17 Oct 1859
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Newspaper
Adams Sentinel
Location
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1859
Page
1
The text reads as a delirious, patchy poem about longing and memory. Names and places drift. long, dreamlike lines evoke nights under stars, distant bells, and quiet yearning. The piece blends archaic tone with scattered proper nouns, producing a surreal, impressionistic mood.
A cautious article urges daily outdoor or well lit indoor exercise for several hours to sustain health and happiness. It emphasizes maintaining vigor against disease and low spirits, noting exercise as a preservative principle amid restless winds, waves, and nature.
Prentice of the Louisville dunt fal argues that true beauty lies in simplicity, not extravagance. He cites old statues and paintings, noting Athenians and Romans dressed plainly yet nobly, contrasting with fashionable excess and urging restrained taste.
A whimsical 19th century guide on marital harmony urges wives to master patience and tact. It counsels restraint in speech, avoiding sarcasm or violence, and emphasizes self-control to preserve affection. The piece extols fourfold gentility in conduct, taste, person, and manners as the mark of a true gentleman.
The funeral ended and mourners, their faces wet with tears, prepared to leave the corpse. The old wife, in a final act of love, kissed her dead husband as the coffin closed, a moment described as pure sadness and moral memory.
A clutter of short comic anecdotes and remarks from a bygone era. It narrates a boy’s humorous exchange with a lord, a stern schoolhouse routine, a comic misreading of a cleric’s sermon, and various wry vignettes about life, language, and manners in a small community.
In a humorous tale from Washington society, Judge Bibb taunts Mr. D with live frog bait. The judge pretends to bite, reels in quickly, and reveals he has caught the frog himself, a prank that ends with both men amused by the amphibian misadventure.
A Richmond News item recalls a lady on a busy street who avoided a collision with a drunken young man. He stepped on her skirt in a stumble and apologized with the line Hoops tike up too much room. She calmly replied Not so much as whiskey, sir and moved on.
A campus prank involving Reverend Dr Caldwell at the University of North Carolina ends with the doctor quipping Consider Me Smith after subduing a freshman by surprise. The incident escalates to a blow and a display of self defense, central to whispered lore of campus humor.
A Wheeling Intelligencer note recalls riders atop a cow catcher traveling twenty miles at fifty mph and mock threats to rename the pilot. The London Quarterly recounts a South Sea Islander claiming one wife after baptism, the next day revealing he fed another wife. Reports warn of a harsh winter as vast grey squirrel swarms devastate areas along the Meramac and Mississippi. A Cedar Creek Texas death by self harm follows intoxication and grim zings painted with grace. Miscellany disputes about marriage age and muslin fashion warn love danger. a Connecticut girl earns $2,000 in six months at a San Antonio bowling saloon. A Derbyshire advertiser seeks board with pious hosts. Watch notes on local churches, freemasonry, and a Vermillion parish court warning.
The Philadelphia Argus tribute recalls Robert Wickliffe a Virginia native who moved to Kentucky as a youth. He started as a 8 day laborer earning fifty cents daily, then became a renowned lawyer and influential statesman, amassing millions and owning hundreds of enslaved people and vast Fayette County land. The piece attributes his wealth to industry and perseverance, noting both bitter enemies and warm friends.
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