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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1851
Page
1
In segment seven of AEET Bristol KR the notice outlines yearly advertising terms. It sets a per annum tape rate, advance payment in dollars, and fines for violation. It limits yearly advertisers to 18 lines weekly and to their own immediate business.
Poem recounts a perilous Alpine trek where a guide shows the last cross to mark the route amid avalanches and storms. A companion dies, and the survivor recalls the cross as a beacon while his friend finds rest with his mother.
In urging that most are born to labor, the author argues children can rise if given opportunity. Society should raise laboring classes with training and example in industry, sobriety, and skill to curb crime, ensure virtuous living, and reduce urges to theft or fraud.
A partisan critique on irritable temper versus poverty as misfortune, arguing temper harms family and society more. It cites the proverb about children imitating parental quarrels and calls for calm, polite behavior at home and toward elders. It urges promoting good nature and respectful decorum in daily life and literature.
The paper assigns a temperance column, promising policy rooted in scripture history and science. The writer pledges to gather facts from rambles as a public lecturer and to chronicle improvements, oddities, and notable local items while maintaining a plain, homely tone.
The column ponders a notice about a new hotel in the city and a “learned liquor dealer” Mr George More. It questions the signification of learned, speculates on his literacy, and mocks the idea of expertise in gin and brandy while suggesting possible better roles and moral critiques.
The passage warns that discontent is a sin and self punishment causing illness and souring enjoyment. It contrasts Paul content in prison with Ahab’s palace fretfulness, noting inordinate desire brings continual vexation, and cites teaching from Henry and Greek emblem.
Excerpt discusses how the phrase He's dead alters shallow mood and business minds. It contrasts immediate social shock with rapid return to counting houses as market fears rise and great hopes fade, leaving the mortal truth unheeded.
Practical child guidance urging calm parental or teaching presence to maintain influence. Reprove faults promptly yet not harshly, avoid exposing others, and keep corrections frequent enough to show observation without causing discouragement or envy. Emphasizes seizing favorable moments when memories are fresh.
The 1850 Rhode Island General Assembly passes measures permitting court discretion to dismiss desertion proof in divorce petitions after five years, regulates rail passenger transport with penalties, amends juror assignments for Newport County, empowers Providence officials to appoint police constables, and adjourns the February Supreme Court term for Washington County.
A reflective piece urges prudent speech, debt discipline, and modest living. It advocates speaking truth to friends with integrity, resisting vice, honoring honesty, and wearing old clothes or practical attire until finances allow new purchases. It emphasizes conscience over fashion and shared virtue within the household.
An obituary verse contemplates a young child’s death, describing the innocence and trust of the little life. It portrays death as peaceful, loving, and uncruel, with faith in the Father and the Kingdom of Heaven guiding the afterlife.
During the American Revolution the Rev. Cuantes Inglis D D served as chief pastor in New York City. He formed a controversial stance defending government, opposing Paine’s Common Sense, faced threats and a mob assault, directed churches to close, and fled briefly to Flushing before returning to a ruined Trinity Church. He aided loyalists with a petition to the Crown and was praised for steadfast service by the Venerable Society and bishops.
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