04 Sep 1847
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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1847
Page
1
The notice sets weekly publication on Saturdays from Bayley at Bradford Street Bristol with subscriber rates in advance and single copies priced at six cents. It outlines advertisement pricing options, multi-week discounts, and column format details, noting penalties for late or discontinued payments and the newspaper’s policy on yearly advertisers.
An observer recounts grieving mothers and children with coffins carried on cotes and wagons through New York streets toward potters field. The piece notes neglect of the dead and the striking image of poverty and sorrow in urban burial customs. It also mentions Dr Sylvester’s claim of a process to harden the human body to marble and its dramatic demonstrations in London.
A reflective piece defining time as a fragment from eternity and the measure of duration. It argues time is a divine endowed resource, urging wise use to enrich the mind. neglect leaves one impoverished before God and man.
During an experiment a platina crucible is heated and sulphurous acid is introduced without contact with the crucible. When water is added the diluted acid rapidly vaporizes and the water freezes into ice within the red hot crucible, startling observers.
An astonished jobseeker witnesses a striking demonstration described as a piece of paturid magic. Invented by M Provostayac of France, the device illustrates heat radiating from high temperature bodies and the rapid spread of heat from evaporation.
A reader cites the Lancaster County Farmer proposing quicksilver mixed with egg white to kill bed bugs with a feathered application, while the Southern Planter extols a simple alcohol and corrosive sublimate solution as a more effective, cleaner, and quicker cure learned through experience.
A narrator warns a boy about petty theft from a shop counter and urges integrity. The tale contrasts a lump of sugar with large sums stolen, arguing that small beginnings lead to bigger crimes and that honesty is the better path.
A Blackwood's Magazine tale recalls an incident where a caller questions M. Dumas about his race and ancestry. Dumas responds with quiet defiance, naming his descent as a fact he will not conceal. The piece also notes Julius Sealigar on Latin accents and punctuation.
A reprint urges followers to practice love and mercy among neighbors churches and communities. It criticizes petty quarrels envy and strife and asks believers to curb divisions and work together for benevolent causes to uplift mankind.
A columnist urges readers to avoid discussions that devolve into scandal or crude talk, arguing that joining such conversations harms personal conscience and social standing among those who value propriety. The reflection cautions against participating in conversations that degrade virtue.
The passage urges readers to abandon laziness and embrace energy and prompt work. It extols action paired with cheerfulness, urging immediate effort, taking the first job, and striving for steady gains, framing small starts as the path to future fortune. It reflects on historical note about almanacks and tally sticks.
On a hot summer evening Maria a widowed mother sits at her cottage window with her six year old son Ferdinand as a sale threat looms. The villagers claim a debt from her late husband and the cottage may pass to Meyers heirs unless paid. Ferdinand comforts her and prays as a firefly lights the room signaling a fragile beacon of mercy and renewal.
A mother and her son uncover last year's account book behind a chest, proving the deceased husband owed 300 crowns at year start and partial payments. The discovery leads to a judge's recompense, a public vindication, and a renewed faith in divine guardianship. The tale ends with the heir offering forgiveness and urging trust in God.
Wesley related a strange tale of a wagon arrest of about a score of Methodists before a justice. The group faced questions on grounds of complaint, with one old man defending their legitimacy and faith while an angry crowd demanded their return to jail as indignities were leveled.
The readable lines show odd phrasing about goals and actions with scattered names. The fragment hints at a character speaking of certainty and a final action described as the last lick being broken in a surreal, cryptic exchange.
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