03 Jul 1852
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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1852
Page
1
A wary moral note on propriety around kids and visitors. The Olive Branch recounts scenes where children repeat adult phrases, exposing hurtful lessons. A neighbor’s boy rebukes a caller, prompting the mother’s blush and a regretful goodbye.
Local publisher W. H. Bayley presents weekly Bristol notices and advertising terms. Subscriptions cost two dollars monthly or ten dollars yearly, with advance payment and rates for distant readers. Advertisements priced by square size, with upcharges for continued insertions and line limits specified.
A poetic meditation on seeking solace in a idealized "better land" beyond earthly disappointments. The speaker contrasts earthly loves and friendships with a transcendent hope, urging a turn toward that higher source for lasting joy and renewal.
Reported sickness and crowding on steamboats from New Orleans to St Louis, including 321 German immigrants aboard the Pawnee with 476 passengers total, eight seriously ill at quarantine. Also notes a Virginia murder, long marital longevity in West Brookfield, a 12 year old girl’s death by strangulation, and a New Brunswick naval plan to defend colonial fisheries against American encroachment.
A long moral ramble offers rules on conduct in social settings never stare, walk quietly, remove boots indoors, and greet superiors with respect. It then mocks vanity and buffoonery, shares anecdotes about Mr Lang and a porch accident, and ends with assorted pithy maxims on honesty and dignity from various voices.
In a Saratoga setting, Sir Philip Gordon defends his daughter Lucy against Lt Morton who vows to wed her by force. Morton threatens arrest and a guarded mansion as the conflict of loyalty rages between American rebels and loyalists. Lucy asserts her rebel allegiance and love for a backwoodsman.
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