25 Feb 1854
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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1854
Page
1
A dense, archaic lament surveys societal collapse and punitive regimes. It invokes intoxication, depredation, and collective disarray, warning of degeneration and urging restraint, preservation, and duty amid upheaval. The text layers imagery of catastrophe with calls for moral regeneration.
A dramatic vignette portrays Henry Lingos near death from alcohol abuse in a worn family home. The piece traces the alcoholic ruin of Jack Lingos, his wife Lucy's faith, and the mother's steadfast piety as she tends dying Henry and confronts social ruin caused by drink. It ends with prayer and a stark reminder of religious salvation through repentance.
The Presbyterian house of worship in St Louis was dedicated on the 8th. Rev William Homes serves as pastor. The church paid 70 000 debt within a week after Mr H De Bacon funded 40 000 if the society raised 30 000. Bacon is a son of Massachusetts. Rents in New York rise with Astor House tenant to 37 50 and front of Metropolitan Hotel stores to 2000.
The London New Quarterly Review argues cleanliness and a pure atmosphere as the best safeguards against cholera. It states that purified living and a well ordered life will help prevent the disease, presenting moral tone and social prescription rather than specific medical causes.
The Cincinnati Commercial cites Rev H H Hawkins a former slave of Gen Taylor now in Canada claiming 400 slaves have fled within 100 miles of Cincinnati. It notes 35,000 fugitives in Canada West thriving due to high railway labor prices, with Buxton home to 130 families owning nine thousand acres, and total land held by fugitives totaling 23,090 acres.
The Mansfield Ohio Herald reports a bachelor with a bad cold tried a warm bath to ease his misery but fell asleep in the tub and woke frozen and immobile. Passersby heard his calls, rescued him from the tub, and he was thawed. The bachelor now proclaims he is a suitor again and seeks marriage.
Patrick Dolan was killed while walking on the track of the Dedham Branch Railroad on Thursday.
John Wentworth editor of the Chicago Democrat sold a 96 by 150 foot lot in Chicago for 30000. The Democratic Press notes this forms about 100000 worth of property he has sold within a year with more still on hand.
Monsignor Bedini is said to have saved the Diamond Ring for the Mayor's Clerk of New York. The ring will be auctioned to the highest bidder with proceeds going to the Protestant Orphan Aaylam.
It is stated that arrangements have been made and vessels dispatched to carry no fewer than 782 emigrants to Liberia from various parts of the country during the current year.
The Millerites in Portland renew their zeal and predict the world’s end this year with some fixing May 26 as the eclipse date signalling the finale.
An acquaintance lost his horse a few days ago after a cautious ride. The valuable animal, healthy and spirited, pulled away from the stable and climbed a long hill. At the summit the whip touched him and he sprang, bucked, and fell. He died before the driver could stop. Examination showed a ruptured large blood vessel near the heart.
The passage contrasts rain’s wholesome sentiment with poverty and luxury, urging practice over preaching. It suggests a golly life as the strongest argument for skeptics, while wise men mix mirth with cares to ease them. It warns against intoxication as a madness cure.
A historical excerpt presents Jeremy Taylor’s pithy counsel to value the present. He urges patience and sweetness under divine blessing, noting the day belongs to us while yesterday is past and tomorrow is not yet born. The reflection links time with spiritual focus and mortality.
An aged legal draft outlines ward creation in Providentestintiohent with seven wards, elected officials, and procedures for canvassers, aldermen, and common councilmen. It specifies ward boundaries around High street and transitions to new governance while preserving existing officers until next city election.
An act to prioritize constitutional questions in Supreme Court cases and in other tribunals. It outlines procedures for certification, transfer, and expedited handling of constitutional challenges, ensuring the Supreme Court decides such questions with possible involvement of all justices.
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