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Newspaper
Bristol Gazette
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1833
Page
1
The Bristol Gazette announces subscription terms two dollars per year with payment in advance or two dollars fifty cents at year end. Advertisements run one dollar per square for three weeks with later insertions charged. All communications go to proprietor B J Munro at the post-office area.
In the Senate the six ballot choice of Rev Mr Slatch as chaplain was confirmed and Sprague resolution to move committee selection from the president pro tem to the Senate passed. Debates on deposits removal and Treasury reports followed with Webster and Clay prominent. A death notice for Asa Richardson and various local incidents were reported alongside maritime and local news.
Col Sisson reports a brutal home invasion at Samuel Reynoulds, Esq. in Exeter. A robber used a club and knives to attack two boys then Reynoulds and his wife. Reynoulds is mortally wounded and Mrs Reynoulds escapes after two breast stabs. Suspect described as a ~50 year old Irish man in blue jacket and vest. officers in pursuit. Also notes Elder Potter meetinghouse damage from last week’s storm.
The piece extols farming as a source of happiness and plenty, contrasting farmer life with merchants and professionals. It laments urban speculation, praises rural industry, and humorously notes a Vermont antimason tale along with thoughts on hog farming and domestic economy.
Jane Harwood and her husband James Parwood travel with their two children after his intemperance ruins their New England life. They reach a rough frontier settlement where neighbors offer aid and a new home, but the story centers on the strain of poverty, illness, and domestic tyranny inside their fragile family. Jane endures, seeking refuge for her children and a chance at stability amid hardship.
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