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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1851
Page
1
Published every Saturday morning rates include single copies four cents ad space charged by the square and yearlies ten dollars including paper limit eighteen lines per week for yearly advertisers.
A reflective poem describes early morning light spreading across a tranquil landscape. It contrasts the joy and renewal of day with mortal weariness and shadow, affirming God’s presence, mercy, and the defeat of sorrow through heavenly calm.
An elderly trapper’s ledger from 1814 to 1846 recounts vast catches including 8034 muskrats 9087 minks 1185 woodchucks 19403 pounds of turtle meat and thousands of birds and fish. He describes powerful snapping turtle traps and a pond haul of six pounds per turtle totaling 686 pounds meat. He notes litters of turtle shells from the same pond and a sixty mile trap circuit with a value over five thousand dollars.
A Nantucket gentleman bought a California gold lump of about twenty ounces in San Francisco at ten dollars per ounce. He sent it to Philadelphia to be coined but the Express reports the lump lacks enough gold to pay for coinage. The exterior is gold speckled with copper and the trade of making lumps is warned against.
A late English States bass viol made in Vienna stands twenty eight feet high with pedal fittings for the finger-board. In contrast the German viola is so large it reportedly needs two horses to draw the bow and a single stroke sounds for six weeks.
A 7 foot 4 inch eagle was shot on Moyday by a 13 year old named George Curia. The ball passed through the ted of the ie reais. Spear perched on a tree as facts were learned by the Matioe Society.
A letter warns against superstition and spiritualist fraud, citing cases from the New York Medical Gazette about supposed raps and mediums leading to insanity. It recounts a bereaved father’s plea over his children misled by A J Davis and other hoaxes, urging burial and memorials.
A reflective Olive Branch editor extols the spirited boy from youth through adolescence. The piece portrays a lively, ragged curiosity, pranks, and growing mischief balanced by a loyal heart, urging mercy and kind thoughts over cruelty.
A Scientific American note states that fingernail growth is steady, with complete renewal occurring about 186 times by age 70, implying 1860 nails worn over a life. The piece also cautions youths against fleeing parental guidance and offers gratis advice on the matter.
A bystander on a wharf watched sailors hoist a ship’s hector and laughed at the massive iron gear. The man declared you may heave high or low but cannot pass that great crooked thing through the wat side hole.
An Irish officer commented on water shortage at Gibraltar saying the man was untroubled by water since he drank tea in the morning and punch at night, which was all he needed.
The narrator recalls two brutal voyageurs Vanburton and Nick during a trek from St Louis toward the Northwest after hiring them near Westport. They plot to capture Janet Willet, daughter of a Pawnee-trapper family, but the narrator foils them by seeking protection with Janet and her father, leading to Vanburton's dramatic death at the hands of the trapper.
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