10 Jan 1863
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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1863
Page
1
The Bristel Phenix weekly advertises subscription prices at two dollars per year payable half yearly with advance payment options. It lists advertisement rates including twenty times or under at ten dollars per year, and transient ads charged per square with twelve lines per square. Religious obituary and political notices are charged as advertisements.
The narrator recalls Georgiana Aurelia Atkins Green from youth through school finishing and marriage. He highlights her social climb, artistic lessons, and the shift from parental praise to self aware engagement. The piece traces Molly and Leonie as contrasts and ends with Georgiana’s engagement to a well regarded suitor after a life centered on music and drawing, yet questioned by ambition and status.
Poem envisions a mirrored Golden City under radiant skies where land, sea, and clouds blur boundaries. A solitary boat rests between sea and heaven as the line between earth and sky becomes indistinguishable, urging a view of life’s fading hour as union of earth and heaven.
The text urges collective happiness through shared song and carousels, urging earnest effort each day. It emphasizes using time well to enliven life, acting before God and conscience, and trusting in truth in word and deed.
Rev Mr Wondworth describes a North Carolina town evacuated as federal troops approach. Empty houses, hurried departures, and a child’s playroom left intact move observers to tears. A later tale recalls a preacher’s Jonah sermon and a mischievous reply from a slave boy.
The Bridgeport Standard reports on General Tom Thumb Charles S Stratton living in town and pursuing married life. It notes his fortune, finances, yacht, Shetland ponies, hunting gear, and ambitions, alongside his Masonry, travels, and wish to wed to ward off travel excitement.
The poem reflects on death and what lies beyond as the soul travels shadow realms and returns with a token of life. It contrasts celestial signs with the silence of passage while mourning a gentle friend who died in silent rapture, leaving a triumphant heart and unspoken vision.
A reflective meditation on mortality and the passage of life. The speaker notes the regularity of daily life continues after each death, with memories fading and footprints washed away as the crowd moves on.
The guide advises drying and storing linen to avoid damp and pests. It suggests aromatic sachets with lavender and cedar shavings to place among drawers, and recommends inspecting and numbering washable items before laundry to ensure proper return and use.
A lone lighthouse keeper and his wife raise a foundling girl named Waif who grows to care for the light and locals. After a shipwreck, Waif embraces her role, then secretly watches the lamp through a stormy night with Uncle Jay absent, foreshadowing danger.
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