans threatening industry and labor. The appeal targets voters across parties to back Whig protection, leadership, and policy.
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