20 Oct 1863
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Newspaper
Adams Sentinel
Location
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1863
Page
1
Notices announce that the Lists Valuations and Enumerations by the Adams County Assistant Assessor may be inspected at the Assessor’s Office in Gettysburg from October 3 to October 24. Appeals will be received on October 23 or at the Gettysburg office.
Pursuant to an Orphans' Court order of Adams County the real estate of John Ki yu deceased will be offered at public sale. Properties include a 11 acre tract in Butler Township with a frame bank barn and outbuildings, a one quarter acre lot on Water Street Arendtsville, and three adjacent timber lands in Franklin Township with specifies sizes. Sale begins at one o clock in the forenoon on a Sunday, with attendance and notices provided by JLCOR PL LOWER, Esquire, and court clerk.
Administrators advertise a public sale of a valued tract of land in Adams County with improvements, adjoining properties, and a separate tract. The notice lists viewing contacts and sale details to occur at 1 PM on a specified day. A second notice promotes Dr Horner’s new family drug and prescription store offering full stock and services in Gettysburg, with emphasis on pure medicines and low prices.
Poem fragment contemplates hope amid fear and the earthly vale. It contrasts life with religion and an afterlife, praising the sun and flowers as signs of a heavenly order beyond daily perils.
A Victorian-tinged reflection praises Sabbath sanctity and Sunday rest for workers and professionals. It argues for weekly respite from toil, prudent debt management, and family-centered recreation, warning against dissipations that harm households.
A nostalgic meditation on the old chimney corner as a center of family memory and comfort. It recalls grandparents, ailing health, shared meals, and hearthside rituals, contrasting warm recollections with fading, dustier present. The piece extols belonging, home, and enduring affection for familiar rooms.
A reflective meditation on sacred places tied to a mother’s grave. The speaker recalls spots of friendship and love, reverence, prayers, and tears, asserting a mother's grave as the most sacred place where one returns in memory and grief.
The author contemplates youth fading into age as time wears on and past sorrows fade. With a home and steadfast friends, rough journeys soften in twilight, and cherished moments glow brighter in later life. Those who travel without worldly change miss the music of heartfelt feelings in old age.
A portrait extols a wife as a ray of sunlight in the home, full of schemes and surprises for her husband and family. The prose likens her to a lyric poem and praises the peaceful, inviting household life, while noting love brings comfort and a hopeful shadow of protection.
Humorous anecdotes recount a Northampton parson using a Sunday horse race to curb mischief among local boys. A clever enslaved farmhand tricks the parson by racing ahead, while Uncle Sam and other rustic figures reflect on church life and labor. Light sketches feature a Maine prayer meeting, a schoolroom quip about cockfighting, and a Norwich stage mishap.
A letter from Rev. John Gilbert of Clay County Kentucky argues the present war will last three years, mocked as superstition by critics. The issue contrasts with Countess Meath’s Christmas charity for over 160 old women and a large children's party at Kilraddery estate.
Sergeant Thomas Talt of the 124th New York describes brutal captivity after Gettysburg. He details hunger, exposure, and crowded Richmond camps, the harsh march to Staunton, and kindness from Martinsburg residents amid hostile guards. He notes prices and conditions in Richmond, plus a drummer girl revelation and brief war notes.
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