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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1877
Page
2
The Bristol Phone notes a cautious revival after years of low business, with steady employment growth and improved public sentiment. It cites political turmoil, calls for honest, unselfish enterprise, and optimism that prosperity will flow once capital renews reliable activity.
Our correspondent describes Madrid scenes including a lottery ticket seller at Puerta del Sol and visits to the Royal Armory, libraries, and gardens. The New York letter notes Carnival efforts, Roman horse race cruelty concerns, aquarium losses, wedding gift sales, and a proposal for a new northern county with Woonsocket as shire town.
The Prado is described as Madrid’s grand retreat and the Champs Elysees of the city where crowds gather daily. The text compares Madrid’s vitality to a perpetual carnival with all tastes indulged, even death, and notes a station farewell crowded with umbrellas bags and a pink coffin among travel goods.
St. Michael's Church opens Thursday evenings for divine service with sermon during Lent. Rev. Henry W. Rugg of Providence gave an engaging talk on Irish Character at Town Hall to a large audience. Bristol Bible Committee held its annual meeting with reports on Bible sales and donations and paid expenses.
The article details church committee appointments at St. Michael's and Trinity Episcopal, with selections of Perry’s vacancy and Comfort Tiffany’s removal, plus officer roles and depository arrangements for the year. It also covers Probate Court business including wills, administrators, guardians, inventories, and fees, with council budgeting and local public notices.
Editorial correspondence recalls Bristol Rhode Island’s enslaved and free Black residents. It notes Trinity Church’s work for colored people, mentions Polydore a near centenarian former slave, and reflects on historic slave trade ads and runaway notices, illustrating prior colony era attitudes and the shift toward charity.
Temple Palmer at 285 Westminster street announce heavy stock of canned goods canned in 1876 sold at fifteen cents for tomatoes and corn and eighteen cents for green peas per can. Goods guaranteed superior quality. Also notice urging consumptives to consider Schenck's Pulmonic Syrup Sea Weed Tonic and Mandrake Pills with testimonials and address in Philadelphia for advice.
Hon W H Jones of West Dover Vermont credits Wistars Balsam of Wild Cherry with curing a chronic cough that threatened consumption. After ten days the cough vanished and health returned. he keeps the remedy at home for family coughs. Distributed by druggists.
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