Subscribers Terms in Bristol County Rhode Island
Terms to subscribers state two dollars per year or one dollar for six months paid in advance. If not paid by year end the rate is two dollars and twenty five cents. Single copies available. No paper discontinued until arrearages are paid. Bristol County Rhode Island rate thirteen cents a year elsewhere in Rhode Island, twenty six cents a year in other states.
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The Old Man Dreaming In A High Back Chair
An elderly man sits in a high backed chair as a summer breeze moves through an open door. He drifts into sleep and dreams of childhood with his mother’s voice and carefree play. The poem recalls youth, memory, and the passage of time across a sunlit afternoon.
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Ian
Dirge of a Soldier by Geo H Boker in the Clover of the Snow
A war era poem laments a fallen soldier. The speaker calls for laying him to rest in the clover of the snow and honoring his sacrifice as drums roll and volleys fire fade. The verse recalls that only God grants aid and the fallen deserve solemn remembrance.
I Wish Somebody'd Come In The Lonely Day
A speaker yearns for companionship as flowers bloom and birds sing yet finds no one arrives. Notes and letters sit unanswered while dusk deepens into night and tea time ends with no visitor at the door. Betty, hear the bell Souxtopy is at the door.
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Speak No Ill Be Kind In Speech
A poem urges choosing kindness in speech and avoiding gossip. It argues for focusing on the good in others, not exposing faults, and promotes a higher view of humanity by speaking well of people whenever possible.
Want a New Spring Bonnet in the Home Journal
The poem recalls a simple domestic scene where a woman arranges a cravat and brushes a man’s hair, sends him down the stairs with a tender farewell. The speaker laments missing a new spring bonnet as the sole unfulfilled wish, despite fortune and admiration.
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Tender letters to soldiers bend the heart to courage in war
A guide urges camp writers to fill letters with home memories and honest detail. It advises celebrating soldiers courage while acknowledging hardship and pain to keep morale high and inspire fortitude. The tone blends encouragement with religious undertones as northern winds are tied to Te Deum.
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Orphan Boy Keeps Mother's Calico Piece
A company of poor city children prepares to depart for homes in the West. John clutches a scrap of his mother’s calico sewn into his old jacket as a memory. The superintendent urges him to go, and the boy sobs, then leaves to ride the train, the tale moving many to tears and prayers.
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How to Hear the Gospel in Simple Advice
Rowland Hill recalled by an old friend who, sixty five years earlier, heard him preach and quoted a lesson on listening to the gospel without fussing over delivery. The speaker urged focusing on the message rather than the reader’s oratorical style.
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Little Things and Their Big Effects in Daily Life
A reflection on how small items and acts shape large outcomes from ships to buildings to relationships. The piece argues that tiny thoughts words and gestures drive both beauty and harm, affecting people beyond their obvious scale. It emphasizes the power of little influences.
Four Faults Pompey Tells of a Clergyman’s Blind Horse
A clergyman plans to trade his horse and lists four faults to a buyer. Pompey, the enslaved man, recalls two faults: the horse has white hairs on his coat and he blows into water at a brook. The buyer discovers the horse is blind after a ride and encounters Pompey’s explanation.
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Pompey
Judging the age of poultry by physical signs
A practical guide for buyers to tell old from young poultry. It details indicators: hen spur and leg scales, bill stiffness, comb texture, feathering, and claw length for hens. turkey beards, leg scales, wattles, and feather condition for turkeys. rough legs and pinion strength for geese. bill and skin texture for ducks. color and down in young pigeons. red legs and lack of down denote an older, unusable pigeon.
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Amouth
The Reclusion and Calm Retirement of the Country
The passage contrasts rural life with urban life, noting that country living fosters virtue and collective welfare while city life offers literary ambition but weaker social ties. It argues fashion and bustle erode lasting impressions of truths, while in the country equality and common misfortune bind people as a family.
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Alanat
Sowing Flower Seeds Advice for Depth and Care
The article explains seed sowing depths by seed size from one eighth of an inch to one inch, and stresses shielding very small seeds from dry weather. It recommends covering with fine soil or leaf mould, keeping moisture, thinning seedlings to one to two inches apart, and staking tall varieties to prevent wind damage.
Orchard Cultivation for Abundant Crops in Grassland
Advice to farmers on orchard care and cropping methods. Emphasizes grafting, washing trees with wood ash lye, annual pruning to keep the canopy open, shallow plowing up to two inches, and yearly manure dressing with light surface cultivation or a buckwheat cover to prevent vegetation and ensure a reliable fruit harvest.
Bose Manure From Bones Promises Rich Farm Growth
Instructions describe making manure from bones and carcasses by boiling in lye or soaking, then dilating the mass to yield a miracle growth. It advises mixing with water or muck and suggests burying bones or plowing them under to reclaim a wealth of quality fertilizer.
A Reason for Hope on a Southern Plantation
An old slave on a southern plantation speaks of impending death and his faith. Asked where he will go, he says he hopes to reach the "good land." He reflects that as death nears, Jesus and he grow closer together.
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Butter Found Hidden Since 1814 In France Field
Workmen uncover a crock of butter buried in 1814 by a woman of Vassy to hide it from Cossacks. After decades in a field the pot is dug up and the butter remains white and firm but now has a strong spoiled flavor from exposure.
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Cure for Poultry Disease by Special Feed Mixture
A Country Gentleman writer claims a chicken disease can be cured by a feed mix of cracked corn four quarts, coarsely ground bran and meal, two tablespoons of sifted cod ashes, and one tablespoon of ground black pepper. Feed turkeys and chickens in the same way, approximately every three hours.
Happiness Is a Perfume That Falls on the Self
A reflective aphorism notes happiness as a fragrance one cannot share without some lingering impact on the giver. It suggests personal resonance from generosity and the subtle spillover of joy.
A Hint on Melon Culture From a Humble Garden
The writer shares a melon growing tip learned from a neighbor. He notes his own struggles with melon bugs and the neighbor’s radish tops attract pests, suggesting planting near canteleup hills to improve vine health. The tale reflects rural gardening lore and observational remedies.
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Repeated Calls Spark Lighthearted Exchange
A man who often visited a pleasant acquaintance surprised her in the parlor, boasting of his visits as regular as the sex ar and ague. She retorted that it only comes every other day, and he departed in embarrassment.
Hidden Virtues and Temptations Test the Quiet Heart
A reflective note on how a head worthy of great events and a heart stronger than temptations can remain unseen by neighbors until an unforeseen moment reveals them. It underscores how many rich people view charities as indispensable despite appearances.
Prisoners Repair Roof After Mock Escape Joke
An Ohio jail tale ends in laughter as inmates, instead of fleeing, sit on the roof repairing it after claiming the building was too dilapidated to endure. A separate Indiana case sees a soldier arrest a goose for treason after the bird hissed at the American flag.
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The Greatest of These Is Charity in Broad Street
A young clerk in a northern city helps a shabby beggar woman with a small basket of apples, sparking a chain of events. A sailor later identifies the benefactor as the mother’s life saver, revealing the man’s act saved her from destitution and linked to a distant ship voyage.
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Sailor Recounts Narrow Escape and Grateful Help
A Boston Commercial Bulletin excerpt features a sailor praising a benefactor who helped him after a perilous voyage. He notes overhauling ships on wharves near Williams and Billa and credits the rescuer for securing his mother’s future as he becomes second mate aboard a ship. The sailor blesses the helper and expresses lasting gratitude.
Early misadventures in country living with roosters and hippos
A humorous memoir fragment details moving to the country with Mrs Sparrowgrass. The narrator tries early rising, attempts hippo potato farming, raises a dog and battles raiding cows and a troublesome heifer. Misunderstandings about poultry and garden pests end with legal trouble and a move to town.
Rhode Island Militia Organization Order of 1810
Governor and Commander in Chief WM C. Co issued a general order to arrange the militia into five brigades for Newport Bristol Providence Kent Washington North Providence Pawtucket Smithfield and Cranston Johnston Smithfield towns. Enrolled citizens must join chartered companies or form new units by May 11 and elect company officers by May 9. Adjutant General Edward C. Marzan to recruit and organize across towns.
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Bristol Town Loan Proposals Sought for 20 000
Town Treasurer announces sealed proposals due May 15 1863 for a loan to raise twenty thousand dollars or part thereof for five years with interest paid semi annually. Proposals may specify interest rate up to five percent per year. Proposals to be marked PROPOSAL FOR TOWN LOAN. A Sidney D'Wolf, Town Treasurer, Bristol, April 25, 1863.
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