04 Jan 1845
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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1845
Page
1
A fragmented 1844 issue discusses moral rules for daily prayer and labor, includes an excerpt from the Christian Citizen on happiness and the beauty of life’s contrasts. It features anecdotes about early rising, advice on choosing a spouse, and notices from Worcester dated December 18 1844.
A long, dense narrative recounts Amelia Ellery’s pious marriage and later death, her mother’s steadfast faith, and a later suitor’s conversion. It frames her life as a model of religious duty, virtue, and triumph through faith over worldly desires.
The passage records Sir John Manson expressing on his deathbed that seriousness, temperance, and a good conscience are the best estate. He laments worldly rivalries and debates, longing for a hermit’s retirement and a single hour of communion with God, and reflects on tombs and human mortality.
The article describes a sea lifesaving invention a floating alarm whistle heard for miles. It resembles a large barrel organ with a central downward projection that moves on a sea yet stays upright, using wave motion to propel air through a shaft and out a chimney. Nine strong tongues on an accordion pattern form the whistle with nine additional tongues activated in rough weather to boost sound.
A confession warns against the first step to intemperance and vice. The narrator recalls pride in self control, a gradual descent into alcohol and other sins, ending in ruin and public shame, urging vigilance to guard the initial step.
A vivid account describes Whitfeld's persuasive sermon watched by Chesterfield the skeptic. A blind beggar, led by a dog, loses his balance near a precipice and falls, prompting Chesterfield to cry out in shock as the crowd witnesses the perilous moment.
A Fredericksburg resident laments an unfinished monument to Washington's mother on Mr Gordon's estate. He contrasts the graveyard wall and a New Yorker Silas Burroughs funding the project, now $15,000 spent with no completion.
A scanned column offers advice on safe use of alum to fireproof cotton clothing and curtains, describes a simple method to extinguish coal fires, and recounts a humorous town anecdote about a minister and a sailor’s mother seeking donations. The tone mirrors a local paper’s practical notices with period quirks.
At a New York Farmer's Club meeting Mr Carr warns neglect kills horses while a London pony dies after swallowing sponge. Massachusetts stables replace rack systems with troughs and dragoon veteran Mr Hancock cites nine yearly horse blindness cases in a troop before better practice reduced incidents.
Sam Slick recounts the tale of Squire Peleg Sandford and his fiery temper. His son Gueom leaves for a backlog but grows up away for eight years. Returning as a man, Gueom brings the backlog and shocks the Squire with a calm, unshakable reply.
A leotater quibbles with a brawny man over what defines an adult. The fellow objects loudly, shouts at being called such, and knocks the lecturer’s spectacles aside. The lecturer retorts and resumes, his glasses re-burnished, in a tense moment of dispute.
A garbled extract presents scattered proverbs about friendship and misfortune with stray phrases about grasshoppers and a horse. The text lacks coherent narrative, names, dates, or clear event details to locate a specific news item or person.
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