08 Dec 1866
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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1866
Page
1
Terms to subscribers set monthly rates in dollars and cents for various periods paid in advance. It lists two dollars and twenty five cents per annum, one dollar thirteen cents for six months, and two dollars fifty cents a year. Single copies cost five cents and no paper is discontinued until arrears are repaid.
A poem recalling that pure, bright, and beautiful ideals endure. It speaks of youth’s prayers, longing for truth, acts of kindness, justice, mercy, and the steadfast faith that sustains love. Angel voices affirm these enduring eternal truths across time.
In a gritty harbor tale a rough boatman Jim Striker adopts orphan Nan after Dock’s death. Nan grows into a gifted singer with support from a music professor, who offers education and a future. Jim’s steadfast care yields a humble, hopeful fortune years later.
A stream of reflections argues that the worst and dirtiest elements can yield beauty and good as in silk from worms and flowers from soil. It recalls Washington fixing a wall stone, warns against drink as crime’s source, and ends with a humorous tale of a man improvising repairs to his house.
A French journal notes sea depths measured for new transatlantic cables. Baltic 1200 feet, Adriatic 180 feet, Dover Strait under 400 feet, southwest of Ireland over 2000 feet, Gibraltar 1000 feet rising to 8000 feet eastward, Spanish coast near 6000 feet, waters 250 miles south of Nantucket fail to reach bottom at 7000 feet. Southern Ocean holds deepest with 16000 feet west of the Cape of Good Hope and 27000 feet west of St. Helena. Dr Young cites Atlantic average 25000 feet and Pacific 20000 feet.
A historical analysis notes war as the costliest national endeavor and details soaring debts from 1760 to 1820 under George III to illustrate how modern weapons and war economies vastly raise expenses. It compares monitor and Ram costs to fleets and cites Xerxes era funding as a contrast.
A moral essay argues men should marry for love and humility not social status. It decries the desire for fine homes and clothes, urging couples to live simply and build a life together. It condemns pride and emphasizes frugality as a path to a stable marriage. In contrast, a separate report describes brutal post mortem experiments on mutiny leaders, detailing dissection, nerve response, and electric-induced facial grimaces as the heads are studied.
A passenger on a Western steamboat sinking after striking a snag swam to shore. A large crowd watched as Yank, insured for $5,000 with AN Insurance Company, reached safety and quipped that he swam for the life insurance.
A tall rugged Yank forces a stubborn donkey through Gotham streets using a hickory stick and shouts Git up Bonupart I saw Napoleon The Frenchman heckles him vocally and vows revenge calling the beast Napoleon and declaring grande satisfaction The spectacle ends with a threat to name his dog Guillaume Washington at home
A reminiscence of John Smith the temperamental White Mountain stage driver recalled from Portland trips a dozen years ago. An outside passenger provoked Joby into blunt talk and a missing mail bag incident led him to retrace to Standish to recover the mail.
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