22 Apr 1865
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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1865
Page
1
A poetic meditation on lost loved ones and the afterlife. The speaker recalls the light they brought to homes and finds solace in the idea of communion with God and those who have passed through the “Morning Land.” They express mourning, longing, and a hopeful assurance that the departed continue to love us.
This excerpt argues that maternal affection shapes a boy’s mind enhancing both imagination and understanding. It claims endearing mother son bonds elevate reasoning and that eminent men often owe much of their intellect to women’s influence, urging broader female influence to expand knowledge.
A, who lent a few hundred dollars to B and could not locate the bond when due, informs B of the loss. B denies the debt, but A later recovers the bond by chance from a book after a near-drowning in the Charles River. The recovered document reclaims the debt with interest and prompts talk of similar memory awakenings.
A Boston telegraph office tells of a misread dispatch sent to New York requesting sample forks by express. The message Forward sample for K 3 was misheard as for K S, then corrected to simple fork, yet the New York operator still read sample for K S. The error persisted for months as a running joke on the line.
Readers discuss the value of basic schooling from spelling and arithmetic to legible handwriting and the role of teachers in shaping civic intelligence. A farmer extols coal ashes for fruit trees, while notes on Australia describe reversed seasons and navigation by the sun and stars, ending with a remark about the Confederacy's liquor shortage.
The text extols self reliance and a bold youth who thrives in a big city by earning resources rather than begging. It argues such success is exceptional, noting that some people are “horse tamers” or “world tamers” who bend communities or crowds to their will.
The speaker recalls John Randolph’s lifelong gratitude to his mother for teaching prayer and restraint. He quotes Randolph's memory of kneeling by his mother to repeat the pattern prayer and notes her guidance against liquor gambling and tobacco, which he followed throughout his life.
The excerpt laments a delinquent youth known as Mo and his companions loitering with cigars and profane talk. It urges parents and guardians to extend control beyond shop, office, or ledger and notes Sabbath and public school teachers can aid, but stronger parental restraint is demanded.
A rough tale recalls a man mistaking a cemetery tomb for a tavern on Salisbury Road near town. A passerby pauses to ask what he sought, while a bystander notes the error and departure follows. The text then shifts to agricultural notes from an expert on onion yields and cultivation methods.
An English missionary reports on New Zealand women and their crying games as a notable pastime. He also describes folk weather lore linking sunsets and sky colors to wind and rain, noting the British Board of Trade has published these maxims for sailors.
The document states an appropriation act by the Rhode Island General Assembly for the support of government for the fiscal year ending April 30, 1866. It authorizes specific sums to be allocated to listed objects as allowed by law.
A garbled Rhode Island budget excerpt outlines allocations for court costs education and public works. It references General Assembly pay, normal school funds, insane and dependent care, juvenile reform, military expenses, printing, court house repairs, railroad commissioners, and miscellaneous costs. It also includes acts on public instruction funding and a provision for substitutes in Civil War service with repayment to those who furnished substitutes.
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