07 Feb 1852
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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1852
Page
1
Publication notice for Brestou pbenex issue with weekly schedule and address. Details include subscription price two dollars per year payable in advance. Advertising charges one dollar per square for three insertions and twenty cents for each additional. Yearly advertisers limited to 18 lines per week to their own business.
Poem on the death of a valued friend, recalling his steadfast kindness and welcome, his care in sickness, and the lasting sorrow of those who mourn him. The verses speak of faith, remembrance, and the hope of reunion in eternal life.
Horace Mann argues that culture of the mind comes from both disciplined study and engagement with nature. He warns that media distractions hinder progress while praising natural beauty as a universal gallery open to all who learn to observe.
The Portsmouth Journal recalls an anecdote about Judge Story from a New Hampshire court case. A relever old lady asserts a past event occurred in a specific year and a young lawyer presses with why she is certain. The exchange turns humorous as she ties certainty to the birth year of her second son, prompting laughter and a tip to consult a wife. The attorney later marries.
A traveler in distress finds a vase of water under a roadside shed. A local man habitually brings water from far away each morning to fill the vase for weary travelers. He offers no motive for thanks or payment, acting from kind regard and charity.
Mrs Partington hears of Kossuth victories and debates sympathy for Hungary. She entertains the idea of support only in sentiment and not money citing constitutional limits while observers tease and reflect on the fuss.
A mother sends her son to a carpenter for chips. The boy objects the craftsman is absent, but the mother insists he would not notice if present. The boy counters that God would know, implying guilt regardless of the man’s absence.
A boy Augustus resists a thief during a milk transaction and chooses truth over a lie when blamed. a passerby urges deception. A sick man refuses more than a pint of catnip tea, expressing fatal resignation.
A fragment shows a skit where a little girl asks about chaos, answered as a pile of nothing. An Irishman quarrels with Kate over a lie, she retorts that words fly fast beyond even Satan’s reach.
A scolding young lady once pronounced the belle of the village earns a wag’s joke that the praise fits because he has often heard her tongue.
A felon facing execution asks the hangman for a final message. The hangman responds with a sharp retort and places the card under his left ear as the sentence proceeds.
A recipe using four cent loaf half, one quart milk, three eggs, one gill currants, and sugar. Pour boiling milk over toasted bread, cool, beat eggs with sugar, mix in currants, bake in a pudding dish twenty to thirty minutes in a moderate oven. Serve with or without sweet sauce.
An Gloucestershire agriculturist, invited for a neighbor town visit, recalls the social night with music. The next morning a guest asks about the quartet and the farmer quips he only ate pork chops, calling them the finest.
A traveller in the Ionian Isles recalls meeting a Greek girl in Athens selling Morrison's Pilly. The remark notes the scene with astonishment at the unexpected item and setting.
The Cleveland Herald recounts a sleet day on Superior street Hill where many people and horses collapsed in the icy chaos. Observers laugh and feel mixed emotions as boots slide and horses stumble, with several amusing mishaps and near misses described.
The body of German Charles Grell was found this morning in the water near the Battery with a mangled skull. It is believed he was killed and robbed before his body was thrown into the river.
It is estimated that New York ice companies will store 108000 tons this season with 81000 entering actual consumption. At 30 dollars per ton this yields 243000 dollars spent on ice consumed in New York City. Exports to the West and other regions are rising.
A 1851 letter from James Wilsyn, ex congressman from New Hampshire, warns Western hopefuls about California gold fever. He urges realistic aims, steady farming, and perseverance, noting many travelers abandon plans after harsh mining realities and costly disappointments.
Hayek, a young man bound over after a police court trial for suspected theft from Fenn & Carter, hanged himself in his Lenox jail cell on Saturday night while awaiting bail.
In New York on January 26 the court upheld a verdict finding Mr. Forrest guilty of adultery and a Pennsylvania resident, while Mrs. Forrest was found entirely innocent. Alimony of 3000 dollars annually was awarded to Mrs. Forrest amid spectator excitement.
Aged resident Timothy Buckeye of East Hartford slipped on his doorstep while carrying wood and broke his leg in three places below the knee. The bung protruded through the flesh, according to the Hartford Courant.
The National Intelligencer notes that long ago the oldest inhabitant of Washington would be taxed to recall price seasons when sleighing dominated. It mentions a two seat jumper rented for two dollars and a half per hour and describes hundreds of sleighlike contrivances filling streets accompanied by jingling bells.
U.S. Consul Corwine reports hundreds of Americans reached Panama with Pacific Mail tickets from Berford & Co. Unable to book onward to San Francisco they fall into poverty and illness aboard the Jethinus. Pacific Mail rejects Berford tickets. Nelam & Co. note KE Mille of the Brother Jonathan sells tickets for the Union.
A colonel recounts a grotesque misadventure in Sabine county during 1836. He endured a deer skin suit soaked and tight in sun heat, losing suit, clothes, and dignity as he waited for court, describing blistering agony and a passerby freeing him.
In Red Land San Augustine a man describes a wild scene where a man cuts him in several places while laughing. He rushes home to change, mends his clothing, and arrives at court just in time, wearing a white suit and securing the meal.
On New Year morning a poor beggar girl Elyse Gray and her sick mother meet a kind boy who offers a five dollar gold coin. The coin lights visions of bread clothing and warmth, transforming the family’s fate and inspiring acts of charity. Elyse becomes a lady and the boy, the generous youth, marries her.
The piece extols punctuality as a universal virtue shaping success and respect. It argues that promptness in financial dealings, promises, and daily duties leads to broader reliability, influence, and steady advancement in all life areas.
The Buffalo Courier reports a successful long distance telegraph experiment showing New York clock vibrations transmitted through Morse lines to Bangor Maine and Milwaukee Wisconsin. A fine wire connection to a pendulum strike created a dot on paper corresponding to clock strokes, proving cross continental signaling possible across 2000 to 3000 miles.
A Philadelphia officer finds a half frozen boy in an alley. The child, sent to clear snow, explains he is a bound boy and asks to tell his mother the officer believes she should be ashamed. The scene unfolds amid heavy snowfall and cold wind.
A reflective piece describes how small acts of kindness in a busy day can bring brief joy, like violets planted by a guardian angel. The narrative contrasts cheerful moments with the demanding duties that follow, ending in quiet reverie about happiness found in memory.
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