07 May 1855
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Newspaper
Adams Sentinel
Location
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1855
Page
1
A fragmentary poem reflects sorrow and memory with images of moonlight, distant stars, and sighing winds. The speaker longs for brighter days and contemplative peace as delicate nature scenes stir gentle emotion and quiet longing for happier times.
A reflective vignette describes a cottage garden with wet baby shoes on a window sill. The narrator ponders a child’s brief life, a mother’s tears, and the moral call to virtue, prayer, and memories of innocence. The scene shifts from admiration to grief as the child is revealed to be in heaven, prompting contemplation of mercy and personal repentance.
In early Vac Buren on the Arkansan river a fierce mob of half breeds and gamblers torment a grocer named Myers. After his wife is harmed by Jack Warhawk, Myers kills Warhawk with a bowie knife, then defeats other foes, prompting a public duel with Gen Cole. Cole wins, Myers becomes famed for brutal resolve, later rising in state politics as a Major General.
An up town auctioneer in a rural crowd sells a pongee handkerchief for two bits as a Hoosier claims he blew his nose. The tale includes a quip about a Dick Thompson, snubs, and a coat tail used after nineteen holes were blown in the handkerchief. The crowd roars and the auction ends for the night.
A fragmented reader’s note on gender, humor, and social norms. It weaves quotes about women from a schoolboy anecdote and a broader moral musings on pride, virtue, and social expectations. The sense is satirical, reflecting dated views and casual dialect.
A Western Lion's M erald correspondent recalls a stingy farmer who sustains a railroad stock tale with a half dollar bid, comments on fashion cycling back, and recounts juvenile pranks and social jokes. The piece also notes moralizing editorials, a quip about marriage for fortune, and curious student dialogues on science and religion amid local humor.
In 1835 36 Michigan towns faced crowded lodging as travellers filled hotels. Rev Wesen Brown, a Methodist preacher, sought a room in Ann Arbor and slept alone until a late knock forced him to share with another guest and the innkeeper. The landlord agreed one bed sufficed for all three.
A fragment from a historic paper recounts a curious tale of a boy in Turkish attire secretly being a husband at ten, a grandmotherly twenty six year old in Alexandria, plus scattered notes on ocean basins, a tragic drowning, and a local political slate. It also covers Crimean troop deployments and a dramatic lightning strike escape in Oswego.
A mother and teacher urge young George to sit upright while reading to prevent illness. The tutor explains oxygen, airflow, and lung health, stressing that slouching can cause improper breathing and lung damage. George resolves to sit properly and the magazine encourages readers to imitate the healthy habit.
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