Bristol news and advertising rates and policies
Brestou Prenex announces publication every Saturday from No 7 Bradford Street Bristol with BAYLEY as publisher. Rates: two dollars per year in advance for town readers, two dollars for non residents. four cents per copy. advertisements one dollar per square for three weeks, twenty cents for each following insertion. Twelve lines in a union type make a square. Continued ads incur higher charges. Religious obituary and political acts are treated as advertisements.
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Brestou Prenex
Bradford Street
Bristol
W. Il
Bayley
Bingle
Getthrift
Lovedale
Clerico
Cleriy
Chris ‘Trang
Iast General Assembly
Alerico
Meditations on Death and the Afterlife in Spring Time
A reflective verse lamenting the fragility of youth and beauty. Death claims all, despite wealth and power, and the fragrance of virtue endures after the body fades. It urges obedience to the Maker and constant vigilance for the judgment to come.
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Abby D
Two Spanist Octraces The National Intelligencer Suggests
An excerpt discusses the idea of viewing foreign actions from the perspective of the accused. It imagines if foreign powers had shown interest in Florida Keys and staged incursions, questioning whether covertly steering toward Key West at night would be deemed an unpardonable offense.
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The
National Intelligencer
Keys
Florida
Key West
Inundation of the Country or The Rains From Rotterdam
Advice from Rotterdam reports huge ice dams in the Rhine channel causing widespread floods in Guelderland and North Brabant. Seven ty villages submerged, houses swept away, cattle destroyed, and many drownings. Water reaches rooftops, large land lost to cultivation, and thousands jobless. Holland endures its worst flood since 1711.
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Rotterdam
Rhine
Guelderland
North Brabant
Holland
Boy in Kent County Kills Two Deer with Rifle Hit
In Kent County Michigan a twelve year old boy fired at two full grown deer approaching him. The ball pierced the neck of one deer and struck the second in the body killing both. The boy would be a brilliant acquisition to the allies army.
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Kent County
Michigan
Wheat’s Arrival in North America and Early Growth
The article traces wheat’s entry to the North American Colonies around 1696 on the Elizabeth Islands Massachusetts by Gusnold during exploration. It notes over two centuries of growth and cites the 1850 census reporting 100,509,899 bushels produced in 1849. It states wheat supplied most colonies with breadstuffs.
Humorous Anecdotes From Harpers Monthly March
Anecdotes recount embarrassing first attempts at public speaking by a Deacon and by a verdant Congressman. The Deacon Johnson’s failed sermon led to a humbling peer reaction, while Mr. Collier’s maiden speech in the House of Representatives started with misfires before a successful career.
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Harpers Monthly
Deacon Johnson
Johnson
National Bear-Garden
Collier
Speaker
New York
Ellsworth
Printing Blunders Through Bible History Highlight One Letter
The article recalls the lasting impact of printing errors from the Bible to early misprints. It cites the vinegar Bible misprint of Lukes Parable of the Vineyard, a 1717 English edition, and notes the Stationers Company fines for a faulty edition. It also tells of a printer's wife executed for altering Genesis iii 16, and mentions that some misprinted copies now fetch high prices among collectors.
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England
The Very Religion Misused To Bind Free Souls
A historical lament condemns religion misused to oppress and terrify. It argues that once noble aims of knowledge and conscience are warped into fear, sectarian control, and inquisitorial power, harming children, women, and the ignorant adult.
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Caannine
We may live without a brother but not with out a friend
The saying highlights friendship as essential for a full life and stresses that being a true friend is foundational to earning reliable companionship. It frames friendship as reciprocal and earned through consistent acts of support.
Revered Cleric of Lovedale Parsonage and his Frugal Parish Life
A narrator recalls Rev. Melancthon Clerice of Lovedale Parish, portraying his quiet temperament, large family, modest means, and the parish’s finances. He critiques clergy underpayment, reports a sermon urging support, and notes Clerico's salary rise to a thousand dollars with parsonage improvements.
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The
New York Observer
Melancthon Cleric
Lovedale Parish
God Hollow
Melancthon Clerice
Theological Seminary
Theatore
Clerico
Clerice
Lovedale Parsonage
Lovedale
Eccentric Divine Prays for Pestilence to Stop
A popular eccentric cleric near Glasgow in a collier district hit by pestilence prayed to heaven to stop the plague, saying the deluge was doing no good. He urged relief for the suffering population and called for action to end the outbreak.
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Glasgow
Note for a Maple Load Sparks Curious Conversation
A woodman recalls a curious remark from a buyer who offered a note for a maple load. The seller speculates that everyone likely carries such a note, highlighting a moment of everyday exchange and wit.
A Man Is Made by His Closest Feelings
A reflection states a man becomes what his most cherished feelings are. Noble generosity enriches every sentiment, while bitter thoughts poison the spirit, turning him into a malignant creature driven by harm.
When to Plant Early Potatoes in Local Seasons
Advice from an agricultural note on planting early potatoes varies by locality. Plant when frost is gone and soil can be worked, typically late March to mid May, with a fertilizing mix of Peruvian guano ash plaster lime and phosphate applied in rows and dusted on vines every fortnight for vigor.
Tar Way Women Mount Horses in Pegu
Description of women in Pegu riding bareback with loads, using a looped tail grip and leg footholds to ascend. Notes that men are described as gamblers and thieves and that horses are calm and allowed to stand, with riders mounting without saddles in a stairlike ascent.
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Pegu
A Beneficent Legacy from Deceased Pupil
The Rev. C. L. Brace, agent of the Children's Aid Society, has received a trust bequest of 15000 dollars from a former pupil who has died in New Haven. Brace is in New Haven arranging the use of the bequest for the society.
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C. L. Brace
Children's Aid Society
New Haven
Brace
N. ¥. Tribune
Fragmentary Motto on Doing Good and Harm
A fragmented sentence contrasts a duty not to harm with a duty to do good to all. The garbled text hints at moral guidance about conduct toward others but remains unclear in scope and attribution.
Purity versus Evil Companions in Moral Lesson
A reflective adage warns that even the pure cannot avoid association with bad companions. It compares evil company to tobacco smoke, suggesting lingering taint from prolonged exposure and moral contamination.
Fragmented verse on gold sun and worldly value
A poetic fragment compares the sun to gold and diamonds and cautions that a single soul is worth more than riches yet laments valuing the soul less than silver dollars or temporary pleasures of sin for a season.
Toucaine Incident: A Child’s Death and Consoling Grandmother
A Ohio Cultivator correspondent recalls a scene of sorrow after a child’s death. A grandmother, frail with age, offers consolation as the bereaved mother sobs on her parent's breast. Quiet words of faith bring comfort as the infant is mourned.
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Ohio
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