29 Nov 1852
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Newspaper
Adams Sentinel
Location
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1852
Page
1
Fragmented archaic lines express longing and feigned devotion in a lyric voice. The speaker contemplates love and insight, recalling distant memories and unspoken vows. The passage blends dreamlike imagery with raw emotion, hinting at a failed meeting and lingering affection.
Fragmentary poem about returning home and the joy of a welcome back. It speaks of fireside blessings and enduring homeward longing, contrasting dreary journeys with the comfort of loved ones. The piece emphasizes how a warm greeting makes the journey worthwhile.
A long, reflective piece recounts a dead boy's peaceful viewing by grieving relatives and a sister's touching line about the hand that never struck. It shifts to sermons on kindness, resilience, and industry, then wanders through anecdotes about hypocrisy, a clever Thanksgiving turkey theft, courtship humor, and rural wit, ending with a governor's critique of free schools.
A wary youth laments his Sabbath fishing as a ruinous first step and warns that disobedience leaves one adrift without God's guidance. The essay on women questions love, marriage as duty, and Cupid's failing quiver, noting society's view and the danger of meeting a true second self too late.
A chaotic column mixes an 1840s tale of emigration fraud at Pacific Springs with moral exhortations to “look up” for uplift. It also recounts Washington’s watch anecdote, naturalization jokes, Bloomer fashion notes, a lottery fraud case, and assorted rural and newspaper lore, all in a loose, period voice.
Testimony describes April 1 event on the Hill involving James Green and Samuel Mars. Witnesses recount Green firing a pistol after a confrontation as Mars and others moved between houses and the kitchen area.
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