24 Feb 1855
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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1855
Page
1
An extracted report notes a Cheshire railroad freight collision where a mid car derailed from a forty car train rolling down a steep bank. The missing car, carrying seventeen cattle, was found damaged with three fatalities and the rest injured, delaying the train until the spot was inspected.
L A mi des Sciences cites an American idea to found a city in the United States where streets are warmed from below. Smoke from chimneys would feed a central drain into a hollow pyramid off city grounds, driven by a steam engine to push heat upward. The Brussels inventor M. Jobard is noted as originator, with the Boston Advertiser commenting on the weather urging such works.
The Hartford Courant reports police discovered a liquor shop in a concealed room near State Street with a liftable partition. Officers seized all liquor and noted another central city room with a pine box that lowers when visited and reappears when inspections end.
Rochester learns from Mr Barry eminent horticulturist that a 21 degree below zero cold caused no damage to peach buds. He notes 10 degrees below zero could injure if prolonged with sun, but recent cold with cloud cover and short duration spared the orchards. The Buffalo Commercial mirrors this view for large orchards on Geant Island Cayuga Island and nearby areas.
An experiment lighting the new Westminster Bridge with electric light cost nothing. The setup used 79 gas burners by electricity, with fuel converted into pigments of greater value than the lighting cost.
A Bridgeton New Jersey youth suffered a near neck dislocation while sneezing. He lost consciousness for hours until a skilled surgeon arrived, whose timely intervention likely saved his life.
A fragmented report describes a landlady catching a mouse and a Glensess pitcher involved. The scene suggests an exchange about attending a country fair and exhibition, with a hostess replying about her china. The text preserves local color and a quirky domestic moment.
The readable text presents a general remark about people awaiting opportunity and facing rejection, with stray phrases about money, sunshine, and a metaphorical call to take action rather than wait. The fragment lacks concrete names, places, dates, or events to anchor a fuller record.
A farmer named Mr. Winthrop scolds his son Samuel for failing in arithmetic while Samuel, bright but misjudged, struggles with roots and squares. He secretly builds a peculiar device, is crushed by his father, and later becomes an inventive inventor and skilled maker, proving a mind’s worth lies in its true bent.
A list of cautions and maxims urging diligence temperance honesty and self control. It emphasizes truthful speech avoiding debt and temptation saving money and cultivating character upheld by religious reflection and prudent conduct. The passage also recounts a Plymouth Rock office incident about printing proofs and circulating documents.
Dr Clarke tries to slip out of a chapel as a conference topic is to be kept secret. The President orders him to stay and speaks of guarding against premature disclosures. A Rev James Everett quotation on vaccination follows, noting a Kentucky town’s villager doubt.
A modest lady tells a store clerk she needs three yards of cloth for infant Primitive triangular appendages while a long discourse on world monuments follows. The piece surveys heights of major monuments from Bunker Hill to Nelson and Paris columns, noting vast sizes and curious comparisons.
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