24 Apr 1847
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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1847
Page
1
Bristol Phenix weekly notice page outlines subscription terms two dollars per year paid in advance and four dollars per annum in advance for local advertisers. Single copies six cents. Ads are one dollar per square for three weeks with twenty cents each additional line. Continuous advertisements until canceled. yearly ads limited to twenty lines. no publication suspended without publisher option.
The Boston Medical Journal prints a valued contribution by J. Masoy Warren on inhalation of Letheon before surgery. Warren cites nineteen private practice and hospital cases with ether producing the best results though many operations are painful. He notes safe administration, the lack of fatal outcomes, and credits Morton and Jackson in England and France with near discovery and local recognition.
An article explains grafting as a scientific art where buds or bark from one tree grow as a main branch on another, enabling mixed fruit types and even miniature fruit trees. It notes blending different kinds is possible, with roots swapped between trees to mix properties, and suggests readers experiment with fruit and roses while describing a kitchen table device with multiple implements and a machine era inventor.
The General Jackson, over a hundred years old, sits at the Sectional Dry Dock for repairs. Built by the Portuguese at Goa, it carried teak planks grooved and corked, with teak mizzen mast and spare spars. Captured by the English in old wars and by an American privateer in 1642, the vessel measures about 340 tons and remains sturdy, unbeaten by time.
A long historical excerpt presents a detailed stucco wash recipe titled Stucco White-Wash, followed by a series of anecdotes. It outlines rice flour, lime, ground rice, Spanish white, glue, chalk, and color additives like Spanish brown and ochre. The piece then shifts to humorous literary anecdotes about Duddington and reflections on the sky from a Modern Painter.
A benevolent English lady helped a poor woman claiming her husband lay dead in a cellar She gave a sovereign after inspecting the body Then the supposed corpse sat up with the coin in its fingers revealing a hoax Officers and auctioneers are also noted in brief anecdotes including a helmet misattribution and ancient fashion forecasts The passages mix humor and historical curiosities with moral undertones from a late era paper
In a Graham's Magazine installment set after Charleston’s fall, Marion’s guerrilla bands harass Col. Watson’s quarter at Candon. Kate Mowbray confronts Major Lindsay’s crush as Captain Preston proves a daring ally, while war's cruelty escalates in South Carolina.
In a tangled tale, Major Lindsay pursues Kate amid rival Preston's jealously and threat of ruin. Kate teases and resists while pondering love, pride, and social ambition as Colonel Watson departs for Georgetown with Lindsay.
In South Carolina during the war, Marion's fortunes waver as British forces control key posts. Mr Mowbray plans a new patriot troop, assembling recruits at Mowbray Hall to oppose Tories led by Captain Ball and to confront Ball's mounted forces with discipline and banners.
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