18 Oct 1852
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Newspaper
Adams Sentinel
Location
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1852
Page
1
The fragment presents archaic, obscure lines about visions, virtue, angels, and warnings. It references dreams, youth, and moral admonition, phrased in a tangled, antiquated diction that evokes a fragmentary meditation rather than a clear event or person.
A Madison idea essay argues youths should open gates themselves and not rely on servants. It tells of John who cannot or will not lift a gate, and a mother’s lesson about self effort. It contrasts with historic figures like Luther, Calvin, and Baxter, noting their tireless work despite hardship.
A satirical moral exhortation extols working girls over fashion followers praising their honesty plain speech and unspoiled manners. It argues against idle luxury urging women to live as companions to men rather than as ornaments, and quips on aging and social scenes including a line about journeys up the Hudson and sending a wife to Albany by water.
A wide ranging 19th century column advises young mothers on feeding infants with small meals, careful hygiene, and avoiding overfeeding. It also shifts to social musings on law, obedience, and contrasts in male appearance, then segues to antiquities and a caution to bachelors about wifely trials, ending with travel notes on a female resident at Siam.
A long, error ridden wartime reminiscence recalls a 400‑strong American redoubt at Jorktown harbor during an early siege. General Washington’s orders on shell avoidance spark a tense exchange between Knox and Hamilton, ending with shells bursting and a miraculous, near‑miraculous survival of the garrison as Knox quips about not waking a breastwork again.
A blend of moral commentary on religion as essential for both men and women, interwoven with practical yet archaic advice on first aid for accidents, including how to move injured people, treat burns, poisons, and convulsions, and a York Times note about J Goldsmith Horton’s ancestral home site.
The article comments on political betting as a vicious example corrupting elections and drawing others into hazard. It cites quotes from Me. J. M. Brown and recounts assorted items including a burglary, shipwreck, cholera deaths, a family’s demise, a feat by William Hughes, and legal notes on liquor witnesses.
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