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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1864
Page
1
Terms to subscribers list annual price two dollars fifty, six months two dollars and twenty five, yearly rate three dollars if paid in advance. Single copies five cents. Paper not discontinued while arrears exist unless publisher allows. Nearby Bristol county reference appears with misreads.
State of Rhode Island issues a broad amendment proposal by the General Assembly addressing voting by absent military electors, naturalized citizens in war service, taxation for schooling, and voter qualifications. It details submission dates, ballot designations, tax provisions, and counting procedures with deadlines in 1854.
Seated by a window the speaker recalls summer memories and longing. A celestial star appears as a beacon of hope guiding weary souls toward faith and heavenly peace. The verse asks the star to shine on travelers and lead them safely toward light and rest.
A wartime poem portrays hopeful children in quiet nursery scenes as war rages outside. Mothers, prayers, and the vision of soldiers marching toward victory frame a plea for divine protection and eternal souls. It contrasts innocence with battle and invokes God of battles guiding future deeds.
A poetic fragment captures the west wind over a purple sea and amber daylight fading across roads hills and trees. Cattle bells toll at dawn while children and towns echo with wind sounds. The piece contrasts a bright summer day with a closing winter eve and somber goodnights.
A cottage by the sea frames a fisherman's wife awaiting a return home. She endures endless watching and sorrow while her child sleeps, as a storm lashes the coast and the sea seems to conceal the missing husband beneath its waves.
A young Washington gentleman named Acton follows a New Hampshire regiment during the Peninsula Campaign. Captured by a Virginian farmer, he faces imprisonment near Richmond while groping for escape and romantic interference from the farmer’s daughter who hints at sympathy and potential leniency.
A Confederate raider named Acton is captured and held by Union forces. He promises not to reveal his captivity to anyone in the Federal Army and is released. A local Confederate woman uses her influence to conceal his true status, helped by her daughter, ensuring Acton escapes detection and keeps his pledge. He later tells friends the tale, while the guerrilla had been a Union supporter all along.
The passage argues that talent remains unseen due to timidity and fear of risk. It laments delaying action, urging readers to leap into effort rather than overanalyze. It notes modern times demand prompt courage, as opportunities slip away with age.
The article ponders the dimensions and weight of Solomon’s Temple stones. It estimates forty cubits by twelve, eight high, converts to sixty by eighteen by twelve feet, each cubic foot at 3707 ounces. It claims weights near 2.75 million pounds for a block and labor needs of up to 13 760 men plus a boy, and questions the transport and shaping methods across sea and land.
A judge recounts a trial where a self-represented defendant, Mr A, prayed aloud to present his case. The opposing lawyer’s technical skill overwhelmed him. The judge allowed the prayer, sparking the opposing counsel’s protest about argument by prayer versus law. The anecdote ends with the judge noting the propriety of prayer in court.
A reflective essay discusses compensation and genius, then shifts to Rev. Samuel Culley’s remarks on China. It contrasts individual burdens with exceptional gifts, cites a Wesleyan anniversary speech, and ends noting the Louisville Journal’s jibe at rebels about humiliation versus curses.
The office announces available job printing services with careful workmanship and prompt execution on reasonable terms for all customers.
A frugal method shows farmers families can make ice cream at home using milk eggs sugar starch and lemon or vanilla. Scald milk stir in starch, whisk with eggs, sweeten, then freeze in a tin can inside a wooden pail packed with ice and salt. churn fifteen to twenty minutes until firm.
A Paris‑educated physician in Philadelphia, citing twenty years of practice, warns that exposing children’s arms and hands to cold causes blood flow changes leading to respiratory and digestive ailments. He notes recurrent coughs and throat issues subside when arms are kept warm and urges care against this practice.
A friend famed for fruit culture claims removing soil from around a tree trunk keeps borers away by hardening bark. The piece also riffs on peculiar English terms for groups and misc aphorisms, including jokes about ships, fleets, and bevy of girls. It ends with a North Carolina editor remark about two dimes yielding a stranger in pocket.
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