28 Apr 1855
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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1855
Page
1
Bristola Prenex announces weekly issue at Bradford Street Bristol by W J Bayley. Subscriptions payable semi annually in advance. Advertising charges set per insertion, with a square rate for twenty lines per week. Obituary and political notices mentioned as included.
An editorial style reflection from the Portland Inquirer celebrates inner worth over outer appearance. It proclaims the mind’s glow and a noble heart outlive physical beauty and expresses that gentle, compassionate speech can be sweeter than music.
The feature extols Galesburg Illinois as a thriving rail hub with Knox College and Illinois Literary Institute, noting new buildings, railroads, and churches. It praises education, commerce, and family life while urging investors and families to relocate for schools, jobs, and a strong market without saloons.
A damaged OCR style excerpt presents disjointed lines with phrases about terror, bed, Aurora, Spring, a groaning sinner, and a god of love guiding eternity. It reads like poetic prose with unclear context and many interrupted thoughts.
A editorial critique argues that true education lies in vitalizing knowledge rather than rote instruction. It warns that many teachers emphasize dry memorization of rules and languages without developing understanding or applying lessons to life, and urges teachers to inspire students with genuine enthusiasm and principles.
The passage argues there are no universal rules for good manners as judgments vary by mood and relationship. What pleases a stranger may annoy a family member, and tactful people read cues and adjust behavior without overt effort. Mutual accommodation and eye signals help well mannered people harmonize.
A moral exhortation emphasizes honor and kindness within the home and community. It warns against mean acts and suspicions, urges faith in one another, and reminds that justice requires due process before judgment. It advocates for forbearance and measured authority.
The United States has twenty religious sects, excluding Chinese Buddhists in California and minor Christian denominations. About 96,000 places of worship seat roughly fourteen million people. Church property held by these denominations totals nearly ninety million dollars, with an average church value of about 2400 dollars.
A thoughtful critique of respectability defends virtue over breeding or wealth. True respectability lies in duty and honesty, not status or finery, against a backdrop of social snobbery and republican equality. An anecdote about Washington and his valet Sam highlights mercy over pride.
A princess questions her tutor about wine vessels and is told that virtue and knowledge prosper more in humble containers. The tutor explains that modest exteriors often enhance value, and the princess agrees, noting the wine improves in earthen vessels. The tale ends with a lesson in perception and virtue.
The article explains the origin of the I H S monogram used in Catholic and Episcopal churches and prayer books as abbreviation for Jesus Hominum Salvator meaning Jesus the Savior of men. It notes there was no letter J in the old Roman alphabet, so I stood in for J and recalls the spelling John in older usage.
A gentle man recalls starting with ample liquors and how his son became a drunkard. He warns that many families pay a heavy price for a “bountiful supply.” The piece underscores ruin lurking in excess and cites multiple ruined relatives within a single household.
The piece urges brevity and directness, warning against overlong, meandering writing. It praises concise letters and speeches and contrasts those who fill volumes with thin substance to those who act, valuing clear action over verbose flourishes. It extols the value of succinct, practical communication.
A reflection on gender dynamics by Mrs. Jamieson. It argues women are impressionable yet capable of elevating a partner, while a superior man often fails to govern a superior or inferior spouse. It warns that a highly intellectual but morally perverted man can corrupt a woman's conscience and will.
Scattered excerpts recount a witty Lord Kelley famed for humor and a Scotch advocate at a dinner who refuses to sing. A storyteller narrates a thief who escapes by bell rope and taunts a lord, a carpenter’s boy jokes about job timing, and a newsboy mocks a mesmerism career with a possum gag.
A Boston Journal of Commerce piece notes Cushman descendants planning a Plymouth event to honor ancestor Robert Cushman who helped Founders. A 400 page Cushman genealogy book is due alongside other works by ex-Lieutenant Governor Cushman. A Jewett meeting in Rowley June 14 marks earliest Jewett settlement of 1638-39.
A young man named Lan don was arrested after attempting to stab a girl named Welch in a city street interview. The wound is not dangerous and the case will be heard at the Police Court this morning.
A Massachusetts lawyer famed for integrity yields to a deadlocked jury in a criminal case. The court asks whether the stalemate lies in the law or the evidence. A juror blandly remarks that it is the plea that makes the man guilty and that the jury cannot escape it.
Mrs Partington argues country air alone cannot sustain people and mocks such claims. She says men need more substantial food than air, while noting air might suit camnomiles and other reptiles that live on it.
The House of Representatives resolves that a $500 fine be imposed on any woman who lectures publicly in Illinois without wearing a gentleman's attire. A counter resolution argues that when lawmakers act like old women they should wear petticoats too.
A short reflection on inner contentment proving that external rank or wealth adds no real happiness. The author argues that without contentment, lofty status quickly inflates a person’s ego, while true peace comes from within.
A respected miner died at Californian diggings and a former preacher officiated a funeral. After an extempore prayer the crowd, kneeling by the grave, discovered gold in the disturbed soil and the preacher declared the congregation dismissed to prospect the diggings. The miner was buried elsewhere as the group rushed to claim gold.
A historical note cites eight presidents endorsing total abstinence from ardent spirits to promote health virtue and happiness. The document names James Manson Joan Trien Anpagw Jackson Janine K Park Joan Q Avama Z Taynon Mantin Van Boren Mittago Finixone and others, urging youth and citizens to cease liquor use for national and global benefit.
A editor and military officer, while training men, barked mistaken command and yelled cash two dollars in advance. He was court-martialed and publicly ordered to read his own newspaper for twenty four hours.
A garbled passage describes a person with a slovenly house and wife, noting attempts to cast favors but warning that disorder will ruin dwelling comfort. The text then moves to a yard and doorway, mentioning swept door-sill and walk and a focus on neatness and order.
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