19 Aug 1865
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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1865
Page
1
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The Bristol Berry bake is set for Wednesday August 23 1855 at Bristol Berry on the Rhode Island side under Alfred Sission Hay’s Bristol Ferry House shade trees. A model bake with good speaking on national moral and religious topics and singing begins at 10:30 with dinner at 12:30. Proceeds benefit repairing the Methodist Chapel in Portsmouth. trains from Boston Providence New Bedford and Fall River bring passengers, with sailings Bristol to Bristol for 40 cents round trip. Officers listed include Rev Stephen G Wallace president and J.B Cory manager.
A fragmented elegy describing a young boy's peaceful rest and his mournful mother. Imagery centers on folded hands, a cross, and the boy flowing like a small vessel into time, with a spiritual note on destiny and delivery to earth’s end. The piece preserves solemn tone and final fate.
A strawberry festival scene shows Allan Howe and Phil helping John Muuney, a hungry boy, by sharing cake and supper. Allan buys John a meal with his own twenty cents, earning Mrs Howe’s praise and changing both boys’ evening fortunes. John’s gratitude and Allan’s happiness echo in a later note to Allan’s mother.
An eccentric American woodsman arrives at a Niagara Falls hotel, wearing a tattered blanket and leather coat, with a long knife and rusty tin box. He impresses onlookers with refined tales of princes and naturalists, and a boastful vision of fame that will outshine fashionables.
A reader recalls a robin tugging at a string to free it from a rose bush. The bird’s determined effort inspires students and prompts a talk on perseverance, with a teacher warning against pride and excessive public speaking at gatherings.
The passage catalogs famed cases of prodigious memory. It mentions Seneca the Younger recalling two thousand words after one hearing, Cyneas memorizing names, and Mithridates debating in many languages. Other examples include Camenaides, Tacitus, and Vespucci-like figures recalling vast texts and events.
A child asks for guidance as they wander a mountain path led by a patient father. The father repeats a steady refrain about trusting the journey, noting only the present moment and the hope that all will be well when they reach home. The tale emphasizes faith and perseverance.
Fragmented scrolling prose reflects on aging minds as clocks, life and death as threads in time, and a call to duty. It blends quotes on flowers and virtue with a preacher’s farewell to his flock, urging adherence to enlightened guidance and personal responsibility.
In a rough Saturday gathering, Deacon Smith courts Widow Jones amid farm life. The Crossing of the Downing cow and a calm negotiation reveal unspoken intentions, ending with Mr Jones declaring his son’s attraction and the couple’s future discussed publicly.
A terse notice states completion of an agreement at the office with terms described as reasonable and executed with neatness and dispatch. The fragment implies formal closing or fulfillment without detailing parties or date.
The text argues that business defines a man’s vocation above all else and must take precedence over other duties. It stresses that duties must serve the master’s work, and only in sudden, urgent cases may regular tasks be neglected.
A detailed plea seeks the return of a lost plack horse of about fourteen hands with distinct markings and features. The ad offers a reward and warns that the thief will be punished, describing the animal, its scars, behavior, and riding ability in archaic terms.
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