20 Oct 1849
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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1849
Page
1
The notice lists rates for advertisers Nicola Dawley and W W H Dawley with terms in advance and quarterly schedules. It details single and repeated insertions, square measurements for ads, and penalties for continuations, plus limits on yearly advertisers and line counts.
Fragmentary verse celebrates reunion with old friends and the comfort of lasting friendship. It reflects on youth, aging, and the joy of meeting again, noting that share memories and support endure through difficult times.
The Washington News reports a flourishing windmill enterprise on the island. George Page designed a self adjusting windmill with thirty six pairs of sails enabling continuous operation with little human oversight. Five mills were built and sold to farms in Virginia and Maryland. The device uses sails that open or close per wind force to prevent overloading.
Instructions advise two applications of weak alum water to treat a stove blight. After cooling, brush with the mixture, then dry brush until the stove looks gray. Moisten a dry brush to mold the surface, then repeat before polishing for a dry, finished look.
An Newark Advertiser correspondent describes a simple method to preserve Isabella grapes through March. Dry box layering with grapes and cotton batting, placement in a dry warm area, and careful selection of stems prevent molding, yielding fresh fruit mid winter as a nutritious, wholesome food.
A fragmentary antique column discusses time’s passage, the end of eras, and human mortality with religious and scientific digressions. It includes remarks from Dr. Chalmers and a note on Geniva’s power to overcome resistance, plus brief curiosities on gold currency weight and social quirks.
A physician argues that women must be of first rate constitution to endure eight hours in a corset. He contrasts with an ox forced to labor, noting the ox would work only for breath. The tone reflects 19th century gender norms and commentary on fashion and work.
A garbled July Knickerbocker saga recaps a supposed Greenbush steamer accident near Albany to Troy. Bystanders dispute details as a crowd recalls the incident with slang and uncertain truth, mentioning a broken flue and passengers endangered aboard a hass-boat.
The 1784 Irish Parliament sent a bill to limit ranking privilege. It allowed a member unable to write to authorize another to frank for him, if he appended a certificate on the letter back confirming his illiteracy.
A humorous tale recounts a man who chased a pig into a room with a glazed window and leaped through it when the animal seemed bound to resist. The old man quips that he has the animal's dimensions, noting seven by nine exactly.
The piece condemns the hypocritical foreign observer who praises none and derides all from bias, then defines a great man as one who acts with duty, justice, and compassion, regardless of personal cost, defending the oppressed and challenging evil. It contrasts narrow localism with universal conscience.
Frank Donald returns to his sister Clara with news of his betrothal to Nerissa a noble hidden romance unfolds. Nerissa reveals her past and a mysterious foundling Neptune is cared for by a Quaker widow while Ophelia plots to win Frank through envy and deception.
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