24 May 1852
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Newspaper
Adams Sentinel
Location
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1852
Page
1
A fragmentary page recounts religious anecdotes and moral reflections. It includes mentions of Acts and a Ephesian town clerk, a mother's love, and a preacher’s Amen corner tale. Various vignettes with quotes and moral exhortations convey old sermon-like prose and didactic sentiments.
In a village a whisper about Miss Bates, the new music teacher, spreads fast via Mrs Sawyar and Mrs Ashton. The tale harms Bates’s reputation until she proves her innocence with family testimonies from her hometown and others she knew, while neighbors debate gossip’s cruelty and the danger of idle talk.
A British paper recounts a hardened thief brought before the Assizes. The judge offers a lenient one month in the House of Correction after the prisoner feigns remorse. A string of odd anecdotes follows, including a doctor and a maid’s intrigue, ending with a remark on arguing during trials.
Doctor Franklin arrives at Varis as tenited States plenipotentiary during the Revelation. A richly dressed wigmaker claims the head is too large for Paris wig, insisting Franklin’s head is the problem, not the wig. Franklin retorts with wit, noting even the grand monarch’s head is smaller than his. The anecdote ends with the wigmaker bowing and conceding the head may be too big for France.
A broad essay outlines infant mortality from Maryland census data, noting dramatic declines by age and a final century end, followed by a moral miscellany on sin, prudence, and personal conduct. The piece includes anecdotal advice on shoes, a Lyons assassin case, a San Francisco letter about wealth, and publishing news.
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