28 Oct 1843
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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1843
Page
1
A historic weekly notice outlines subscription rates for two dollars yearly and six cent single copies, with advertisements at one dollar per square for three weeks. The issue also reports on a water clock exhibited in New York and a temperance anecdote from Mr. Lewis Tappan about the Acadian voyage.
An acquaintance buys 620 acres in Wisconsin at two dollars per acre with total costs around 4500 and expects about 21 700 bushels worth, yielding roughly 6000 net profit. In Brody a Count venerates bed bound life, living long in bed yet receiving visitors and reading death accounts with interest.
In 1776 Jacob Munsell, a 45 year old transporter for the American forces near Boston, refused to yield the road to two carriages carrying generals. The forward carriage demanded he move, and Munsell retorted with a bold retort. The second carriage carried General Washington, who acknowledged the rough road and the episode. The Hartford Courant notes the teller’s reliability.
The foot of the horse is described as a remarkable mechanism with about five hundred horn laminae forming a complex lining. These laminae act as elastic springs to support the animal’s weight, totaling around four thousand across all feet, arranged to bear heavy shocks with oblique forces for safety and endurance.
A fragment shows a pub conversation where a stranger accuses a man of different statuses until a divorced man is revealed. It also includes a joke about a child seeking jelly and ice cream, and a reflective note on mutual aid from V O Pir.
The column quotes sermons and religious reflections on sin repentance and the gospel. It includes lines on mutual aid as a moral obligation and the gospel’s power to transform hearts and endure afflictions. An advertisement mentions Mary Ada Smith seeking publicity for a marriage matter with John Smith missing.
A battered veteran speaks at a meeting in New Hampshire sharing a tale of ruin and redemption. He recounts a life at sea and distant lands, his drunkenness, loss of family, and vow to stay sober and guide his wandering brethren toward society. He urges youth to keep pure hearts and pledge sobriety as the path to moral renewal.
Fragmented excerpts explore virtue and tact in society, contrasting feminine delicacy with public virtue. A power figure asks aid for party principles, met with skepticism. The piece shifts to praise of sweet sounds and the voice as conduit of devotion and joy, ending with a quip from Henry IV during Amiens visit about tired orator.
An observer chronicles Vanity Fair at the valley’s end where a cavern hosts a mystic giant and a railroad to the Celestial City. The city hums with ministers scholars and commerce while pilgrims ponder truth versus illusion and the value of conscience in a market of vanities.
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