04 Apr 1846
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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1846
Page
1
Publication details for a Bradford street weekly listing rates and policies. Includes pricing for single copies, display ads, and yearly advertising charges. Notes on office location, circulation terms, and paper discontinuation rules.
A spring scene centers on a woman visiting her ailing mother who encounters a boy at a rope-walk turning a wheel for ninepence a day. She learns he sends all money to his mother, but he asks for something for himself. She gives him money, and he thanks her. The episode reinforces duty, practical philosophy, and a mother’s influence across several moral excerpts and notices.
An eighteen year old apprentice at Hill and Andrews in the Naumkeag Cotton Factory district was caught by a runaway engine belt and violently drawn around a shaft. His right arm was amputated by Dr. Pierson and both legs fractured. coworkers raised about one hundred dollars for his relief.
A suggested habit of including attending physician names with obituaries is praised as lifesaving. The text then jumbles satirical vignettes and quotes about manners, war, and dueling, followed by a household remedy: castor oil mixed with molasses, dosed by teaspoonfuls to ease coughs and cure the illness in days, with a note the same medicine calms severe fits of coughing.
A reflective passage explores generational continuity and the transience of life. It posits that future generations will inhabit a world with the same beauty and temptations, while the living fade like a vapor. The text envisions funeral rites, quiet remembrance, and eventual oblivion described in Psalmic language.
An Alabama voter Ance Veasy challenges a poll worker over biennial sessions of the Legislature. Veasy frantically rejects voting for any candidate tied to the Sessions name, recalling a Shelby fight and dismissing the proposal as ill suited for Gayner.
Midshipman Charles Monroe visits Ermida Grey in the Tombs dungeon to hear her insistence on innocence after her arrest for murder. She details her captivity, laments a treacherous abduction, and directs him to inform her father, Francis Grey, of her true stance and the events surrounding Searsmont’s death.
In a great metropolitan searching night, Mr. Grey learns his daughter Erminia is alive after an arduous river and forest search. Midshipman Charles Monroe visits with news from Erminia and reveals she struck down Searsmont, a wealthy New York figure, while fearing judgment.
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