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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1869
Page
1
A reflective piece urges choosing hope and service over fretful doubt. It contrasts a sunny spirit and faithful acts with the stormy mood of worry, asserting that joyful meaning comes from love, prayer, and doing God’s will. The text champions childlike faith, mothers’ prayers, and simple deeds as richer than wealth.
Rhode Island and Providence Plantations public laws enacted during the January session of the General Assembly. The record notes passage of statutes with potential amendments and effective dates affecting state governance and public policy.
An act amends Chapter 748 to provide for the payment of witness fees. It names officers selected by the Attorney General to keep records, disburse funds, and make returns. In Providence County the annual compensation is one hundred dollars, and twenty five dollars in other counties. The act takes effect immediately upon passage.
In a rural home, a year-old baby named Madge disappears while left with sister Bell. After frantic search through rooms, closets, and outdoors, the child is found sitting upright in the kitchen oven, eating blackberries from a pie. Bell scolds and the pair prepare an early tea as punishment ends.
A letter from George Catlin discusses rocks and rivers across the Americas. He describes a vast river beneath the Rocky Mountains feeding the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico, linking to the Gulf Stream, with mentions of Andean vaults and the Antilles sinking due to ancient cataclysms. The piece includes Catlin's reflections on labor and moral exhortation urging work and charity.
A Pittsfield Times writer reflects on old fire practices and wages in two eras. The first ends forty years ago with tinder boxes flint and steel and hand carried sparks. Neighbors lent fuel or coals but seldom asked for returns, while anger and poverty tempered behavior.
A well to do Ohio farmer dies and his widow and three children are haunted by a ghost. A visiting friend, unwilling to be scared, waits armed at the stair foot. Midnight noises reveal the intruder is the bereaved wife’s husband’s brother impersonating a specter to steal a farm and property.
The brain is an organized medium through which the mind receives and imparts knowledge. It generates thought, and its adequacy nourishes mental vigor. Perception alone can yield scholars who do not reason or originate new ideas, following the beaten path.
The passage argues that every person shapes others through daily actions. It asserts that goodness begins with a good character, which then spreads positive influence. It likens virtue to sunlight guiding planets and states wholehearted devotion to duty and God makes one share in His nature and produce good in others.
John Ellips, Oxford geology professor, surveys Vesuvius theories and mineral content. He concludes volcanic action stems from an inferior silicated fluid warm to water and air, driving eruption by expanding water. He disputes Davy and Danbeny, citing globe heat as the fluid’s source.
The saying counsels patience in choosing a friend and caution in changing him. It urges courtesy to all, intimacy with few, and to regard no one by poverty or by status. It emphasizes steady trust and measured judgment in human value.
A columnist argues that Wapat prefers natural behavior over outdated sentiments about women’s marriage. The piece criticizes the idea that young ladies should become less thoughtful and more costly in behavior after nuptials.
A moral exhortation urges readers to consider life’s end and to place trust in Christ rather than worldly pleasures wealth or status. It emphasizes living soberly righteously and wisely, warning that earthly ties fade at death. The message frames faith as the true foundation beyond fashion and social rank.
A tale of Squire Johnson a deft lawyer who manipulated a bootmaker dispute. He coaxed Smith to withdraw by paying the five dollars owed, took a fee, and earned future business as Jones praised the clever handling. The anecdote portrays legal cleverness and self-interest.
A poor boy offers ripe berries and cautions against cheating in a simple exchange. The narrator and the boy discuss temptation and honesty noting that even without wealth a person can be rich by remaining truthful, while stealing makes one poorer in character.
Josh Billings offers a humorous essay praising the cockroach as a domesticated, amiable pest. He describes its life cycle, color, and hardy habits, noting its harmlessness, lack of bite or sting, and odd ease with butter and sugar. The piece blends satire with observational quirks.
Facts for Farrers outline practical farming results from a single farmer. He prefers surface manuring with compost and ashes to keep nutrients near roots, argues atmospheric loss is minimal, and cites mixtures of muck night soil and hen manure as effective. A green, clover-rich pasture and improved grasses follow annual top dressing and ash applications.
The article explains wood and coal ashes differ in composition and benefits for crops. Wood ashes provide potash and lime with less lime in general, while coal ashes supply sandy matter and lime and feed fast growing May to June crops. Coal ashes aid cereals and early harvests. on grass, strawberries, radishes, and peas a light spread helps profitability.
A fragment argues a farmer’s poverty or prosperity is evident through surroundings such as horses, cattle, wagons, fences, fields, and family. Passersby will judge character and effort by visible evidence, urging farmers to improve for personal standing and honesty.
Cor., County Gentlemen. Advice on potato cultivation from a period piece note. Beginners should not fuss over eye count or piece size and should avoid using potatoes smaller than a turkey egg. Plant rows three feet apart with sets in the row and apply fall manure to improve yield and uniformity.
Instructions describe mixing water with sulphur components and wait times, then boiling in an iron kettle. After settling, sprinkle the solution freely on the walks. The fragment notes quantities and a specific process for application.
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