25 Mar 1854
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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1854
Page
1
Fragmentary ad indicates a Bristol Rhode Island location on Bradford Street. Mentions Bayley and permanent receivers offering annual advance rates and a one-time advance charge. Text is corrupted but implies a legal or financial notice with fees in dollars and cents.
A verse recalls tired figures from youth to age asking for rest. A student, a maiden, a grey haired man, and a dying man alike seek sleep to ease fatigue and forget the world, while noting sleep’s universal reach beyond art or effort.
In a period piece tale Mrs Caroline Orne presents Ellen Willand and her family hoping for a favor from Mr Croswell and postal help to fetch letters about William Berresford's job move to the New England metropolis.
A compact chronology listing the rise of Sabbath schools and missionary societies from 1780 to 1910. It names the Naval and Military Bible Society, Raikes beginnings in Gloucester, the formation of the Methodist Missionary Society, and subsequent English and American efforts including the Bible Society, Religious Tract Society, and various missionary boards. The text tracks key figures like John Wesley, Thomas Scott, and others, plus the spread of Sunday schools and abolitionist work across Britain and the United States.
A London wine dealer on his deathbed confesses adulteration of sour wines with sugar and poisons, claiming to have caused many deaths. The piece shifts to quips about old fogies Maine Law and a drunken sailor, then reports a Hoosier shaving tale and notes a local league of rum sellers sharing fines and expenses likely to face heavy assessments.
A man inebriated accuses a shadowy follower of trailing him and asks a watchman to arrest the ill looking scoundrel he claims is following. The report notes the odd complaint and its humorous undertone.
A lawyer accused a rival of tampering with his hat by writing the word rascal inside. The offended attorney filed a complaint in open court alleging trespass and asserting the other man had not removed his hat but had inscribed his own name on it.
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