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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1863
Page
1
The excerpt renders a playful, prose-like adaptation of a classic Christmas poem about St. Nicholas. It evokes images of stockings, toys, a chimney descent, and the jolly figure in fur, delivering holiday cheer with a warm, old-fashioned cadence.
Fragmentary text evokes a cozy Christmas night with a gray haired sire by firelight. Bits of dialogue and verse hint at tears and nostalgia, children laughing, and an old tale being told in old rooms.
A fragmented, archaic-sounding piece evokes a nocturnal visitor and a sleepy child on a wintry night. The text blends moods of mystery and memory with stray references to toys cookies and a rustic scene, hinting at a reflective, classical voice.
The author argues that even in earthly life the mind has a universal presence and that those who lived before us may still influence knowledge. They suggest expanded powers and clearer vision beyond death, and believe blessed thoughts and impulses can come from departed souls aiding the living.
The passage argues overwork and poor living produce diseases from diar rhode to typhus. It warns that excessive mental or physical labor with bad air and food leads to disease, insanity, or premature death, likening the overworked worker to a defeated gladiator.
A literary note extols Christmas as a universal mood that binds rich and poor with warm feelings. The piece evokes shared delight in Christmas thoughts and trees, asserting the season never chills but always warms the heart.
A narration compares life to an aging mill beside a stream. The owner plans to replace it with a durable, heavenly mill higher up the hill, where sun, birds and flowers endure. The tale urges readers to leave the old life and enter the rebuilding by faith in God.
A quotation on tact in conversation drawn from Bruyer's mastin circulates in English papers. It warns against boasting of entertainments or prosperity to the poor and indigent, noting the cruel comparison between the comfortable and their misery.
A preacher admires a maid Eliza with curled hair and claims God would curl it if intended, while Eliza retorts that as she grows up she should also learn to manage her own hair. The exchange highlights humor and cheek in a rural setting.
A Socratic reply frames a small home as sufficient if it fits friends. The remark contrasts a crowd with true companionship, noting that faces resemble a gallery and talk remains hollow without love.
A Milwaukee attorney defended a young woman accused of stealing from an unoccupied dwelling, delivering a flamboyant plea praising her beauty. The jury acquitted her without retreating to deliberations, amid public humor about changing needle work to needless work.
A playful instructive tale mocks eager girls learning to skate with John Henry, as one girl endures mishaps and bruising outcomes. The humorous narrative follows attempts to imitate, stumble, and finally decide against repeated skating after a rough sequence of falls and Fatherly disapproval.
The tale follows Sir James Ransom and a proud Dutchess who fear social ruin when their daughter dances with a handsome man revealed as a woolen draper’s son. After a tense exchange over potential ridicule, Sir James pledges honor, and the match leads to marriage the next year.
Two Dutchmen living opposite each other who smoked by their doors for years start a playful dialogue about the weather. One asks the forecast and, after a few puffs, the other mirrors him, both agreeing on the same guess. The exchange ends with mutual confirmation.
A teacher quizzes a bright boy about inheritance and patrimony. The exchange ties patrimony to what a father leaves and prompts the student to connect a mother with matrimony, illustrating wordplay on familial terms.
A six quality proverb notes a fool is known by anger without calls speech without profit change without motive inquiry without an object trust in a stranger and inability to discern friend from foe. The ancient saying emphasizes inconsistency and gullibility as key faults.
A raven flies into a Hendon household and rips a gold pin from a gentleman's cravat offering an odd inspiration for a potential new opera.
A moral admonition urges generosity in courtesy and support without cost, stressing value of kind conduct and prudent restraint in giving compa nions advice and encouragement.
A short reflective note urges embracing individuality and authenticity. It encourages readers to prioritize inner truth over external pressures and to pursue personal growth without fear of judgment.
An eccentric old man named Abertus runs a workshop of wonders for three children Theodore Lorehen and Hugo at a noble landlord’s house He gifts each child with a magical item a flower a fruit and a bird that reveal moral trials The gifts awaken in them envy fear and disobedience as the old man warns that true gifts come from a pure heart and right conduct
A grandfatherly figure guides Theodore Lorchen Sorohon Hugo and Inga through self discipline testing envy lies anger and temper using a magical bird. Each confession leads to the fruit of virtue and rewards from God and man as Albertus disappears and the gifts endure.
To two gallons of water add three pints salt one ounce saltpetre one ounce potash boil and when cold pour over the meat which should have been killed two or three days. The amount of salt might rise for summer storage and this pickle is good for beef for boiling dried beef tongues hams shoulders or mutton.
Ferrick Allen’s Gold Medal Luleratus is advertised as a time saver in flour and shortening and claimed to strengthen stomachs. The ad urges immediate purchase, noting many grocers and druggists stock it at the Liberty Street depot in New York.
The New York Mercury pledges extensive literary offerings from Miss M. E. Braddon and other eminent authors. It touts war features and diverse content, including stories, editorials, and fairy tales, with Felix C. Darley illustrations. Subscriptions listed with club rates and postal details.
Advertisement urges farmers and fruit growers to join a Rural American club in Utica New York offering eight dollars in premiums for every two subscribers. Subscribers receive two grape vines and free strawberry plants, with January next start and December free copies. Sample copies and full details available from T S Mines in Oneida County.
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