11 Dec 1869
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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1869
Page
1
Rates listed for advertisements including $1,000 per square for one week and 25 cents per additional insertion. Short notices on marriages and deaths double the price. Transient ads prepaid. Yearly contracts offered with limits on advertising to the advertiser’s own business. Ads due by Thursday noon for next issue. religious obituary and political notices counted as advertisements.
A penny paper called The Morning Star will be issued from The Evening Press office next Monday morning. It will carry all the news and sell for one cent.
An elderly, destitute Henry Beaumont visits his niece Mrs Beaumont and her sister Anna Lowe. He reveals himself as their uncle and recounts past misfortunes. He wins a warm welcome from Anna Lowe and her family, disrupts the Beaumonts’ snobbery, and hints at hidden wealth.
A miscellany piece reflects on the enduring significance of the American republic and the Civil War era, quoting Rev. R. S. Storrs on national struggle, followed by health advice on sleep. It emphasizes rest’s role in morality and efficiency, listing factors for better sleep and warning of sleep disruption from illness and stress.
A collage of temperance verses linking alcohol to vice and a humorous Quaker-referencing wedding anecdote. The long piece recounts Old Nick and the fire of intemperance, then shifts to Rev. D and a rural marriage scene where a minister arrives to wed a couple with comic interruptions.
The excerpt defines a christian pound yard ton and bushel with precise measures and warns that conscience governs actions. It contrasts the torment of guilt with the constant aid of a conscientious inner guide. It ends with Jimmy M a young boy noting wealth growth in a growing family. In Aunt Marys news Jimmy frets about inheritance as twins join the family.
An anecdote from Manchester Vermont recalls George at the Vermont House Deaf to hearing, stealing a pig for owed wages, and a boastful quip about making the pig squeal. A second tale set in Bagdad features a miserly merchant and a porter who poisons the last para of bread with a parable twist.
A veteran narrator tells two comic episodes. One describes a hoop snake encounter with a farmer and his hired man, who blows up a hoe handle like a pistol after a snake strike. The other recalls Pat the hostler, drunken banter with General B, and a joke about extra duty and rations.
A Connecticut Methodist preacher received Thanksgiving gifts including four turkeys two geese four pairs of chickens and other meats. He shared portions with the poor but at year end stewards deducted market value from his salary as payment for the gifts, which the writer condemns as mean.
A polite traveler asks about taking milk. an old lady rebukes him and explains she strained the milk after learning a tral o was drowned in it. The exchange hints at a rural incident and a cautionary response from the woman.
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