10 Sep 1855
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Newspaper
Adams Sentinel
Location
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1855
Page
1
A Philadelphia stage rehearsal for an elephant pageant stalls as a wooden elephant is built and two legs added. Ned Um, a favorite “bhoy,” drinks on stage, leading to a mishap where the elephant tips, the prince and hind legs fall into the pit, and the audience roars with laughter.
A reflective passage argues against killing animals for sport or cruelty. It urges mercy toward insects birds and beasts, stressing that living beings were made to live and their vivacity inspires harmony. The piece also touches on memory friendship and humane conduct across places and times, praising gentle compassion.
The Detroit Advertiser reports a farm mishap in Calhoun County where two bay mares, eleven hands high and strong, pulled a new McScraticks reaper into a wild run across a wheat field. The team tangled the machinery, broke a beam, and scattered grain before escaping toward the barn. A notice soon appeared promising a reaper for sale.
A rowdy vignette from a Petersburg Express piece recounts a woman who, after applying a yellow ochre wash to prevent mosquito bites, believes she has contracted yellow fever upon seeing her yellowed skin in the night. The tale shifts to Dr. Hamilton’s playful anecdotes of absentmindedness and humorous mishaps in daily life, including hats, stockings, and a cow.
In a tale set at a home, Mrs. Parrish discovers her husband has eaten the preserves meant for supper. The quarrel escalates to a claim of tyranny, a crowd gathers, police arrive, and the husband is arrested but ultimately spared serious punishment, aside from a brief jail term. The piece shifts to a scientific aside on the atmosphere, describing its weight, reach, and role in weather, light, and life.
A California correspondent reports on the lavish scene in San Francisco with six thousand dollar diamond sets, five hundred and seven hundred dollar dresses, and gold tableware. He laments the country’s extreme display, claiming California’s ladies lavishly spend on jewelry and attire for a forthcoming ball while travelers marvel at the opulence and social excess.
Fragmented OCR reports a young American agitator insisting on a marriage, challenging a Pittsburgh alderman’s office encounter. The magistrate resists and the youth leaves in anger raising questions about marriage freedom in a rough moral tableau. A California self harm case verdict notes the deceased as a stool.
Article cites a ribald claim that Adam stood 123 feet tall and Eve 118, with Nowh 103, arguing that human stature has remained constant for three to four thousand years. It questions any significant change in the two millennia before and supports the idea that average height has not varied.
Montreal engineer John Ross writes Boston mayor claiming a new nonsteam motive power could cross the Atlantic in three days and, if a hole bored in the bottom, sail safely. He seeks $1500 to build a working model. the note notes no progress yet. The piece blends miscellaneous country anecdotes and moral maxims on decorum and breeding.
An excerpt from an 19th century publication discusses Mr. Benton’s view of the Union as a blessing and warns against separation. It covers the planned Cleveland Israelite Conference and debates over reform in worship. Other items include Levi Ochs’s trial, a Louisiana boy with hornlike growths, and local absenteeism in Boston and Louisville mob reports.
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