Bristol Phenexbury Weekly Ad Rates and Address
Bristol Phenex publishes weekly on Saturdays at 40 Bradford Street Bristol R I Bayley. Terms for subscribers: town two dollars, distant one dollar per year payable in advance. single copies four cents at the office. Advertisements one dollar per square for three weeks, twenty cents each subsequent insertion. Twelve lines equal a square. Yearly advertisers ten dollars per year, paper included, limited to 18 lines per week and to their own immediate business.
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Bristol Phenex
Bradford Street
Bristol
W. A
Bayley
The Schoolmarm Seeks Spelling Match and Love
A spoof from the Spirit of the Times presents a schoolteacher in a silent class bent on reforming youths by spelling. The teacher vows to trap a nice suitor with a spelling plan while bidding farewell to her students and debating love.
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N. Y
Sroonpairr
Oniona
The Way to Get On in the World and Its Hard Lessons
A 19th century essay extols humble labor and self made success through persistent work. It highlights sacrifice for others, willingness to start at the bottom, and the virtue of humility as key to advancement, citing William Whitfield and practical routes from farming to journalism.
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Company of Engineers
Mr. Allen
Away for ever with selfish foppery and idle habite
A London Christian Penny Magazine quote urges youth to abandon vanity and pride and to discipline themselves. It contrasts sinking in spirit with rising to opulence and recalls the line He faithful over a few things, and be made ruler over many.
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London Christian Penny Magazine
Love and affection as life’s highest wealth and duty
An exhortation praising love as Heaven’s element and God’s heart. It urges cherishing family bonds, filial and parental affection, and universal kindness, urging readers to cultivate warm, extensive love within the household and toward all creation.
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Jesus’Christ
Earth
Heaven
Great Men and Trifling Habits From History
A collection of anecdotes shows famed figures like Dr Johnson Batton Routh and Schlegel relying on quirky rituals and items such as shoes in bed slippers garters braces and a potus porter to influence their day work or study habits as recorded in the Monthly Journal. The piece emphasizes how notable people are affected by small routine acts.
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Dr. Johnson
Bull Court
Batlon
Routh
Oxford
Keisher
Erie
Sophacles
Potus Porter
Schlegel
Wheeler
Allen
Presen
Setudied
Mr. Allen
Buenos Ayres
Callao
Gravity of a cow chewing cud surpasses all says Boyle
Professor Boyle of the Dublin Freeholder remarks that the combined gravities of judges doctors legislators clergy and others pale beside the simple yet profound gravity of a cow chewing her cud proving nature outshines human pretensions in a pointed comparison.
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Boyle
Dublin
Military Pride: Farmer Elected Corporal in Local Company
A farmer is chosen as corporal in a military company. His wife debates the family gain from the rank and asks if their children may play with neighbors now. A neighbor’s child asks if everyone is a corporal. the mother clarifies only the couple hold the rank.
Sun and Heir Quip Ends in Domestic Turmoil
A cross grained vixen visits a physician for advice. The doctor suggests sun and air. She retorts with scandalized malice, calling him an abominable critter and lamenting an heir and fan. The scene closes with the old maid tam oosing and vanishing.
Housemaid Discovers Gentleman Preparing Teeth During Dinner
A housemaid sent to fetch a gentleman finds him using an ooth brush. The mistress jokes that he is coming, while the servant adds he is sharpening his teeth, revealing a playful domestic scene in old etiquette.
Unmanageable Whip Analogy Sparks Guidance Theme
A reflective line compares some men to an unmanageable whip lacking the crucial guiding rope. It suggests that without proper direction the tools of progress are useless, highlighting the need for discipline and proper guidance to reach a goal.
Between Two Tailors at a Public Table
A beau at a public table jokes about being between two beginner tailors who just started their own business and can only afford to keep one goose between them. The lighthearted exchange highlights small shop ventures and urban life.
Brass key to the bank spotted near McKinney’s store
An Irishman cried out in the streets that a large brass key was found between twelve o'clock and McKinney's store on Market Street. He refused to reveal what it unlocked but claimed it was the key to the bank.
Complaint to the Principal About Clerical Abuse
A passerby reports he was insulted by clerks at a public space and seeks redress by notifying the principal. He states he has been abused and asks the principal to address the incident.
Village teacher asks pupil to name letter through pun
A village pedagogue, in despair with a stupid boy, pointed to the letter A and asked him if he am it. The boy replies Yes and guesses the letter, then feigns memory of the name, leading to a humorous misunderstanding.
New York Birth Delivers Conjoined Twins and Mother's Death
A New York woman gave birth last week to conjoined twins joined at the breast and abdomen by a fleshy connection. The infants were alive at birth but died shortly after, and the mother did not survive long after delivering the children.
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New York
The Value of Learning and Its Life Impact
A dialogue between two boys on schooling reveals a belief in immediate usefulness versus long term gains. Years later the electrician and the merchant contrast, showing how choices gate future careers and the cost of neglecting education.
Conservative Beer and Pork Cure Recipe Published Again
A Philadelphia area reader shares a historical pickle method for curing beer and pork. The process uses water salt saltpetre and sugar boiled to remove impurities then cooled and poured over meat, requiring several days to marinate with occasional saltpetre sprinkling.
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Tel Graph
Germantown
Insects Dream Of A Jovial Life In Ivory Palace
A whimsical Norse fragment imagines insects living like royalty in a palace of ivory and pearl, with silver pillars and gold capitals, surrounded by fragrance and endless rest, a dream of carefree repose in a rose petal bed.
Baron's Gutter Awakening In Gotham Farce
Clergyman David Jones, a flamboyant figure in Gotham, is surprised by a voice from the gutter on Broadway. The caller, a man laid in a kennel, claims Jones converted him the previous Sunday and mockingly cites the convert as botch-work.
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Baron Woak
David Jones
Gotham
Broadway
Neighbor Jones
A Wine Fool Chooses Death By Old Age
A buffoon offended the sovereign and faced a death sentence. On his knees he begged for mercy, and the monarch offered only a single choice of death. The jester, craftily, asked to die of old age and received the option to decide his fate.
Honest Dutcy Cook Narrates Hanover Era Dish Theft
When George the First arrived from Hanover to ascend the throne he brought an honest cook. The cook resigns after confessing thefts of fowls pigs joints and pies draining the royal kitchen. The king responds that revenue will cover losses and urges present restraint.
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George the
Hanover
Ass Theft Case Ends in Seven Year Transport
In Sligo Ireland Owen Getheo stood trial for stealing an ass belonging to Patrick Feeney. Feeney’s identification hinged on the animal’s distinctive marks and the voice he claimed only he and the beast shared. The thief was found guilty and sentenced to seven years transportation.
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Asa
Sligo Assines
Ireland
Owen Getheo
Patrick Feeney
Pat
Patrick
Faix
Clerk of the Crown
Man 104 Fined in St Louis for Drunkenness
A 104 year old man in St Louis was fined after a brief drunkenness incident. The report notes the unusual age and the legal action taken following the offense.
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St. Louie
Plowing Lesson From English Fields on Furrow Quality
A farmer’s guide extols deep straight narrow furrows over wide cut and cover plowing. The writer notes English counties prize uniform seed covering and exact lines, urging readers to test six inch wide furrows before returning to broader slices.
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Westmoreland
Cumberland
England
Waves on the Atlantic Height and Speed Reported at Tate Meeting
Rev Dr Scoresby read a paper at the British Association describing Atlantic wave height from trough to crest at 43 feet and an average velocity of 32 miles per hour. He noted this agrees with Mr Scott Rosssell’s 1845 observations of 30 to 31 miles per hour.
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Atlantic
Tate
British Association
Dr. Scoresby
Scoresby
Association
Scott Rossel
A Yankee in London Describes the Great Metropolis
A wandering Yankee writes of London with about three million people and diverse women and children. He recounts seeing lions and Jenny Lind and details a theatre access trick by pinning up his frock coat to enter dressed as a gentleman.
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London
Jenny Lind
The Doctor's Coat and the Happy Man
A doctor returns a coat to his tailor over a poor fit. At a funeral the tailor notes the doctor is fortunate since bad work never harms him. The happiest people are those who help others with encouragement, kindness, and generosity to their neighbors.
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Oxford
George Whiteld
Ths Tabernacle
Goldex
Conjon
Inheritance, Food Origins and Global Fruits
A reflection on how a father’s care and virtue endure beyond wealth and how a son’s health and education guard a patrimony. Then a survey of fruit origins citing France, Cyprus, Caliph, Ascalon, Pontus, Media, Castana, Persia, Syria, Sidon, and America, noting global sources of modern produce.
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France
Cyprus
Cas
Ascalon
Pontus
Media
Castana
Asia Minor
Persia
Syria
Sidon
America
World
Auctioneer Sells Drew's Essay as Shoemaking Book
At a late English sale the auctioneer offered Drew's Essay on Souls which a shoemaker bought. The buyer joked aloud asking if any more works on shoemaking were for sale, to the amusement of the crowded room.
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England
Drew
New England town answer to a stranger about what is raised
A passerby asks what can be raised in rough land. The reply notes limited produce but emphasizes building schools and churches and raising men. The author reflects that prosperity hides gloom, and hope shines like flowers on a barren bog, akin to nature’s hidden mines.
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New England
Ziiza Cook
Quotes on Time Truth and Virtue from 19th Century Nonsense
A garbled montage of aphorisms and literary excerpts cites time as Truths greatest ally and humility as her constant companion while weaving in lines from Eliza Cook and Dickens. The fragmentary text quips about conversation, curiosity, virtue, and "great men" in a undefined period voice.
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Eliza Cook
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