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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1857
Page
1
A mixed page features poetic lines celebrating spring and renewal from Day and Night Songs, then a long prose tale about Dr. M who secretly cures a blind man then faces a legal claim for pensions. Also includes a sobering vignette of a family’s prayer for reform.
An ad notice page outlines pricing for single copies and advertisements. It lists rates per square and per week, advance payment rules, and mentions religious obituary and political notices as charged items.
The act requires hotel proprietors to post notices when a safe is provided for guest money or valuables and limits liability if guests fail to use the safekeeping option. The text cites the General Assembly enactment and the Taunton American Republican discussion of Spiritualism disputes and mediumship tests.
An Act to provide for railroad passenger safety mandates engineman stops within five hundred feet of a crossing and limits speed to six miles per hour when crossing. Violations incur fines of one hundred dollars for the engineman and three hundred dollars for the employing corporation.
The Galliopolis Ohio Journal reports a husband returning home finds his wife dead on the floor after a day of debauchery while a two year old child begs from a cold settee and a seven month infant lies with the dying mother. No fuel or food remains in the house. The article condemns the husband but withholds sensational details from the public.
A Royal Institution lecture by Professor Faraday showed iron filings prepared with a charge surface burning brilliantly in a flame, while gunpowder did not ignite until mixed and exposed to the flame. Lead displayed similar inflammable behavior, forming a protecting film that limits oxidation and heat transfer.
A fragmentary report notes an altercation involving a man named An Fonest Hiberdian and a dispute about buying calves. The description mentions insults, a trunk, and attempts to resist a confrontation, with unclear details about the parties and outcome.
A winter ball exposes class snobbery as Miss Mason, rich designer’s daughter, snubs new friends while Miss Taylor, once close at public school, quips that their names reflect parent trades mason and tailor. The scene spreads through the social set as wit sharpens the clash.
The remark laments little gratitude despite acts of kindness. It reflects on social indifference and questions why generous deeds often go unacknowledged today.
A tale recalls a man who cites Bible usury to avoid interest, while Rev. Lathrop of West Springfield counters with a Jewish heathen distinction. A jocular woman insists she tells the truth three times daily as she repeats morning and evening quips.
An archaic fragment sketches a string of exaggerated female types. The obstinate woman sails to sea while the patient roasts an ox with a burning-glass. The curious woman dreams of turning a rainbow and the vulgar woman spins silk like a spider. The cautious woman writes on a slate and the Givious woman harms herself to outface neighbors. The extravagant woman burns wax seeking a spark and the happy woman dies in an old asylum.
A reflective meditation extols home as the heart’s true treasure beyond wealth fame or fortune. The text contrasts worldly success with the glow of love, describing home as a light that kindles the soul and binds heavenward in gentle, devotional imagery.
In Worcester a man famed for corn bread humor notes his hair turns silk like grain and his foes bear corn husks, while a playful remark about a lad walking before a gentleman hints at social advance of the moment.
The passage discusses world views on piety and the lust for power cloaked as true religion. It quotes Sidney Smith noting that genuine piety earns universal respect, whereas power wrapped in pious ads and quacks invites insult and fear at holy sanctuaries. It also contains a quip about borrowers who intend to repay yet plan to borrow again.
A fragmented dialogue features wordplay and puns about chiseling marble Greek slaves and a butcher's cart. It includes questions on charity and a mock scene with an augtioneet and forbidding facial expression, ending with a joke about calves.
A fragmentary gulps of 19th century jokes and medical lore mention William Fields of Wilmington and Delavan. The text parodies dinner timing and children without parents while asserting yeast cures for scarlet fever and smallpox with a milk diet and a spoonful of fable style advice.
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