16 Oct 1847
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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1847
Page
1
The Bristol Phenix lists weekly Saturday issues by W M S Bayley at Bradford Street. Rates: two dollars in advance for individuals in town, same for distant subscribers. Advertising: one dollar per square per week, twenty cents per word for additional lines. yearly advertisers pay ten dollars annually with up to twenty insertions weekly.
Readers are urged to curb slander in daily life through Biblical and literary quotes. The American Tract Society promotes a tract on slander, with excerpts from Proverbs, Leighton, Johnson, and Jerome urging restraint, inner reform, and rebuke of gossipy tongues.
The passage reflects on a twenty first year resolution to live with design and purpose. It argues frugality should pair with liberality to avoid covetousness or prodigality and cites quotes from Penn and various authorities about women and lifestyle. It ends with humorous anecdotes on social conduct and temperance.
A year 1846 bill of fare lists household costs across categories such as bread butter milk meat and poultry, groceries, fuel candles wine and linen with extensive totals. The fragment outlines expenses in a historical domestic economy.
A writer using the sobriquet Jeremy Short recounts his experience on courtship and women. He argues lovers should speak through subtle cues and eyes, insisting modesty hides true feelings and a blush or trembling voice reveals love without words. He warns the echo of a lover’s footstep can stir the heart of a devoted suitor.
A long passage recounts Witchapung a noble Uncataquisset belle and her Pequot ward Mattepaid. It details ritual death scenes, family lineage, warrior pride, and a dramatic rescue as Wattehonks and Witchaeapung shield the captive. The narrative then shifts to early Plymouth era with Captain Walia.
A colonial saga recounts Morton and his followers at Mount Walliston near Quincy and Weymouth. Indians resist Morton's licentious landholding and drunken rule. Mattepoid rescues Witchucapong after abduction. Mass. authorities indict Morton. The 1680 Court of Assize at Boston convicts him for disorder and sets punishment proceedings.
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