04 May 1878
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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1878
Page
1
A voice urges frugality and diligence as the sole path to independence. It warns that wealth comes to the hardest workers who save and live within means, noting five dollars or more in savings as the best proof of frugality and honesty.
Peletiah Perritt recalls a Sunday mishap in South Littleton when a corkless bottle of Col Bijah Peabody cider exploded in his coat tail during worship. The cider drenched him and Miss Libby, scattering laughter through the audience and haunting his name in the village for years.
A miscellany note compares a lie to a hiltless sword and warns it wounds the striker. It emphasizes discovering truth early is preferable to later regret. The aphorism frames honesty as prudent and dangerous deception as self-harm.
The piece reflects on reputation as a shadow, oversized when first seen and diminished after. it contrasts modesty and vanity, noting the vain avoid others like themselves while the gentle favor comrades. It likens sorrow to a heavy stone that both weighs and grounds, yet can aid effort like stones used by pearl divers.
A reflective meditation on how covetousness erodes faith and future hope. It portrays longing for present sensates as dulling perception of eternity, urging awareness of spiritual risk and interior guard against material craving.
A passage extols the value of a plain, agreeable companion who loves life and remains steadfast and obliging at all times, even above exchange for genius or wit.
The passage argues that true worth and happiness are not found in lofty positions. It praises humble, quiet homes where life is warm and gentle, likening them to a rivulet’s secluded hillside retreat.
A column contrasts punctuality as the soul of business with reflections on eternity. It discusses time's impact on professions, then shifts to hearing restoration and a humorous London anecdote about a man surprised by street noises after regaining hearing.
Advice from Hall's Journal of Health urges waking at daylight if sleep eludes you, avoid daytime napping, and keep a regular bedtime. It prescribes a week of strict wakefulness to gauge your true sleep needs and notes that regular early hours maximize rest efficiency.
The text extols the Nile as a wondrous river that runs for over a thousand miles with no tributaries, carrying four thousand years of deposits. It describes its bed as a savings bank, its role in Egyptian prosperity, and the river’s constant, unchanging presence through pharaohs and Ptolemies.
Gossip recounts how Pope Pius IX faced a salt tax monopoly. He asked Antonelli to pay a defiant salt tax farmer what would compensate him, forcing the official to bail out the loss. The farmer finally accepted, the tax ended, and the rogue learned a lesson.
A Philadelphia father recalls a three year old daughter who followed him to the chancel on communion Sunday. The child knelt with hands folded, touching many hearts as the clergyman called it the most beautiful sight he had seen.
The Salt River in Arizona runs fresh from the White Mountains to near the Gila but gains a strong saltiness from a side stream that pours from a large mountain. The mountain source is believed to contain vast rock salt. The salt river stream is rapid and 20 to 30 feet deep as it joins the Salt River.
A concise discourse on balancing gravitas with wit while conceding valid points. It urges credit where due and urges careful framing of the strongest rebuttal as the final, most impactful point.
A Birmingham grocers association agrees to limit paper weight used in wrap to fifty two pounds per ream. The move follows reports some traders cheat customers by using heavy paper weighed with sugar, though John Bull mocks Americans for being penny wise and pound foolish.
Public laws enacted during the January 1878 session include amendments to Chapter 134 of the General Statutes governing Mill Cove Warwick fisheries. Provisions impose forfeit penalties for dam and netting obstructions from March to November, with carve outs for certain bow nets and alewives fishing. The act reorganizes health authorities, replaces the Board of Cattle Commissioners with the State Board of Health, and sets board composition, duties, secretary role, and annual reporting obligations. It also preserves town boards of health while allowing city councils to appoint city boards, and addresses child protection enforcement and custody provisions across towns and cities.
An 1878 act amends Chapter 540 to set a twenty dollar forfeit for each trout taken between August 15 and March 1 each year. The act also repeals conflicting provisions and takes effect upon passage.
The act amends Chapter 498 to prohibit taking killing or selling wild pigeons from January 1 to August 10 with a fine of ten dollars per bird. It provides that the law takes effect upon passage.
Chapter 680 to establish a State Board of Health by appointing six members two from Providence and one from other counties. At least three appointees shall be educated physicians. The board investigates disease causes epidemics endemics and mortality, advises on prevention and publishes health information to the public.
The amendment to Chapter 170 adds rules for appeals from Probate Court to the Supreme Court including ten day filing of reasons of appeal, service on adverse parties, and court discretion to provide further notice. It clarifies that forms defective in jurisdiction do not invalidate orders when subject matter jurisdiction exists and allows amendments. Repeals inconsistent acts.
The provision defines a rig by the General Assembly as Section 1, prohibiting any person who has custody of a child under sixteen from exhibiting, employing, selling, apprenticing, or disposing of the child for rope or wire walking, beeping, or as a gymnast or contortionist in any vocation or service.
An 1878 act requires steam powered passenger cars to have a power brake operable by the engineer. Violations incur a $100 fine per offence with split restitution to complainant and the State. Exemptions apply to incidental passenger carriage in freight cars and dummy cars, effective August 1.
An 1878 amendment to the state revenue law sets a tax of twelve cents per every hundred dollars of ratable property. Towns must assess collect and pay this levy to the General Treasurer by January 1 each year as reported by the State Board of Valuation.
The act defines the fiscal year as January through December and sets yearly reporting dates for the General Assembly. It requires the General Treasurer and State Auditor to report by the May adjourned session and adjusts Secretary of State, City Council of Newport, and department reporting timelines. It also reorganizes duties for December examinations and quarterly salary payments starting January.
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