25 Oct 1845
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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1845
Page
1
A mixed page item notes subscription rates and display ad pricing for The Phenex with yearly charges and box limits. It also presents a poem titled The Sleep of the Sailor Boy by Emeline C Cowles, recounting a sailor’s voyage, longing, and return to home and grave beneath the sea.
Rhode Island 1845 law establishes a Commissioner of Public Schools for one year terms and sets annual public school funding of twenty five thousand dollars. The act directs apportionment by May to towns based on children under fifteen and outlines authority to issue orders, regulate reporting, and visit school districts to promote uniform, improved schooling statewide.
A historical document outlines the establishment of teacher institutes and a normal school, plus inspectors and certificates for teachers. It details town powers to form primary districts, fund schools, and allocate state aid, then shifts to a critique of aristocracy and a pastor’s tale on preaching to different age groups.
A sea seasoned storyteller explains his sketches drawn from voyages between 1828 and 183 years kept in a journal. He writes in sailor dialect, promises vivid sea phrases, and recounts a vanished harbor scene with a ship, landlords, a chest, and a liberated voyage as they sail from the city.
An 1820s ship Java lies at Central wharf ready to sail as a lively breeze fills the sails. Preparations clash with a late cook and a green hand who nearly causes a collision with a brig, bringing swift repairs and tense moment aboard the bustling vessel.
The narrator recalls a voyage aboard the Java led by Captain N and Burl’s sea dreams. He watches the Cape pass, describes a sunset at sea, and muses on immortality, faith, and memory, interweaving mythic shorelines with reflections on Lowell’s city life and worship.
A chaotic mosaic of 17th century printing feats, moral vignettes, and odd anecdotes. Notes on Samuel Greene and early American printing, a Puritan moral piece on opium with grim detail, and a humorous steamboat supper scene illustrating social pretensions and politeness gone awry.
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