16 Dec 1854
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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1854
Page
1
An aged OCR fragment from a Bristol notice shows ad rates and rules. It lists address 7 Bradford Street, Bristol, and employer W U S Bayley. Rates include two dollars per square, weekly insertions, and advance payment. Mentions obituary and political notices as separate charges.
A reflective verse on time's steady advance and the uncertain pursuit of lasting pleasure. The speaker notes our chances and hopes shift with life’s seas and changing seasons, as bright skies fail to guarantee constant delight. It contrasts deceitful promise with internal truth.
The New York Post cites that Mexico claims remain unsettled old and new. It questions why the President did not secure settlement when purchasing Sonora's desert region for ten million. It argues indemnity for American citizens should have been demanded then.
In New York on Sunday morning Frederick Meyers, a German, attempted to kill his partner Charles Williams. Meyers fired a pistol at Williams while he slept, wounding him in the left cheek and jaw. Williams wrestled Meyers, who fled after being knocked down, was later arrested and held for assault resulting from the injuries.
The Manchester Mirror reports Edward Hatch, a barkeeper, was struck on the side with a dirk knife during a Sunday duel at Quimby’s Hotel. John 8 Jackson suffered a wrist cut from the same weapon. The melee followed Quimby’s refusal to serve liquor to the attackers.
Win Darty awaited execution for the murder of his wife in Buffalo on the first post. He wept loudly and appeared ghastly with fear, repeatedly crying God merciful night, Lord. He looked dead but asked if the death was easy and attempted to test the rope. A strong able led man aged about sixty.
The Hloosiers on the Wabash are described as turning their ague shakes into effort as they climb into the shell bark as cold sets in. By the time the personal earthquake passes, there is not a hickory nut left on the tree, illustrating a harsh winter scene.
Fowls or chickens may be fattened in four or days by feeding them three times daily with Fico boiled in milk and served fresh to sour them. Provide clear water. The flesh becomes notably white. Vessels prepared in spring sailed to a distant destination with 900 in pear skins and other items.
The piece mourns parting and the ache of goodbye as a newlywed couple separates by necessity. The husband dies soon after returning home early, and the wife soon joins him, prompting reflections on virtue, vice, and what awaits at home.
A nostalgic note on the newspaper’s value to a family, asserting that removing a paper for weeks drives home its worth and the craving for latest news stories lessons and wit that guide daily life.
One Bigelow School teacher in South Boston mistook a camphene jug for cider at a boarding house. A physician treated the patient with twelve eggs to absorb the poison, removing the camphene from her stomach with no serious injury.
A Yankee pedlar at a St. Louis merchant’s door tries a trade for gincoine razor straps. The merchant refuses then offers sixpence. after a bluff, the Yankee agrees, pockets stakes, and returns the straps for a sixpence amid a laughing crowd.
A young mechanic Charles Matthews debates paying as he goes versus quarterly credit with store Waldron. Wife Hannah advocates cash purchases to avoid debt. After temptations of pickles chain oranges and fancy goods, Matthews learns to live on cash, pays off the bill, and buys a cottage. The tale cautions against credit and rewards disciplined spending.
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