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Newspaper
Adams Sentinel
Location
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1834
Page
3
A lengthy reminiscence contrasts bygone fashions with modern dress and manners. The narrator recalls sturdy home life, then shifts to a dinner anecdote where Curran the counsellor is nearly attacked by Diver the water-dog who misinterprets Curran at Curran’s bed chamber. The scene ends with Curran being pardoned after a humorous misadventure narrated by Diver and associated with Myford.
Sir Jonah Barrington recalls Curran missing at a dinner near Carlow. Believing Curran drowned after a Barrow river bath, guests hunt for body with nets. The trance ends when Curran’s Newfoundland dog Diver appears as a statue-like ghost, while the real dog lies nearby, creating comic fear and relief.
A French paper recounts a Paris fancy ball episode where a young English nobleman dressed as a bear and led a friend as a showman create a scene. The bear, in hind feet, presses through the crowd sparking amusement then trouble as a dand y demands an end and a police commis sary is called.
A Salt River Journal summary recounts a Lincoln county trial where a ten year old boy claimed freedom as a free white, but evidence of his mulatto ancestry kept him a slave. The piece also includes excerpts on the era’s printing industry and concludes with Gen. Pike’s last letter and letters from Washington reflecting political tensions and reflections on government and public duty.
In a Bengal storm of May 1833 Mr Campbell’s estate near Sangar faced massive flood damage. The house crowded with survivors saw a tiger force its way inside, tail dangling and fear evident, until Campbell quietly loaded his gun and killed the animal on the spot.
An 18th century tale recounts two young English women disappointed in marriage who hired to live as husband and wife. They drew lots to choose the male partner, James Han, aged sixteen, and lived in Epping as a married couple for thirty four years while earning money honestly. Their ruse collapsed when the wife died and the truth emerged. James Ian had held many town offices.
A London editor published news that a respected citizen named Mr. Lee paid a forfeit and was hanged at twelve. The citizen challenged the report, claiming he was alive. The editor admitted the error and then said the rope broke, restoring the man to life.
The Boston Courier describes a large London printing house run by Mr Clawes, printing for Charles Knight and the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. It states the workforce includes 80 type founders, 6 stereotype founders, 7 paper dampers, and 160 workers total.
The fragment recalls a signature used by the General addressed to his wife, noting the name Zebu lon Montgomery Pike as the signer.
An American design described in the London Journal combines a steam coach and sand carriage. It runs on four wheels on land and converts to a paddle boat for water crossings. Invented by engineer Whitson, the amphibious machine resembles an alligator in form, is simple and inexpensive, and easily dissembled and reassembled for transport.
For about eight to ten years there have been no executions in Belgium. Proponents view this as humane justice and note that capital crimes have not risen during this period of reform.
Salisbury North Carolina reports a Waterman complains that Yankee counterfeit wares have broadened the bogus stock. He cites a specimen of fake sos made of elsy that looks and sells well but proves inferior in wear and wash compared with older, genuine items.
Large quantities of silver are reported moving from a Texan mine in Vera Cruz toward the United States, with about three million dollars in value and a portion said to have already crossed or be en route, amid ongoing concealment concerns.
The Colouratus cone Penmisphere editor apologizes for a one day delay in Fin er by stating he was busy organizing a guard who had plundered him.
Readers in New York hear hopeful opinions from highly intelligent gentlemen about the success of the Ant- UedaeKson party in the state. Van Buren may be sidelined if the Constitution and Union survive. The tone reflects strong party expectations amid political maneuvering.
Lieutenant Blanchard of the US Army and Mr. O Sullivan a law student were blocked from fighting a duel near Bladensburg. The Washington Mirror notes the quarrel stemmed from delicate domestic circumstances not detailed by the paper.
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