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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1849
Page
1
A report cites a Chagres disturbance between Americans and natives on a feasting Sunday with armed groups and arrests. Additional items include a hotel thief seized and released, a Boston editor's quip, a suspected parricide near Lochiel, jails under construction, and assorted national notices from Boston and Philadelphia papers.
A veteran returns after six years to find his wife remarried and children grown. Conflicted by love and duty, he learns of a new life for all, while Anne faces a choice between two husbands. The minister endures sorrow, and the clan rebuilds in a cottage by the valley.
Rhode Island acts extend to secondary districts formed before passage and confirm all proceedings under prior acts. Includes authorization for Exeter Justices of the Peace to publish and hire wages. Also provisions regarding Narragansett Guards officers elected on the fourth Monday of April to be valid as if on the first Monday.
A lecture by Professor W Parker of the New York College of Physicians and Surgeons reports a heart palpitation case with functional disturbance linked to digestive derangement from tobacco tea coffee and confinement indoors. Treatment focuses on quitting tobacco and tea, improving diet, and exercising outdoors. A boy’s reply about chewing tobacco to gain strength is noted in a humorous aside.
A speaker argues that true education is self knowledge and sound judgment, not mere learning. Parents must fund schooling or pay for prisons, urging farmers to prioritize education for their children and to value practical thinking over linguistic or metaphysical erudition. Washington and Franklin are cited as examples of educated action.
The passage cautions against overemphasis on trivial details in natural study and urges continuing inquiry into all aspects of creation. It asserts that no species is unworthy of examination and values the intricate body structures of even simple reptiles as evidence of divine design and wisdom.
Circular from the Massachusetts Humane Society lists life boat stations from Martha’s Vineyard to Boston Harbor and Cape Cod, details new boats, equipment, and deployment by the Society and state approval. It urges mariners to avoid attempting rescues on rising tides and notes Treasury support and vessel protection.
A first person account describes a ship’s steerage filled with wounded seamen and a blood smeared crew. The surgeon and mate appear as butchers amid the chaos as officers shift from cockpit to ward room and a long table runs with bloodied forms.
The excerpt argues that lawful recreations strengthen labor and rest while criticizing those who shun all diversions as rigid and tyrannical to themselves. It cautions that such strictness harms personal liberty and the Maker’s gifts.
The dinner scene features Dr Wall playfully handling a cork at the table. A guest, reacting loudly, calls it a dirty band. The doctor counters with a sharp bet claiming a dirtier hand exists, and the dispute ends with a declared winner after a show of hands.
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