16 Jun 1883
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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1883
Page
1
A Crinton Iowa advertisement describes testing a Wm Ellery watch case by submerging it in water and snow for months. It claims the case resists damage and remains dust proof and windable. The notice invites purchase through jewelers and cites a farmer buyer from last fall.
The poem contrasts modest comforts with wealth, praising a warm home. It celebrates gathering around the fireside, singing together, guiding others, and supporting each other through adversity. It urges love, mutual aid, and cherishing simple treasures found in friendship and faith.
A class prank with a skeleton and a closet key lands Joe McKenzie, known as Boots, in trouble. The teacher's swift temper leads to suspicion, a fall from a hatch, and a near expulsion. Joe proves innocent as six companions confess, the professor forgives, and Joe rises to become a respected professor himself.
The text extols education as the foundation of empire and urges prompt exact living, sincerity in speech, and kindness. It stresses true politeness, temperance, and steadfastness to right principles, citing Peter Cooper’s life as a model and warning against sacrificing ethics for favors. A small call for self denial over dishonor closes.
A religious reflection urges readers to rank holy values above worldly ties. It recommends listing friends gifts mercies joys and hopes with Christ pardon life and glory placed first in each list.
Advise treating the elderly with patience and respect as they move toward life’s end. Do not impose plans or control their choices. Offer soothing activities, thoughtful consideration, and ample occupation while honoring their autonomy and decisions.
A reflective column critiques people who promise support for good works yet never follow through. The piece mocks polite Christians who profess help, leaving organizers disappointed as excuses recur. It warns that some offer only greenback rhetoric and irredeemable currency.
The piece warns friendship is a rare sacred treasure and urges care to retain friends. It lists ways people lose friends through inattention, offense, or chasing new ties, and advises overlooking slights and quickly mending misunderstandings to avoid irreparable loss.
A deaf mute student at Mystic River learns articulation with Mr Whipple’s natural alphabet and successfully prays aloud for the first time. The tale recounts the emotional moment as the student reads the Lord’s Prayer in articulated form and speaks with her own lips for the first time.
The London Queen argues best furniture is not always the dearest. Old oak and hand crafted pieces retain value and character, while modern mass produced furnishings lack individuality and durability.
A Toledo Blade report describes the six to seven foot diamond rattlesnake of the Southern States. It notes its brown coat with diamond patterns, keen green eyes, deadly fangs seven-eights of an inch long, and venom sacs holding about half a teaspoonful. The piece emphasizes the snake’s calm demeanor until provoked and its near-certain fatal bite.
A dialect anecdote describes a girl suddenly clutching her neck with a cry of oh and asks if a stitch in the neck can be treated. The speaker jokes about throwing physic to the dogs and questions where a dog would touch such pain.
A Detroit father proposes to give his daughter a $49,000 dowry not in one lump sum but as an $8 weekly payment for sixty four years, joking that the plan will prevent speculation and ease the burden. The exchange quotes the suitor’s admiration, then the father’s humorous long term commitment.
Public Law act amends Sec 13 of Chapter 197 to allow complaint by State agencies and charities without requiring the complainant to give costs or personal recognizance. The measure, part of 1883 amendments, takes effect on passage.
An 1883 act adds Chapter 383 to public statutes. All fines collected under Chapter 97 and related child protection laws, when prosecutions are led by the Rhode Island Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, must be paid to the society to aid its incorporated purposes.
Chapter 380 updates private and public statutes governing Narragansett Bay oysters. It authorizes the Commissioners of Shell Fisheries to lease deep water lands for oyster cultivation for up to five years at no less than one dollar per acre annually. It requires state-funded surveying and platting with no lease charges to lessees and directs payment through the General Treasurer. All inconsistent acts repealed. act takes effect on passage.
Chapter 386 changes clerks salaries in Bristol and Washington counties to three hundred and five hundred dollars yearly. Chapter 387 prohibits liquor licenses within two hundred feet of public schools in Providence Newport Pawtucket and Woonsocket and within four hundred feet in other towns. Secretaries certify the truth of the copies.
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