09 Apr 1859
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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1859
Page
1
The poem contemplates a father's memory and a child's reverent prayer. It envisions evening light and a guiding spirit watching over loved ones through night and dawn. The speaker asks for divine protection and gratitude, hoping to reunite in the afterlife with angels.
The Rhode Island General Assembly enacts amendments and additions to Revised Statutes Chapter 79, establishes licensing for public entertainments, sets penalties for violations, and fixes fees for clerks in Providence Bristol counties. It also covers weights and measures standards, sealing procedures, town and city authority, and notice requirements.
A fragmented OCR item lists several trades and businesses including a bank cashier and stationer on Helpmainster Street in Providence, a Tin and Iron Ware dealer in Japan, and a barber and hairdresser near Thane Road. The text is partial and unreadable in places.
A gullible countryman lost about $15 after a saloon crew pressed him to bet for a five with a worthless ten dollar bill. later reports discuss wage cuts, painter pay reductions, and a poisoning in New York boardinghouse case. Various moral reflections and quotes conclude with a piece on charity and Christian love by W. Beecher.
A two member committee on the House perk is authorized to purchase a fire proof iron safe for standard weights and measures, not to exceed seven hundred dollars, with the State covering cost from non allocated funds. The safe will house United States standard weights and the State Auditor may pay and report findings at the next May session.
A minister's eulogy praises a faithful wife as loving and patient. Her husband Mr. Carson recalls their strained marriage and her quiet endurance during years of neglect, illness, and a mother's death, revealing how misjudged, self centered life masked her quiet strength.
A dialogue notes Parson W generating lengthy sermons and a quirky telegraph office incident. An old lady asks a message to Wheeling and receives a yellow envelope after a two hour wait. She marvels at the oddly traveling box. An editor recalls being jailed for libel.
A retired physician argues the sowing aye is not a remedy but praises a simple method using dried common mullin leaves smoked in a pipe to gauge relief. He claims it has permanently effective radical care and urges patient self observation to determine benefit.
A sailor visits Nelson's ship on a drizzly day carrying a message. Lady Anne Hamilton, seated in the cabin, asks whether he prefers wine or brandy. He replies that wine would suit him as long as she pours the brandy.
A dialogic vignette unfolds at Niagara Falls with a Yank and a traveling Scot trading quips on wonders of their homelands. A Boston truckman obituary joke and a port-sea captain’s remark illustrate humor and maritime life in a fragmentary, humorous street-talk scene.
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