Poem Excerpt Blesses a Little One
A brief verse by Edgar Fawcett pleads blessings for a child while describing a mellow lamp light gilding the hair on a cradle. The domestic, tender scene emphasizes familial affection and protection.
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Bristol Phoenix in Bristol, Rhode Island
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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1870
Page
1
Milk Inspection and Public Notice Powers Expanded by Act
The act empowers city mayors and town councils to appoint Milk Inspectors who publish notices, record names and places of sale, test milk samples, and publish results. Penalties include fines for noncompliance and for adulterated milk sales. Inspectors must publish notices three times in local papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Assembly
RoMe
Nnl
Winch
Gownie
Amendment to district voting rules at town meetings
The act amends Chapter 25 to require only a moderator and clerk to open polls for civil officer voting in district meetings. It applies to towns divided into districts and becomes effective upon passage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Assembly
Enid
Nocturnal Shark Rescue and a Convict Mystery at Plumstead
A London Review记 recounts a night guard at the Royal Arsenal near Plumstead Marshes where a shark contest ends with landing a twelve foot fish and a violent accident with a handspike. A later discovery reveals the dead body of a convict in the guard box, traced to a practical joke by a careless sentry, leading to court martial and hospital recovery for the sender.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Indies
Royal Arsenal
Plumstead
Arsenal
Thames
Wood
Damaca
Port Royal
Shark
50Th Regiment
Jack
Justicia
Lockgate
Boxa
Martha
The Influence of Character on Faith and Change
The piece argues that Christ and early Christians relied on character to spread faith. It cites Paul and David to show silent influence, noting that moral wholesomeness shapes others more than words. It highlights unpretending individuals who inspire lifelong faith and holiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ
St Paul
David
Heaven
The Allure of Pleasure and Its Hidden Consequences
A reflective piece on self discipline and the fallout of indulgence. It argues that habits shape health and fate, noting how denial of immediate pleasures or ignorance of their harm leads to later regret, and urges readers to assess past actions. It emphasizes personal responsibility for sickness and life quality.
Neapolitan Strings for Musical Instruments Highlighted
An English paper notes the long history of string making in the Abruzzi and Neapolitan provinces. It details how treble strings are crafted in Naples from small intestines, processed with alkaline, alum, and sulphur, then polished and dried. The piece lists Italian towns where this industry thrives, and mentions a 1767 French introduction via Lyons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vion Strimas
Abruzzi
Naples
Tully
France
Lyons
Italy
Guibbie
Foligno
Bologna
Venice
Vicenza
Padua
Verona
Bassano
Fashion harms women’s health and character in old observations
An essay-like lament on fashion pressuring women to neglect physical strength and moral vigor. It contrasts the kitchen maid’s vitality with fashionable women’s fragility and empty pursuits. A second anecdote recounts a Baptist preacher’s pulpit prank involving an ear trumpet during a sermon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orden
Do good to thy friend and keep virtue in fortune
An old proverb style reflection urges kindness to friends to foster friendship, while admonishing enemies to temper response and urging self governance of speech during adversity. It emphasizes virtue and prudent conduct over flattery or vice.
Goop Creep and Ward Beecher Farm Creed Highlights
A fragment recalls Trenty Ward Beecher editing in Indiana and sharing an agricultural creed. He advocates small farms, deep plowing, soil fertility, and industry. He praises fences, stock, orchards, and a bright household, while opposing neglectful farmers and moral laxity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenty Ward Beecher
Indiana
Death Threat and Hanging Hoax in Dutch Household
A Belgian report describes Agwife in Mlessingue Holland threatening her husband with death in a staged scene. She rigged a rope above the sitting room floor to appear as his death, but he only pretended sleep and indecisive misfires led to chaos. Police arrest the wife for alleged murder attempt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mlessingue
Holland
Bay Husband
Sean
Ceandle
Aurder
le Nard
Brussels
Unseen motives behind a man’s fatal murder
A man linked to the killing of his wife and a child reveals how alcohol, family, friends, and social pressure shaped his life. The piece argues drink fueled his downfall, noting alcohol was central from childhood through adulthood and that many urged him to drink at events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elis
Wevedl
Hin
Hoax report of a cruel dog and cat death demand
A rash hoaxer in a large English town spread word of a wealthy old spinster leaving a bounty for anyone who brought a dead dog or cat to a specified house. The aim was a cruel mass sacrifice of pets, supposedly to spare them from ill treatment, but the charity’s residence could not be found and the ruse caused widespread alarm.
Never declare a man lost until burial in a hopeless grave
A preacher urges optimism in salvation, insisting no one is beyond redemption. He recalls watching a former degraded woman rise to a respected family head, emphasizing that God can save any person and never leaving room for despair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Tyny
Advertising Rates and Policies Advised by Publisher
Rates listed for advertisements at 1 004 square for one week with notices and marriages deaths categorized as advertisements. Transient ads must be prepaid. Yearly contracts offered on terms. Yearly advertiser privileges limited to immediate business. Hand in by Thursday noon to ensure next issue. Obituary and political notices charged as ads.
Tlow To Fatten A Poor Horse
Rural notes describe methods to fatten a undernourished horse by changing feed. Mix ground flax seed barley oats and corn or corn meal with cut hay, start with three times daily four to six quarts, then increase while the horse finishes feed. Avoid overloading the rack and feed only what the animal will clean.
How to Keep Fowls Healthy and Clean
A correspondent shares practical poultry care tips. Clean the house weekly, use wood ashes under roosts, iron basins for drinking, hot lime whitewash, and kerosene on roosts monthly. Feed oats daily, with a larger ration when penned. avoid disease by keeping birds active and clean.
Feeds Cutting Straw Mix Cuts Horse Feed Costs
A farmer reports an experiment using chopped straw mixed with corn meal and bran to feed horses. He says a weekly 200 pounds of the mix costs less than two thirds of uncut hay and whole grain, with the mix given twice daily and stored in large bins for constant supply.
Varnish for Soft Shoes and Harness Suggested by Hall's Journal
The Hall's Journal of Health discourages greasing upper leather as it rots leather and invites dampness. It proposes a surface varnish made from gum shellac alcohol camphor lampblack and requires three days to dissolve and five minutes to dry. It stays on the surface and excludes water, offering a superior finish for shoes and harness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
Journal of Health
The Birk or A Hoast in Turf Advice
A Turf Field and Farm writer notes that horses kept together may injure each other in play as jaws lock during biting. The report says the teeth may crack or be forced from the jaw as the horse cannot release its grip, requiring action to free the mouth.
Ocean life diversity beyond surface nourishment theories
Fragmentary passage notes abundant animal life from surface to bottom in the ocean. It questions the theory that all animals depend on reguinhte life for nourishment, suggesting it may not apply to the main ocean or much of the Earth's surface.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wells
Joseph P Thomson
HK Welle
Charater
J G Spurzheim M
Joe Shew
M D
Maslin
Jonathan Pereira
Charles A Lee
Hove
George Combe
Bruss
Edinburgh
Anthropological Society
Stew G
Andrew Cowbe
MDA
Muslin
Benny
Aunna Chambers Ketchum
Enoch Arden
People
J G. Spurzheim
M. D Maslin
Broadway
New York
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