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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1851
Page
1
Publication details for Breston Prenmenex running Saturdays from 7 Bradford Street Bristol with W H S Baxley as publisher. Rates listed include subscription prices for town and distant readers, single copies, advertising charges per square and duration, and terms for yearly advertisers limited to page size and business.
A 1851 letter by Martin I. Tupper from Albury calls for complete unity among states and nations. It exhorts readers to set aside petty rivalries, embrace shared freedom, and act with prudent nobility to sustain a strong, united federation.
Fragment from a devotional reflection musing on time, eternity, and the impermanence of earthly life. The author contrasts transitory hours with the eternal God, urges focus on unseen realities, and contemplates youth, aging, and the brevity of life. Includes a quoted excerpt and a note about a Times report on a bishop.
A Paris hospital case reports a French physician M Nestion using transfusion to revive a dying woman after a profuse hemorrhage. Volunteer donor M Dufour supplied thirteen to fourteen ounces of blood in two injections, the patient revived immediately and remained well for a week before dying from bowels inflammation.
The article argues that good sense temperance, and proper diet shape health from childhood. It warns that ill temper harms mind and body, and that careless parenting with overfed, stimulating foods leads to future disorders and vice. It calls for regular meals, water, cleanliness, air, and humane care for children.
The guide explains testing freshness by eye and candled light. It notes new-laid eggs show a skin division and air pocket, and eggs should feel warm when held to the tongue. Freshness indicators include shaking, and methods to preserve eggs include boiling water immersion, oiling shells, or storing in lime-water.
A garbled dialogue excerpt shows two speakers joking about dialect and mispronunciations. The text mentions a boy with bad digestion and a barber shop, hinting at a humorous village exchange. Names and clear events are obscured by OCR errors.
In Chester village New England a wedding unites Ellen Lawton and Frederic Gorton amid village scrutiny. Gorton, a stern man of talent, weds Ellen after her farewell to home and mother. Ellen’s sensitive heart frets at perceived neglect yet places unwavering trust in his leadership as they begin a life of refined fortune and restraint.
Ellen, wife of Frederick Gorton, wrestles with impatience and tears as a planned departure for Ellen's childhood home is delayed by her son Georgie's muddy mishap and her husband’s irritations. The scene captures family strain, longings for home, and the friction between duty and affection in a Victorian setting.
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