08 Jan 1853
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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1853
Page
1
Bristol Prenex lists weekly Saturday issues published at 70rd Street. Rates include two dollars yearly in advance and four cents for copies at the office. Advertisements priced at one dollar per square for three weeks, with twenty cents for each subsequent insertion. Yearly rates and rules apply, with 18 lines per week limit.
From Charles Hare's to Day poem a playful quartet of seasonal sages appears. Winter the Stoic endures the cold mountain air while spring mocks dull hearts with farming toil. Summer lounges in shade as the mower toils and autumn tends the granaries for future years.
Bishop Heder notes vast cinnamon gardens covering 17 000 acres near Colombo. Cinnamon thrives in poor sandy soil with damp air, plants kept 10 12 ft high, leaves red then green, white blossoms cover the garden. Fragrance misled visitors as leaves release scent when crushed, wet weather reduces aroma. Cinnamon export is tightly regulated with penalties for cuttings. Colombe region offers favorable growing conditions and regular showers prevent soil from drying.
A witness recalls Webster's famous speech at the laying of the cornerstone of the Bunker Hill Monument. An aged blacksmith nearby, excited by the oration, said every word weighed heavily and declared, What a speech.
Excitement rises over alleged gunny trap frauds related to the steamer Martha Washington on the Mississippi River. Several suspects allegedly loaded or feigned shipments to burn the boat and collect insurance via false bills of lading and oaths. A drayman reportedly confessed involvement, and a death-bed disclosure implicates another party in the large scheme.
Fragmentary text reports a list of vessel counts at Newport with references to steamboats ferries and ships though many words are garbled. The readable parts mention a total number of vessels on the stocks or launched during a period and an apparent emphasis on nautical activity.
The article summarizes state bank data with totals for capital stock, liabilities, and dividends, noting 71 banks in the state and 86 in the city, with a city capital stock of 10 362 610 and liabilities of 21 266 235. It also mentions historical notes on marriage, church ceremonies, and seabird behavior.
A country girl returns from the fields and is told she looks fresh as a daisy with dew. Her cousin notes it was not the man named, but Bill Jones, who joked the remark would be exposed, and the humorous misidentification follows.
Unreserved communication is the lawful commerce of conjugal affection. Concealment is contraband and false courtesy to a loved one. Dissimulations betray loyalty, misjudge human life, and ignore the reality that infirmity is part of nature. Sharing burdens fulfills a duty of union.
Fresh lard four ounces honey six ounces oat meal six to eight ounces three egg yolks powder gum arabic one ounce. Mix honey and gum first, then eggs, then lard gradually adding oatmeal to form a paste. Wash skin with it like soap. free from alkali yields soft supple skin and helps heal chapped hands, superior to Amandine.
In early New England Indy, famed for piety and courage, faces a prank by masked men. A devil figure confronts her but she calmly asserts faith, calls him a poor creator, and walks away, showing steadfast constancy and fearlessness. The anecdote praises her conscience and resolve.
The text states there are five hundred twenty seven muscles in the human body with two hundred fifty seven of them in pairs. It notes that no fewer than one hundred muscles are consistently used for the act of breathing.
Fragmentary lines reference Dr Darwin and Dr Seal amid dream-like phrases. No clear event, place, or identifiable entities to summarize into a coherent news item.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a fire event with damaged names and undetermined details. The readable parts mention a person and an incident near a home with burn indications, but no clear date, location, or outcome is preserved.
A damaged OCR fragment hints at comfort and sympathy themes tied to a trial. The text is partial and unclear, limiting extraction of concrete names, dates, or actions.
Rosa Lee marries Paul Cleves in a celebratory wedding described as a divine union. The couple’s devotion grows through domestic life as Rosa reads to him from scripture and imagines Heaven gathered to their people.
A conversation between Rosa and Paul explores how earthly ties cultivate spiritual thought and affection. Rosa guides Paul from selfishness to a gentler, divine love, as he dreams of an ideal heavenly marriage and the eternal union of souls.
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