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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1857
Page
1
A stream of personal tragedies and social critique follows a note on mental illness and public figures. The piece recalls Lord Raglan and the toll of private sorrow on public duty, then shifts to moral exhortations about kindness and restraint, ending with a critique of tobacco use and urban poverty in New York.
A fragmented directory listing multiple Bristol shops and stalls on Hope Street Mount Hope Avenue and surrounding streets. It names hardware Crockery Housekeeping goods groceries provisions clothing and furnishings from vendors such as Raylo One, Shep Chandlery, Drury, Kimball, Pierce, and Gladding with references to stalls and wholesale retail.
Poem laments the hungry cold and neglected poor in harsh tenements. It urges Christians to share God’s bread and charity, warning against hoarding wealth while famine and winter misery devastate families and children. The speaker pleads for alms to ease the widow and orphans’ hunger.
The remains of the American sculptor Crawford were placed in the Ward family vault at Greenwood Cemetery after arrival on the Southampton. Born Brorceary in Asmanp Massachusetts, his funeral arrangements were postponed, with the body conveyed by ship.
A Nebraska informant reports Indians held in slavery by women at a local settlement. The enslaver arrived from Utah, where he bought them from Mormons, and continues to detain them, allegedly in line with the Dred Scott decision.
A trial in Albany upheld a teacher’s authority to keep a child after dismissal until imperfect lessons were learned. The parent’s attempt to retrieve the child was deemed wrongful, and the parent faced penalties. The ruling states a child placed at school remains under the master’s control until regular dismissal and a parent cannot withdraw a child during the day without officer and school committee intervention. The defendant was fined $20 and costs.
A moonlit balcony scene follows a waltz as Cornelia and her companion share a quiet moment. The night air feels magical until Cornelia’s features tremble, a tear glistens, and she withdraws with a sudden, poignant gesture.
A man told Chapman that tolling a bell did not recall his own death, to which he answered that the rope reminds him of the other man’s fate. The exchange conveys a grim humor about capital punishment or execution.
The piece argues that tight credit and heavy imports have caused a financial crash. It urges protective policies to boost American labor, reduce reliance on foreign goods, and restore employment. It calls for Congress to support farmers and mechanics and for citizens to work rather than rely on speculation or easy credit.
A Maine Farmer editorial argues the current business crisis has left thousands unemployed and urges urban workers to move back to rural life. It calls on farmers to hire labor, forsake luxury, and reembrace steady wages, skilled work, and practical, sustainable livelihoods.
Mr. Gough has lectured in Edin burgh lately to crowded audiences. The Duchess of Sutherland and a large crowd of the English nobility attended.
The provided text urges a gentlemanly conduct toward common people. It emphasizes respectful behavior and proper manners when interacting with the public. The precise source context is not given.
The essay argues a voice within asserts personal freedom and independence, judging thoughts and actions beyond bodily constraints. It contrasts two juridictions, dependence and freedom, and claims spiritual power governs earthly fate through the will’s free determination.
A Pennsylvania judge held that a hotel is a tavern under law and that a landlord must provide lodging to any applicant regardless of appearance or ability to pay, effectively prohibiting turning away guests.
A reader-sense article argues the chief duty of parents is to ensure regular school attendance while stressing that home instruction shapes moral and intellectual habits more deeply. It contends that schooling cannot replace vigilant parental teaching at the fireside and that early heart influence forms lasting dispositions.
The text argues against hastily harsh corrections of children and urges parents to act with consistent justice. It warns that exposing passion over principle damages parental influence and can lead to rebellion and ruin, urging steady conduct to guide youth.
A fragmented critique lists types of people who fail social tests in marriage and courtship. It mentions a bachelor with a failing carpet test, a milliner for hats, a husband with eloquence, a busy physician, a schoolteacher with limited status, and an old maid not choosing singleness.
A discussion on parental favoritism harming the family balance. Favoritism spoils the favored child and breeds envy among siblings, eroding equity and trust. The text urges parents to model fair, just behavior to instill lasting principles of equity in their children. It also notes a Norfolk servant distressed by a marriage prohibition due to her mistreated past.
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