30 Nov 1846
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Newspaper
Adams Sentinel
Location
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1846
Page
1
The Grand Jury reports regret over rising crime and moral decline since the last session. They note crowded courts and many prison detentions, urge inquiry into causes, praise the county jail and alms house for repairs, and request discharge of their duties. Signed by WM. W. Hamersly, foreman, November 23, 1846.
Poetic tribute from the Daily Advertiser on a young Boston woman’s death. The piece likens burial to a translation, cites biblical exoduses, Enoch, and Elijah, and urges mourning for the living rather than the dead as the soul moves to a higher state. It portrays the deceased as incorruptible and at peace.
A dense colonial era miscellany extols Sabbath sanctity and religious gentleness, urges reverent living, and shelves solemn duty with homely maxims. It blends moral exhortations with tales, proverbs, and light humor about daily life, work ethic, superstition, and domestic virtue.
The piece notes childhood varies from mild to sulky and peevish. It argues that managing children requires a noble mind and understanding of nature. A teacher should be mild, intelligent, and firm to subdue the worst dispositions.
A Neuilly Juge de Paix case features Madame Playette, a widow of fifty, who injured her eye with a lap dog and ordered a glass eye from M. Tamisier for 100. She refused to pay, arguing the eye did not restore sight, and the judge ordered payment. She splashed the glass eye and fled amid laughter.
Extract from a Monterey letter describes a Mexican woman who gave water and food to wounded soldiers during combat. She bound wounds with her scarf, then was killed by a stray shot. The narrator laments war and recalls her sacrifice amid ongoing battles and bombardment.
A historical miscellany describes regional torture customs in Europe and Asia, comparing self-imposed pain during Hindu religious festivals, Chinese executions, and related social cruelties. It covers prison vote indictments in New York, wartime loot in Monterey, a stampede of U S mules, labor unrest in London, a breach of promise case, and various 19th century curiosities from journalism across the era.
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