08 Dec 1860
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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1860
Page
1
Readable lines evoke a lyrical scene with references to spring, colors, and nature. The passage includes stray phrases about brightness, wind, lake, and sea, hinting at a poem or literary excerpt amid garbled OCR. Names and dates are not clearly recoverable from the text.
An extended excerpt blends religious rhetoric by Daniel Webster and Josiah Channing with a domestic parable. It contrasts Christian duty with wealth, urging charity and fair treatment of workers, culminating in a charity-filled Thanksgiving at Jonathan Dunmore’s mill and a moral rebuke of greed.
In a rit polling area an unfamiliar elderly man stood with ballots ready. A vigilant committee member challenged him asking if naturalized, birthplace, residence, and occupation. The man replied Chief Justice of the United States, prompting the challenger to halt as the scene concluded.
An incident near Sullivan at a mill in Wilkintonville where a worker named Binatua was caught by the hair while proving a belt wheel. He was scalped and left with a gaping skull wound. Believed to survive the shock, he was attended by Dr. Chamberlin as the scene was secured. Reports mention vigilante actions and other local punishments in nearby counties.
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