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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1857
Page
1
A rough OCR fragment presents a poem or quotation about looking aloft during peril at sea. Attributed to Jonathan Lawrence Jr and tied to a shipboard tale about a mate's cry to look aloft. The text laments life, courage, memories of loved ones, and the guidance to be fearless.
The text outlines advertising terms payables in advance with yearly and weekly rates. It defines a typeset square and charges for obituaries and political notices, indicating multiple insertions and pricing, all requiring advance payment.
Washington Star reports alleged Mormon rebellion plans with Brigham Young at the helm. Oswego Times notes a brain fever epidemic alarming Madison and Onondaga counties with rapid deaths and no recovery, naming Duane Brown and Richard Thomas as recent victims.
The excerpt urges decisive refusal to temptations and cautious yeses, stressing honesty about ignorance and affordability. It argues a reputation for reliability lifts a person to higher station, and notes a speaker’s authority grows when others trust his stated knowledge and pledged actions.
A grieving widow wanders through her home after her husband’s death. memories linger as she confronts loss, faith, and the loneliness of life without him. The piece contrasts mourning images with community life and reflects on the cost of love and survival.
Gov. Geary delivers farewell address to Kansas recounting a ruined treasury, null laws, suspended courts, and villages burned or abandoned. He recalls six months of relentless public service to restore order, seeking reimbursement for necessary lands and asking Kansans to judge whether his actions aided city and territory recovery.
Ireland born Pat Sid Dofielly dies in the city at age 103. He was reportedly the oldest person in the state and could still walk and enjoy good faculties until recent decrees. Neighbors and officials note his remarkable longevity and provide birth evidence for his father’s records.
Extract from a Maasrtuss letter dated March 4 1857 reports the Adriatic, at La Clotat, seized with cargo by French authorities after a collision with the Lyonnais on November 24. It notes potential U.S. court jurisdiction, anticipated hearings, and calls for retaliation by attaching a French steamer if seizure continues.
The Hartford Times reports Mr. E C Kellogg bred trout in his cellar using a partitioned box, sand and gravel, and a Connecticut River water supply. After seven weeks seventeen young trout hatched and the method mirrors French practice. Officials praise cellar trout as a year round table delight.
A vintage moral urges young women to value inner beauty over outward fashion. It warns that neat shawls and pretty fingers attract little if the heart lacks virtue. Modesty, pleasant speech, and true worth secure lasting affection from wise and great suitors.
An elderly Newton resident, who recently died, left substantial property valued near $40,000. She spent her life preparing for marriage and amassed 182 sheets, 63 coverlets, 50 blankets, 27 beds with 1120 pounds of feathers, 54 pillows, and 43 handkerchiefs. Her wearing apparel is not valued in the record.
A bride in the familiar church pledges vows beside a loving suitor while her mother, sensing possible heartbreak, watches with grave worry. The ceremony ends as guests depart past the arch of stone, the old church empty again.
A faded verse paints a sorrowful church scene where mourners recall three life scenes of a widow. An infant, a bride, and a widow persevere beside a bier as family and clergy share quiet laments.
A lengthy moral exhortation urges honesty in small matters to protect lives and relationships. It cautions against laziness, emphasizes health, and stresses mutual effort to please spouses while keeping God in thought. It warns marriage needs ongoing care and prudent use of love for future days. It urges daughters to value wives duties and sons to be faithful husbands.
The article argues that plain dinners yield more lasting happiness and better sleep than luxurious meals. It lists cheap nutritious staples such as white beans split peas hominy oats corn meal samp hulled corn crushed wheat and rice and recommends fruit to improve digestion and enjoyment of meals.
The vanilla bean grown in Mexico near Vera Cruz has become highly profitable for growers. Washington reports last year’s US import and consumption reached about 6000 pounds, costing $20 per pound, totaling $100,000 with a 20 percent duty of $20,000. Current prices range from $30 to $40 per pound.
A contemplative note on finding beauty in flowers as divine handwriting. It urges greeting every fair bloom with reverence, drinking in its charm with earnest gaze, and giving thanks for loveliness as a fountain of blessing.
A child bursts into a drug store with a dipper, mumbling a garbled request for medicine to help a sick child and mentioning a pennyworth of Polly? golly in a tin cup, while anxious adults urge quick aid. The scene reads as a chaotic plea for help.
An elegantly dressed lady was seen creeping along the pavement and up the steps of a New York house on Twenty third street. She indignantly refused help, but the porter revealed that her steely hoop had broken and wound around her legs, preventing her from walking. Such are the perils of fashionable life.
A yellow covered novel describes Florabel pressing her brow as a storm of thoughts rattles her mind. Her eyes are described as emitting lightning flashes, marking a dramatic moment in the scene.
To Coox Sant Porx. For those using salt pork the method improves frying. Soak slices in milk and water overnight, skim if near aquung, rinse until clear, then fry. The note from O. Farmer offers a practical kitchen tip for breakfast prep and better flavor.
A professor argued that oxygen sustains life by a continual internal combustion. He explained how air intake, blood transport, and tissue burning produce carbonic acid and water, and that without nutrients the body loses fat then muscle, ending in brain and nerve failure and death.
A contemplative passage declares that God writes upon flowers the air, rain, sun, and moss the truth that no one lives for themselves. It weaves prayerful reflection through natural imagery, asserting a universal divine imprint on all living beings.
A girl draws her brother Wallie to a rosebush where the oldest bloom nears its peak while three crimson buds unfold. She artfully declares the buds have awakened in time to kiss their mother before she dies.
A man from Arkansas who vanished for four years after leaving a five thousand dollar estate reappears at the Police Court claiming he is alive. The judge denounces him for contempt as the record of the estate closure stands. The man flees and has not been heard of since.
A neighbor asks about a wife and the man replies the case is pitiful. He says his wife feels she will die and fears she will not survive, making a disconsolate house.
Two elderly men exchange quips about temperance and carrying capacity, complimenting each other on restraint. One recalls situations where the other seemed close to overindulgence, illustrating witty observations on self control and social manners.
A fragmentary dialogue shows a young lawyer addressing a judge with an ironic remark. The judge responds that the remark is permitted while cautioning the counsel. The text is garbled with missing words and unclear context.
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