26 Mar 1853
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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1853
Page
1
Bristol weekly newspaper page published Saturdays from 40 Radford Street. The brief readable text notes Bayley printing operation and basic masthead details. No further story content is legible.
The General Assembly urges Congress to seek peaceful settlement of international disputes and protect rights of conscience for Americans abroad and foreigners in Rhode Island. The resolutions request advisement from Empires for future disagreements and outline government actions to fund state projects and prison improvements.
The Bristol School Committee announces improved attendance and discipline, adds two assistants for High and Grammar Schools, and fills the Colored School vacancy with Miss Sivan Greene. They urge a potential second Grammar Department in the South District, outline annual expenditures, and request funds for a new building to accommodate growing enrollment.
A series of colonial era resolutions authorize the binding of public laws prior to 1798 with indices, forwarding documents to Bavarian officials, enlarging and fencing the state prison yard in Kent County, building a wall and paying up to two hundred dollars, and procuring carpets for the State House chambers with funds from the General Treasury.
A biographical sketch portrays John Ericsson as a leading engineer born in Sweden in 1803 whose early talent in mechanics led to a cadetship and army surveying work. It details his flame engine experiments, a fifty mile per hour locomotive, and a series of inventions including the caloric engine and propeller.
A reflective meditation on friendship. It notes that while friends exist we notice their faults, but after they are gone we recall their virtues. Even as the perishable shrine crumbles, only the imperishable essence remains evident.
The annual seed sowing total in Great Britain and Ireland is seven million quarters. If two thirds were made unproductive by an uncontrolled agency, 4,666,666 quarters of corn would be wasted each year, enough to feed more than one million people.
A mix of aphorisms and quips on forgiving others and daily learning. A mock exchange about faulty candles prompts a wry lesson on overstatement. The text urges steady daily progress: read a book, gain one idea, save it, and add more as time allows.
A wry dialogue unfolds after a supper where a witty guest asks for credit until a distant platonic year resets. The hostess, Angelique, counters that sixteen thousand years have passed since their prior visit and urges settling the old score before she trusts him again.
A reflection on literary merit noting no work is flawless and every reader finds value despite some deficiencies. It discusses judgment of texts, the imperfections inherent in writing, and the balance between merit and fault.
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