24 Dec 1853
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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1853
Page
1
Brestod Phenen obituary and notice of payments for subscriptions and advertising appear in this Bristol paper. Rates include two dollars per year in advance for subscriptions, four cents per line for classifieds, and one dollar per square for three weeks. Religious and political notices incur advertising charges.
A moral reading piece extols Truth as a life giving water from divine revelation and Bible, contrasting it with pride, self righteousness, and unchecked science. It cites Pollok and a Montgomery County anecdote of a Bible's transformative influence on a young man seeking work.
A somber meditation on losing a wife and the deep emptiness left in the home. The text praises the wife’s noble heart, recalls shared joys, and urges cherishing her memory as a moral guide and angelic presence. It counsels tenderness toward the departed’s memory and avoiding bitterness.
A fragment from the Baltimore Protestant quotes Banty Death by Herder. A maiden gathers rose petals and observes life’s fragility as a rose blooms then wilts under heat. The piece contrasts beauty with mortality, noting God calls the loveliest children before worldly heat harms them and hints at purity of the soul.
A 19th century merchant's ledger extols faithful workers who honor duties in an employer's absence. It condemns neglectful youths as little better than thieves and praises trustworthy boys or men who prove their loyalty, noting such laborers earn lasting employment and become “made men.”
A concise plea that practice outweighs preaching as the strongest argument to skeptics, urging a godly life as the most persuasive witness. The statement emphasizes personal conduct over spoken exhortation in faith.
A compact reflection notes a shopper’s hunger for indulgence and wealth while avarice drives desire for many luxury items. The piece links greed to consumer culture and personal longing.
A Boston paper warns of widespread adulteration in daily consumables and medicines, detailing cheap substitutions with sand, pumice, and white corn, and citing detrimental effects on families. It recounts a carriage incident where a cast iron bit linked to fraud endangered lives, and questions the safety of chemically tainted beverages produced in city lofts.
A fragment reports on wealthy individuals who gave costly gifts such as a $3,000 mantle and a $6,000 lace dress to spouses and a church receiving $70,000. Now, those who failed faced consequences, suggesting a broader reckoning for financially strained donors.
The passage praises the dog as a noble, loyal creature unable to deceive or harm its benefactor. It contrasts canine honesty with human falsehood, noting dogs remember friends and foes and cannot be bribed to betray their master.
A rough Yorkshire musician easefully proves his talent at Chapple’s music store in London. He later joins Jullien’s camp as a featured ophicleide soloist after stunning the publisher with his rondo and cadenzas.
A Home Journal correspondent describes a gate with a carved painted figure of a negro at its inner end. The figure, posed to welcome visitors, springs back when released, and served as gate porter for years before dying of rheumatic back pain from duty.
During an early visit to Newcastle, Berwick’s engraver welcomed the Duke of Northumberland without recognizing his rank. After realizing the guest's status, the sculptor apologized and the exchange sparked the Duke’s lighthearted remark about his own name.
The readable fragments discuss a man defined by virtue and manliness who faces enemies for standing by what is right. It emphasizes courage, candor, fearless action, and the resistance to illness as tests of character.
An unclear fragment from a local page hints at heated temper and accusations but offers few concrete facts. The text blends insults with political or social speculation, leaving the exact issue, actors, and actions unresolved.
A garbled OCR fragment suggests themes of consolation, indiscretion and rising pain, with the speaker expressing frustration and vague grievance without clear events or names.
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