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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1849
Page
1
Publication details for Bristol Prenex dated Saturday morning at 7 Bradford Street. Rates include annual subscriptions and advertising charges, with distant subscribers paying in advance. Advertisers may run 12 lines per square and 18 lines weekly for yearly ads. ongoing limits apply to yearly advertisers and their own business.
A garden provides true living satisfaction from home grown produce. Readers are urged to cultivate gardens, enjoying fresh radishes lettuce peas and berries, and not rely on market goods. The piece laments indolence and ignorance in towns and praises farmers who grow luxuries beyond basic fare.
The author argues that affection from family and dependents provides deep comfort and steady peace of mind. He warns that neglecting domestic ties undermines personal happiness, as thoughts of home persist through ambition and public pursuits.
The passage extols conversation as a premier path to knowledge inviting dialogue with an accomplished companion. It praises reading aloud versus silent study and notes questioning as a key skill, citing Lord Bacon on how inquiry enriches learning when directed to a skilled interlocutor.
The passage argues for mutual forbearance amid differing feelings and thoughts, condemning arrogance about virtue. It urges compassion for the distressed and warns against cruelty to any creature while exploring how reason and kindness can unite in persuasion. It notes the dangers of over or under expressing the mind and remarks on punctuality and life’s brevity.
A Boston ship master recalls a voyage to China ending in shipwreck. Stranded on a deserted island for sixty days, he lost his money and later found his wife alive in their cottage. He returns home by train at night to surprise her with their child, then vows to quit the sea. The tale ends with a note on insect differences between male and female beetles and the female's glow.
The report describes Flonace Greely to speak at Cwvemoati on Thursday evening. A railroad committee mistakes Horace Greely for a passenger, then learns the real man was not aboard. An eminent New York divinity doctor jokes about why a wife resembles the devil as the enemy sows.
A humorous 19th century portrait classifies subscribers by character: Uratus pay first and read next. De Wells pay in advance but may forget. Easy Doras pay later yet keep faith. Down Humbers and Twe Nix Cum Rouse slide toward nonpayment. Scare Geace fights back with a stop order. Includes a moral on temper and quarrels.
A former governor's household servant sighed for money and declared a hundred dollars would make her happy. The governor granted the sum, and she expressed joy before asking for two hundred, revealing insatiable greed.
Two travelers, a Scotchman and an Irishman, find a deserted hut with a chicken. They plan to save the chicken for the morning based on whose dream is better. Sawney’s dream of heavenly angels contrasts Pat’s accidental boasting about waking and eating the chicken. A US suitor and sweetheart exchange a pun about calculations and happiness.
A satirical local note argues that earning a dollar by hard work would curb dissipation and crime among youth and fashionables. It imagines seamstresses earning ten cents per shirt and questions duties to society. A joke relates Henry Krakine and a witty judge in a Scotch courtroom exchange.
Major Waldron seeks Ruth Bray for his own ends and aids Morris to help his plans. A court martial frees Morris temporarily while Ruth faces a torn love triangle. George Waldron rebels, pleads, and acts to release Ruth from her pledge, sparking a tense reunion and questions of forgiveness. Morris learns Ruth’s fate as he confronts George at the cottage.
In a tense frontier scene Agot Pauy vanishes and suspicion points to Neddo Edward Sinclair as the prime suspect. Owando the Indian leader reveals a torn loyalty as a daughter of his tribe deserts for a white stranger, prompting pursuit of Ruth Bray and uth Itray through dangerous wilds.
Ruth is carried away by four Indians after an early departure from the cottage. Edward Sinclair, unmasked, begs Ruth to marry him and plan revenge, while Yarro the Indian girl hides Ruth as pursuers close in. A shot wounds Owasado during a struggle as Ruth’s allies rush to save her.
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