24 Mar 1849
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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1849
Page
1
Public notice from Bayley and Warden at 80 Bradford Street Demtold announcing rates for weekly subscriptions and advertising terms. Copyholders are urged to place advance orders with pricing listed per insertion and yearly discounts for steady advertisers.
A mixed historical excerpt discusses gold rush imagery and labor toil in California, urging self-reliance and collective aid. It includes a sermon on female temperance work, the Daughters of Temperance, and their Union No. 8 pledge to care for members in sickness and after death with dignity.
Introduction to the Constitution and By-Laws of a new division formed in December emphasizes unity through virtue love and temperance. Members pledge mutual care and support through sickness prosperity and death while highlighting secrecy and a common sisterhood without public recognition.
In a Boston on Sabbath evening Union Conference session at Baloch Street, speakers urged deep study of Christ's example and the Spirit's influence for spiritual growth. Hon. J.C. Park pressed prayer in emergencies and early piety, while Rev. Muzney spoke on conversion as regeneration, challenging listeners to reflect if religion occupies their first affections and to seek renewal if needed.
A speaker urges the audience to examine their hearts, confess sin, and return to God echoing the prodigal son. He calls all to be born again and live righteously, hoping many will rise above worldliness and shine in the beauty of holiness.
The Baston Republican discusses the United States frigate United States visit to Norfolk and reports a harsh punishment record of an average twenty two lashes per sailor on the voyage. It condemns flogging as barbaric and argues government failure to govern without corporal punishment undermines liberty and civilization. The piece calls for abolition of the lash and links naval discipline to broader political accountability.
A editorial exhortation celebrates women who work for a living over fashionable indolence. It argues husbands seek practical partners, not dolls, praising the industrious wife who spins, sews, and supports the home. It contrasts luxury with virtue and warns against choosing from idle circles.
A teacher urges a poor pious Black woman to feel deep gratitude for God’s mercy in sending his Son. She replies she is not astonished, saying she is astonished because she is just the Aunt.
The term husband derives from Aus and band meaning the band of the house. It was once spelled shouseband in early Bible editions. A husband is the house bond encircling wife children and even strangers within the gates with the family’s unity and happiness as his care.
The passage urges discipline and belief that effort and faith empower a person to achieve. It warns that indifference and “never mind” habits ruin lives and reputations. It promotes self-control and hope that with perseverance one can become a man.
Dr Franklin bids a young man make a full inventory of debts and credits, pay as earned, renew notes if needed, and pursue diligent business with frugality and prayer for seven years, offering to pay debts if happiness and independence fail. The text shifts to a domestic scene with Mrs Hopkine and a garden dispute.
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