18 Mar 1854
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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1854
Page
1
An early 19th century notice from Bradford Street Bristol Rhode Island outlines publication details. It lists the title An Brestou Prenex and pricing for subscribers two dollars per year in town and four cents for single copies. Advertising charges are one dollar per square for three weeks with eleven cents for subsequent insertions.
The New York Journal of Commerce urges the United States to defend freedom and security for peaceful commerce, opposing Russian privateers fitted in American ports and warning England against indiscriminate plunder. It calls for united action to keep oceans safe and condemns piracy as a war crime.
The Tribune’s Washington correspondent notes a possible suit against Major Lally Waddy Thompson and others over Gardiner claim funds. It also reports US Consul Richardson at Trieste being rejected by Austria for remarks harming US Austrian relations. In New York Park crowds clashed as Orr alias Gabriel preached. an Irish American fight followed. Police arrested several. West the street preacher faced no violence with a Guard of Liberty detachment nearby.
A Paris newspaper reports a spectacle on the Champs Elysees where a well dressed man wore numerous hydrogen gas bladders covered in silk. Strapped to his body they lifted his weight by three fourths allowing leaps of five to six yards, drawing a vast crowd along the avenue Beaujon toward the Palais de l'industrie before he repeated the ascent and descent.
A rare shipment of salted beef from America reached Marseilles at 8 cents a pound and was initially met with skepticism. The Mayor tasted it and issued an edict declaring it very good, prompting residents to try the meat and find it healthy and satisfying. The Echo Agricole notes locals now view it as a valuable addition to their dietary options.
A fragment describes the P Cxabnicus ferry or line planned to operate among Fall River Newport and Hathaline town, aiming to start April 1st from Wood's Ole and be put on the line by the Airhaven Branch Barond Company with an emphasis on enterprise and public service.
A New Haven woman, Harrison, died in Hartford on the third of the month from voluntary starvation after refusing nourishment for days. She, about forty, had hidden her name and was believed to be deserted by her husband. Excitement followed reports of the death in Rome New York, where a fire at the Medical Institute revealed anatomical specimens and led to public commotion. Police restored order by noon. A separate notice reports Messieu Cadwell Harris Co. loaned 50 000 dollars to a pork speculator near Jersey City, who vanished with the funds.
Taunton voters elected all Whig nominees for Town officers on Monday by large majorities. The Charleston Standard notes a Florida friend claims to have found a small guano island off the western coast of Florida.
The Baltic departed New York for Liverpool last Saturday carrying 116 passengers. The Northern Light bound for San Juan also sailed that day with a full complement aboard.
A minister's wife, when asked her nativity, replied that she had no native place, claiming she was the daughter of a clergyman. This quip reflects a humorous take on lineage and origin.
A correspondent reports that cows often resist milking after calving and that placing weight on a cow’s back can force milk release. The technique involved driving the cow into a stable, placing a bushel of grain on her back, then patting the back to encourage milk flow.
A gentleman shares a Thanksgiving tale of a German immigrant who stopped drinking wine after discovering that making cherry bounce led to drunken hogs. The cherries intoxicated the hogs, then made the hogs ill, and after a recurring pattern the German chose sobriety, saying the smell of cherries turned everyone away.
A mournful meditation on death contrasts with a roadside parable about beans. The poem laments lost love and eternal separation, while a tavern anecdote about two thieves and a landlord illustrates conscience and mischief through a simple wordplay on beans and bees.
A shabby looking travelling agent visits a country shop and speaks with an aged innkeeper about census taking. The dialogue turns to moral decline, with comments on people losing their senses as the census nears. The tale mentions Polly Beane and a seized thumb as a comic aside and laments the townsfolk’s supposed senseless behavior.
The corporal and Trim discuss a printer's troubles from pleasing all readers. Critics, poets, politicians all scrutinize content, yet subscribers sometimes cheat the printer. The tale notes readers demanding poetry and marriages while condemning the press.
A British Sportsman excerpt outlines a method to control a mounting horse by loosening reins when it rises, twisting its head to confuse the animal, then steering it forward and using spur and whip to drive progress. Repeated refusals are met with additional twisting to weaken the horse’s resistance.
A droit fellow with a wooden egg in company with a credulous man asks for a wooden leg. The man answers that his father had one and his grandfather before him, claiming it runs in the blood. The exchange reveals superstition and family lineage as explanation.
This passage records several acts from the Rhode Island General Assembly including penalties for bribery and intimidation in elections, rules governing savings institutions investments, and framing for juror pay, tax assessments, school committee elections in Providence, and limits on child labor in factories. The text names A Potter as secretary, notes amendments, and outlines enforcement provisions across multiple sections.
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