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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1869
Page
2
The article discusses the relation between capital and labor, arguing labor creates wealth and urging employers to treat workers as partners. It cites libraries and lectures for workers, notes that skilled labor needs thinking, and praises generative ideas from thoughtful labor. It honors General Rawlins and highlights his integrity and service.
The article reflects on people returning from travel to enjoy home comforts and family peace after a hot term. It notes the contrast between distant journeys and the safer, familiar life at home with clean food and calmer hours. A series of brief incidents follow, including a kitten litter found on a doorstep and a note about a found infant with a five dollar bill.
Monday evening a farewell reception for Mr. L A Bishop was held at his residence on Jackson Street for Morton Street Sabbath School teachers and adults. Afterward younger residents serenaded on the Common with the song When shall we all meet again. Bishop, longtime superintendent of the school, received a chrome painting of Grace Darling as a token of appreciation from the school. He spoke briefly in his characteristic eloquence.
A severe south east gale struck on Wednesday causing extensive destruction across the town. Hundreds of trees fell blocking streets, chimneys toppled, ships damaged, buildings unroofed, and wharves wrecked. Losses estimated high though lives were not reported.
A 11 year old boy confessed to fatally shooting his grandmother Mrs John Sparhawk as she sat with women in Walpole on Saturday. The pistol report and smoke were seen by witnesses but the shooter remained unknown until the boy admitted the deed on Monday stating he killed her to remove a obstacles in a quarrel.
The captain of the schooner Sarah E Jones arrived at Newburyport to discharge coal but found no buyers to receive it. The coal was bought months ago and should have been delivered then, and prices have risen by two to three dollars per ton since the contract. The parties refuse delivery unless a compromise on terms is reached.
The Rochester pest season sees Potato Worx destroying Wahule fields and meadows damaged by grub roots. Skunks thrive on the worms, making them welcome to farmers for the current season.
A Cincinnati editor rose in a balloon and fell several hundred feet when it collapsed but was picked up unhurt. The Chicago Times quips that the editor’s unharmed descent was due to the amount of gas used in Cincinnati.
A salvoy keeper in Brieport describes a strange creature with eight legs two tails four heads and two bodies joined at the front. The legs project from the back and the two nondescript heads resemble one nose or eye.
Former secretary Stanton is staying in Princeton Massachusetts for a few weeks with no stated itinerary.
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