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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1862
Page
1
Poem laments war's march from Sumter to every shore. It recalls peaceful days and commerce across the land, then laments cannon fire and treachery, praying for divine protection and renewed Union. The piece appeals for peace and unity to endure beyond the present strife.
The American Agriculturist reports that cotton can be grown in New Jersey and Long Island, with favorable seasons allowing ripening up to 41 degrees. Seeds sown in hot beds by mid April and transplanted by late May can yield decorative or experimental crops in Delaware, Maryland, Southern Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, and California.
The London Times reports the Prince of Wales receives £50,000 per year plus half a million from the Duchy of Cornwall. It notes the prince's bright prospects and popularity and urges Queen Victoria to involve him in governance to provide dignified employment and maintain confidence.
The piece notes a Boston Methodist Episcopal Church on Tremont street uses water power from a local stream to operate organ bellows, requiring only opening a crop cock. It also mentions an electric chime in Rev. Dr. Gannett’s new church spire that can be played by a keyboard operator.
The narrator recalls a childhood friendship with Mary Moore that grows through youth to love. After years apart, a reunion reveals Mary is the wife of his rival Frank Chester, and his joy shifts to acceptance as Mary greets him with warmth. He returns to a loving family, reaffirming that true love endures across time and aging.
The article describes making watch balance springs by hammering and rolling steel wire to reducing thickness, edge trimming, binding, and firing over charcoal. Springs are hardened in oil, tempered by reheat, distended on a frame, polished with emery and oil between lead blocks, colored blue, then coiled on a small axis. The process requires expert handling and yields about three thousand springs per ounce.
Excerpted notes discuss thirst as a cruel force surpassing hunger, citing endurance limits and use by tyrants. It recounts an incident in Blackwood's Magazine about a Calcutta imprisonment and a courtroom exchange over decorum. Practical tip offered to merchants suggests rubbing alcohol on glass to prevent ice and improve shine.
A mother, father, and physician keep vigil as Eddy, near death, gazes upward and asks for the name of the land beyond the mountains. He believes he sees heaven, asks to be carried, and passes with family prayer as they recite blessing.
The anecdotes recount Wesley's acts of kindness in Ireland and elsewhere. A muddy carriage stop prompts him to aid a struggling tenant with twenty shillings, saying, Here, go and be happy. He also once tried to seal money so he would not give it all away, but then gives a widow all of it, declaring the Lord means her to have it.
An inebriated man walking along the tow-path from Albany to Troy falls into a canal after water was released from the canal last fall. He regains footing in a foot-deep current and is guided back onto the path by a passerby before continuing his journey.
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