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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1852
Page
1
The notice states a weekly Saturday issue at 7 Bradford Street Bristol with terms for subscriptions and advertising. Rates include two dollars annually in advance for subscribers, single copies four cents, and advertisements 1 dollar per square for three weeks with twenty cents per extra insertion. Yearly advertisers pay 10 per annum with paper included, limited to 18 lines per week to the advertiser's own business.
A devotional poem by Susanna Harrison exalts God and Scripture as enduring refuge in affliction. The speaker vows reliance on God's Word for guidance, comfort, and strength, praising divine wisdom and mercy that lift thoughts above suffering.
A Dedham Tomer at piece laments readers abandoning local papers for Boston dailies. Editors urge support for country press as the backbone of community news, noting metropolitan tastes erode rustic values and reduce local prosperity.
The saying notes idleness leads to mischief. It contrasts oats for horses with labor for humans, arguing that work substitutes vice for mischief and keeps both animals and people orderly.
A short humorous exchange unfolds as Bishop Hedding travels by gig and an Irishman, Pat, on foot, compliments the bishop with a witty retort about their modes of travel. The brief vignette captures a clash of gentle cordiality and sharp Irish humor.
Asa Walker describes Yak region logging with two trees cut yielding 150000 shingles each nine ten feet through at the butt timber width. A skeleton of a tree supplies 100000 rails and 50000 shingles with vast remaining lumber. One tree work over two months produced 225000 shingles.
The article traces German emigration from 1822 to 1851, noting a rise from 2,200 in 1822 to tens of thousands yearly after 1843, with 44,000 in 1844 and peaks around 113,000 in 1851. It estimates emigrants removed about $80,000,000 in capital from Germany.
A French traveler observing Emperor Soulouque’s body-guard noted glittering head badges. Close inspection of one orange brass badge revealed the inscription Martin, Jarchand de Sardines a la Rochelle. The labels belonged to cured sprats shipped to the emperor’s dominions.
A critique of the word dignity as used to mask pretence and incompetence. It condemns pompous dignity as a disguise for stupidity, hypocrisy, and social power, noting how official life often favors pretence over genuine talent and shines in public figures who feign wisdom and gravity.
A reflective portrait contrasts true gentility with swollen pride as Whipple recalls the Duke of Somerset and his second wife. The scene features aristocratic manners and a witty rebuke about marital status and propriety.
In a pointed critique, the writer laments widespread nonpayment by subscribers, likening it to wagons without wheels and boats without steam. The piece argues the issue is broad and damaging, noting the perception that everyone has paid except one, and warns of systemic harm if unchecked.
A sermon uses punctuation metaphors from youth to death and notes a Bangor Maine report by Mr. Philip Morrill on a disease affecting thistle and mullen similar to potato blight, claiming widespread destruction across portions of the state with no escapes this year.
A West Street incident reports a Scotchman and a Greene County man who found a pocket-book and were offered it for twenty dollars by a passerby. The Scotchman accepted and paid the man in his own money, urging readers to trust worth and reward and "pay the man in his own money" to deter petty thefts on the riverfront.
An elderly witness failed to appear in a delicate case prompting a bench warrant. The judge reproved her and asked why she did not attend. She replied she was sick and had an awful bite on her arm, not on her honor, prompting a pause in the proceedings.
A frugal Fry or Pat seeks an apothecary for Actaea racemosa alias black snake-root and ends up buying a Bible at the bookstore after mistaking the prescription. The joke centers on the doctor’s order and Paddy’s wary, comic misreading of “a small bit or actual race with Moses” resulting in a leaf turned to Exodus.
A reflective tale in a winter setting recalls a deep childhood friendship between Ruby and Alice Faye. The narrator revisits memories of youthful love, impending futurity, and a renewed, comforting reunion with Alice in a quiet, candlelit moment. The piece closes with a wry humor about matrimony and domestic life.
The passage ponders how few reach their life goals and fulfill childhood dreams. It reflects on the gap between imagined careers and actual life as years sober the fantasies fade, leaving one pondering if life matches the hoped-for path.
A moral note on correcting children without anger, stressing firm reason. It cites that a child’s sorrow is fleeting and includes a simile from Sir Walter Scott about tears and rage, illustrating transience and the value of calm discipline.
An anonymous but resonant exhortation argues that boys must be educated in head heart and hand. It asserts that head education teaches discernment between good and evil while heart training fosters love of what is right. Hand education enables service and provision, aiming to foster reverence to God and love of mankind.
The Edinburgh and Quarterly Reviews explain that decay gas in bodies causes movements and swelling, not life. Physicians note coffins can burst or twist as gas expands, fueling horror stories of burial alive.
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