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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1856
Page
1
Advertising rates and public notice terms for a local paper. Details include half yearly advance payment, two dollars per year for residents, single copies four cents, one dollar per square for ads, twelve lines per square, and deadlines for continued advertisements. Religious obituaries and political notices incur extra charges.
An excerpted poem describes a mystic life clock that beats from morning to night within every heart, unseen and constant. It notes how wealth, status, and pride cannot alter its ticking, while times of danger, hope, and love influence its rhythm as life nears its end.
A farmer in Montgomery County Pennsylvania died after handling guano with chafed hands. The guano entered sores, caused rapid limb and body swelling, and led to a week of agony before death. The account urges caution for workers with even minor cuts. The piece also notes a new cartridge with a twenty five shot capacity per load exhibit in Albany.
Col Fonda of Calhoun Michigan runs a 100 acre farm and raises fine wool sheep. He sheared 400 sheep producing 1900 lbs of wool sold at 42 cents per lb. The flock includes full blood French and Spanish Merino types.
Fragmented letters and anecdotes discuss punishment practices abolished in Russia in 1848 and re established elsewhere, alongside reflections on how the character of youths hinges on cultivated women. A tale of a Carlisle farmer gift horse ends in a fatal bite during teeth inspection, spreading widely.
A health piece explains that insensible perspiration removes waste and regulates heat, while blocked pores cause fever and illness. It warns drafts and cold air can deadly disrupt sweating, recounting cases of harm from open windows and cold drafts, urging steady warmth and shelter.
A small amount of salt given to cows twice a week prevents many cattle diseases and reduces churn effort. Regular small-salt feeding also improves butter quality and yield, with heifers improving to better cows in a few years.
A blind man wanders with a lit candle and a pitcher on his shoulders while a passerby questions the use of light and the blind man replies the light is to warn others. The passage adds a note on cooking tomatoes baked with butter pepper and salt.
The article argues that newspapers must balance subscriptions with advertising to sustain free press and national liberty. Advertisers support the paper, enabling broader reach beyond subscriptions, and readers should fund it to strengthen favored publications.
A 95 year old Dr Barnes joked about sleeping through a sermon while a friend teased him. A railroad car vote on Fremont versus Buchanan led passengers to remove boots for Fremont, then keep them on for Buchanan, yielding a humorous unanimous Buchanan support.
A rural English magistrate, new to the bench, proclaims his aim to administer justice without fear or favor yet adds that he will ensure he is neither partial nor impartial. The remark, though well meaning, underscores the imperfect balance of justice in a local commission.
A dinner party tale recalls a knight with flawed character offering a toast while staring at Mrs. M who was renowned for wit and beauty. She replies with a playful retort about honesty and a bonny lass, noting the remark does not neatly apply to either of them.
A wandering Episcopal rector arrives near Buffalo and seeks shelter for the night. A veteran farmer jokes that lodging costs depend on religion, then learns the guest is an Episcopal clergyman and offers the best provisions anyway, finishing with a lighthearted boast about the minister’s horse.
A historical note claims wrapping a wet towel around the head provides rapid relief for neuralgic headaches. The remedy is described as a simple local application yielding swift soothing effects.
Mrs. Morton hires Nance Flibbard from Ireland to help at home. Nance's clumsy cooking and repeated mishaps anger her employer but grows into patient instruction. After a chaotic tea with neighbors and a dramatic removal of teapots dreams of progress evaporate as Nance runs off to marry Pat while being sent back to service.
During a Dutch retreat, a guard corps on a muddy road was scattered. An officer ordered a two deep formation as a grenadier cried in frustration I am up to my neck while the men struggled through the mire.
A dated admonition favors staying ahead of courting couples and cautious married pairs with many children. It counsels moving quickly past both groups to avoid hindering progress, promoting a steady, self-directed pace in daily life.
A discussion on a planned flawless classical edition mirrors the failed Lusitano volume of Camoens by Don Joze Souza in 1817. Despite costly proofs and a fifty pound reward, errors appeared including a misplaced letter in Lusitano, while Glasgow’s Faults sought perfect typography.
Reading describes temperature drop per mile as leaving Earths surface and entering space reaching minus 226 degrees, contrasts Arctic cold, lab cold to 160 below zero, and imagines solids and unusual states of common substances in extreme cold. It notes mercury freezing and broad claims about liquids and gases solidifying in space cold.
A reflective excerpt discusses success and happiness contrasting those who gain wealth with those who pursue enterprise. It argues that gifts are distributed by God creating interdependence among men and shaping society through varied strengths and weaknesses.
A Portland Republican challenged Thompson of Bangor in a political dispute. The reader quotes a Bangor Democrat article praising Col. Fremont as a strong Union figure opposed to diamonism and Foote, noting Fremont’s career and his stance in the upcoming sectional strife. Thompson’s hostility waned as a Buchanan ally admitted the point was made.
A scrubbed recipe fragment describes crackers made with one pint water one cup butter one teaspoon soda and enough flour to form a stiff dough. The dough is left to stand in a dry warm place and need not be pounded.
An extended, fragmentary reflection on forgiveness, virtue, and social ties. It cites a mischievous act with a turned sign, a Bible entry dated 1853, and aphorisms about dogs, birds, and keeping friendships in repair. The text reads like a moral meditation with scattered quotes and historical references.
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