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Valley Spirit: December 21, 1859 Go To Page : 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |

Republican Recklessness
(Column 2)

Summary: Article condemning leading Republicans for their endorsement of the Impending Crisis. Accuses Hinton Helper of being a thief.

The Executions at Charlestown
(Column 5)

Summary: Report on execution of Harper's Ferry conspirators.

Gov. Wise Hoaxed Again
(Column 1)

Summary: Commentary on a Republican article making fun of Gov. Wise. Spirit is coming to his defense.
(Names in announcement: Judge Kimmel, M.W. Houser)

Origin of Article: Harrisburg Telegraph

Fatal Accident
(Column 2)

Summary: Minick, a fireman, was killed in an accident on the Cumberland Valley Railroad. He was crushed between two cars while uncoupling them. Details of his funeral at Cedar Grove Cemetery.
(Names in announcement: Henry Minick)

A Presentiment
(Column 2)

Summary: Apparently Minick had a premonition that he would be injured before leaving for work on the day that he was killed.
(Names in announcement: Henry Minick)

Heating Churches
(Column 2)

Summary: Churches during the winter are either too hot or too cold, and this occupies peoples minds, rather than the sermons at hand. Calls for "a little attention from the janitors."

Full Text of Article:

--One of our exchanges has some remarks on this subject which apply with equal force to this locality. It is frequently complained, that during the winter months, churches are kept at a temperature either too high or too low, and you are therefore either left to freeze in a comfortless pew, while a prosy preacher gets off a still prosier sermon, or are rendered so uncomfortable by the heat that the influence of such an atmosphere on the human system, rather than the subject matter of the discourse, occupies your attention, and you feel a relief when the service is over. This is a fair cause of complaint, and one to the truth of which not a few of our readers can bear testimony. It is one, however, which may be easily remedied. A little attention from the janitor, with a thermometer by which to arrange the temperature, will prevent it all, unless, indeed, the heating apparatus be imperfect, and then neither thermometer nor janitor will avail much in remedying the evil. In the latter case the furnaces or stoves, as the matter may be, should be removed, and their place supplied by others. It is the only effectual way to remove the cause of complaint, and the trustees or managers of churches so fixed, would do well to give it their attention.

Dramatic Entertainment
(Column 2)

Summary: Local young men have formed a dramatics class.
(Names in announcement: J.L. Shyrock)

Full Text of Article:

--Some of our Public spirited young men have formed themselves into a Dramatic Class, under charge of Mr. J. K. Shryock; and purpose giving an entertainment on Monday night, the 26th inst., in the Public Hall, for the benefit of the Public Library.

From Mr. Shryock's reputation, from former performances of his classes, and from the worthy object we feel no hesitation in guaranteeing a full house. The Chambersburg Band will be in attendance, as well as a fine orchestra got up for the occasion.

Tribute of Respect
(Column 3)

Summary: Tribute of Respect for Minick from the Engineers and Firemen of the Cumberland Valley Railroad.
(Names in announcement: Henry Minick, William Murky, George Wente)

Married
(Column 3)

Summary: All of Middle Springs Presbyterian church, married on December 13.
(Names in announcement: Rev. I.W. Hays, Ernest P???, Miss E.K. Barr)

Married
(Column 3)

Summary: Married on December 13 in Orrstown.
(Names in announcement: Rev. I.W. Hays, Rev. H. Leaves, Maxwell KennedyM.D., Martha Orr, James Orr)

Married
(Column 3)

Summary: Married on December 5.
(Names in announcement: Rev. S. McHenry, John Wiecht, Susan Howell)

Married
(Column 3)

Summary: Married on December 13.
(Names in announcement: Rev. Dr. Schneck, John Kaufman, Nancy Boyer)

Deaths
(Column 3)

Summary: Age 72, died at the "lower end of Culbertson's Row."
(Names in announcement: Mrs. Rebecca Faust)

Deaths
(Column 3)

Summary: Jeremiah died of consumption, age 42.
(Names in announcement: Catherine Saider, Jeremiah Saider)

Value of the Union
(Column 1)

Summary: Response of sorts to Helper. Contains lots of calculations of the value of products in the free and the slave states. Discusses economic importance of the South.

Threats Against Gov. Wise and Virginia
(Column 3)

Summary: Wise has been receiving threatening and incendiary letters every day. This article has a sampling.