01 Oct 1859
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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1859
Page
1
Excerpt blends rural progress with moral instruction. It contrasts old travelways with modern roads and celebrates fearless riding. It then argues for married life, female influence, and a devout, active motherhood shaping virtue and gratitude. A church review weighs child encouragement over fault finding and praises country upbringing for character.
A moral exhortation urges kindness and truthful speak about neighbors. It condemns slanderers who harm reputations and foresees a world redeemed by Christian charity. The piece advocates private admonition and friendly correction to foster good will.
A Boston correspondent laments Sunday sermon hunting as crowds seek entertainment over worship. He argues many attend church for novelty, not to hear sermons, and that choosing dull preachers ruins worship and weakens prayer and praise.
A reflection on how strength derives from a full heart rather than education. A man fueled by love for a cause becomes powerful, capable of bold acts or noble defeat. It notes the danger of seeking others’ approval and the value of steadfast heart power in action and fame.
Mr. Smith sits at a boarding house table eyeing a fried fish with suspicion. The landlady queries if steamboats surprised fish when first launched. Smith retorts that the fish left its native element before steam boats were invented, then he receives his board bill with a hint his room is wanted.
In Frogpond a new schoolmarm Miss Eliza Neil arrives to teach the village, triggering rivalrous gossip among youths and old maids. Dorothy Diddle and Nicodemus Cowenbhage recount past affection as villagers crowd the church for the debut day amid flirtation and social scrutiny.
A boastful suitor Nicodemus and his brother attempt a serenade under Lizzie Neil's window. The reader overhears the comic jests and chooses to dump slops on the intruders, ruining their performance and ending their pursuit with a chaotic retreat.
A narrator recounts a tale of Nicodemus and Lisa-Neil as they conspire to elope. A misread hint reveals Dorothy Diddle as the true would be bride, provoking shock, a public scandal, and Nicodemus’s ruin while the narrator remains a misfit old maid in Frogpond.
The Atheneum article calculates global demographics: Europe and Asia dominate totals with 1 288 million people. It breaks down by region and religion, noting Christians, Jews, Asiatic religions, Mahometanism, and unclassified heathens, with major population centers like China and India exceeding the New World.
Dr Combe warns that sleeping after dinner is unhealthy and can cause alarming wakefulness due to rushed digestion. He says sleep is beneficial only for the healthy and excess sleep leads to loneliness and corpulence. Corpulent people should sleep little on hard beds and exercise more to reduce bulk.
A Gardner's Monthly correspondent reports placing small portions of chlorid of lime wrapped in calico into rat holes and pouring bleaching powder into drains. The treatment drove rats away for a year, then they returned. reapplication had the same effect, likely due to chlorine gas affecting their olfactory sense.
A 1643 Massachusetts colony entry prescribes that freemen use Indian corn and beans to manifest elections for assistants and public officers. Any freeman casting more than one corn or bean for a single choice forfeits ten pounds.
An apprentice named Sexvina tim Drvi. disputes punishment by his master asking how long he must serve the devil. The boy replies that his indenture ends in three months, reflecting a tense labor dispute and an implied release timeline.
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