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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1855
Page
1
Publication details for a Bristol Rhode Island weekly under W J Bayley. Rates described for subscribers and non residents, half yearly advance, display charges per square and per insertion, religious obituaries and political notices treated as advertisements.
A reflective poem laments fading nature and lost lovers as birds hex and flowers fade with season, while urging a heavenly guidance to enduring blossoms beyond earthly life. The verses travel through songbirds, roses, and summer light toward a spiritual yearning.
The Herald of Gospel Liberty portrays certain preachers as peace makers who avoid direct attacks on sin, align with worldly comforts, and preach generalities. It argues such sermons fail to convict, neglect moral clarity, and render rebuke ineffective against wickedness.
A critical, strongly worded attack mocks ministers who avoid tackling moral issues in sermons. It targets clergy who ignore sins like Sabbath breaking, intemperance, oppression, and rum trade, accusing them of timidity and stalled reform.
Joseph Medill on leaving the Cleveland Leader delivers pithy remarks on newspaper publishing. He argues publishers are under rewarded for heavy labor and risk, while readers and advertisers profit and press profits go to others. He notes editors and printers sustain towns, railroads, and industry, yet receive only a miserable pittance.
The piece notes sixty six books in the Holy Writ are attributed to over thirty writers. It highlights Paul as the prolific author of half the New Testament and John as next in prominence, then reflects on the lack of formal education among these figures. It contrasts Moses and John’s fates and laments the scant biographical details about their lives.
In a sea storm a chaplain asks a sailor if danger remains. The sailor quips that if the wind stays strong they will be in heaven before twelve tonight. The chaplain reacts with fear shouting The Lord forbid.
Dr Gaspar of Berlin estimates bachelor mortality at 4 percent for ages 27 to 45 versus 1 percent for married men. The gap widens with age: at 40, 78 married men to 41 bachelors. at 60, 48 married to 22 bachelors. at 70, 27 married to 11 bachelors. at 80, 9 married to 3 bachelors. No bachelor is known to have lived to 100.
An essay traces the shift away from phrenology and the belief that high foreheads mark beauty. It notes historical preference for low foreheads among artists and poets, citing Lycoris and Martial, and argues nature favors modest, gentle foreheads despite changing fashions.
A Ludlow family plays a prank on a young boy known as the drollest member. Bribed to sleep early so he could attend church, the boy arrives Sunday in a night wrapper and cloth cap, calling out to his upset parents. The scene amuses onlookers in the Lafayette Journal.
An early discussion extols apples as nourishing food rich in sugars acids and nutrients. It cites Cornwall England as viewing ripe apples nearly as nutritious as bread and surpassing potatoes for laborers. It notes 1901 scarcity and widespread apple use in France and Germany for meals and sustenance.
Alex Mc Cracken a Scotchman who came to America with Burgoyne and was captured with his army died in Colchester Connecticut on the 23d instant at age 104.
The jury directed to bring a prisoner in guilty upon his own confession returned a verdict of not guilty. The foreman told the judge that the prisoner is so great a liar they cannot believe him.
An Irish bricklayer suffers a severe fall from a house top and is taken to Edinburgh Infirmary. When asked the accident time he replies “Two bone your honor.” He explains he guessed the hour because he could see people at dinner through a window as he descended.
In a New York courtroom a drunken prisoner named Blobb is exposed as Robert Kidd before the judge. He belts songs and dodges questions, recites verses about Sally and Norma, and finally is marched off after a $10 fine. The piece includes a riot of slang, dialect, and comic banter.
A Cincinnati woman recounts a humorous miscommunication with an Irish maid. The mistress expects sausages for tea for visiting company but learns the sausages are literally in the tea pot as the maid mistook the phrase for tat.
A historic guide describes curing hams with eight pounds of green alum salt and two pounds brown sugar per hundred pounds, plus saltpetre pearlash and water. Hams are soaked, drained, dried, then smoked with green wood until rind turns dark brown, then packed cool. The piece ends with a proverb contrasting riches and self knowledge.
A clergyman catechises youths in a church aisle where a young printer named Huber from Hamilton Street is mentioned as a consolation question reply. The scene centers on the exchange between the frightened girl and the priest who presses for an answer.
A parson at a grave misreads the deceased sex asking a mourner if a brother or sister. The reply is Neither, it is a Couvieste. A wag asks about matches and the retailer offers Burr’s pills as a trotting match.
A narrator describes being awakened by bedbugs and a chaotic escape attempt. He recounts tearing at his clothing to free himself, swatting insects, sweeping a space, and hiding beneath furniture as bedbugs swarm and circle him. The tense tale ends with the speaker noting curious creatures and his incredulous companions.
The fragment hints at a cryptic phrase or name sequence. Readable parts point to a possible personal name and a thematic reference, but details are unclear and no coherent event or context emerges for a full card.
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