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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1864
Page
1
A fragmented wartime reminiscence with cadenced lines depicts exhausted troops amid cannon thunder and a heroic charge. The text weaves accrostics dedicated to a president, coal shortages, and political critique, ending with a call to endurance and faith. The piece blends poetry and prose reflecting Civil War era sentiment and moral resolve.
A writer nicknamed Jewel proposes a religion focused on family harmony and practical ethics. It urges daily duties, honesty, debt payment, modest consumption, and social virtue, criticizing lying and stealing while stressing temperance and accountability.
Dr J Hauston discusses King David's deep love for the Bible and its parts Genesis to Deuteronomy and Judges to Ruth. The essay urges readers to treasure law and promises, praising its light, truth, and immortality.
The article uses a railway metaphor to warn youths about temptation and small sins that steer life away from duty and faith. It cautions that a minor indulgence can alter one’s destiny, urging repentance to avoid permanent spiritual derailment.
The passage contemplates death describing bravado about facing death with natural courage or philosophical stance. It contrasts sinner’s death without spiritual life and the reckless act of a desperate madman rushing to destruction.
A short, charming vignette describes a baby reacting to a sunbeam on the floor. The child crawls toward the light, sits, and tenderly kisses the warm ray, delight brightening the infant’s face. The scene captures simple joy and wonder at a sunbeam’s glow.
A reflective exhortation invites readers to seek wisdom in scripture and grace at the throne, to aid the sick and poor, cure discontent, temper ambition, and deepen love through Calvary and the judgment.
Experiments by British gunnery officers aboard the Excellent near Portsmouth show submerged firing of a 110-pounder under water at low tide. A tube fired the shot from six feet water depth toward wooden, iron, and plate targets at twenty to twenty five feet, penetrating, breaking, and causing extensive water ingress.
The piece argues that Ireland has the largest exile population and that emigration stems from lack of happy homes and bread. It contrasts overseas development with Irish neglect, imagining a reclaimed island where cultivation and prosperity bloom like Belgium in a transformed Ireland.
An antiquated anecdote claims Romans slept early due to lack of candles provided by mother earth. It cites Numa Pompilius and Tarquinius in darkness and notes conspiracies thrived in a city without light, blending humor with historical figures.
The Journal reports a debate on zinc vessels for domestic use being dangerous. Acids such as vinegar cider wine and even milk left in zinc containers can contaminate drinks or milk. Poisoning cases among children have occurred due to zinc contact with milk and souring acids.
Captain Knight writes of a Thibet farming custom staffing hay in high tree branches to feed sheep when snow lies five or six yards deep. The passage evokes Baron Munchausen and fantastical travel.
In a defiant cross examination, Mrs Greenough, wife of Rev William Greenough, faces attorney Webster as he tries to unsettle her testimony in the Bogden will case. The judge and court erupt in laughter when Greenough reveals she merely took snuff, halting Webster’s line of questioning.
A historic tale recounts Native American resistance hindering early gold prospecting near Malheur and California. It notes a later expedition succeeding in finding a long sought field, with reports praising vast wealth and envying a single native gold nugget used as a seeker in a land where gold seems abundant.
A board of examining officers questioned officers on actions at the first Bull Run battle. A Pennsylvania volunteer artillery captain said he would not place his battery in that position, while another suggested copying regulars’ retreat. An Assistant Surgeon was asked how to treat fever with induced perspiration.
A clergyman opposed to Sunday school egg mingling asks children to explain Peter and his identity. The kids respond with a rhymed memory, guessing pages like "Peter was a pumpkin eater" while the teacher requests a pause. the class laughs as Mother Goose’s poem is enjoyed.
A playful family moment unfolds as a young boy refuses to share his wedding cake until his father does the same. The quip underscores a lighthearted family dynamic and mutual reciprocity.
The text mourns the loss of a spiritual home and lifelong affection. It contrasts earthly changes with a lasting union of hearts that death cannot destroy, valuing memory and the comfort of loved ones over material surroundings.
A fragment discussing how strength is shown not by force but by subduing strong passions and enduring hardship. It argues true power lies in restraint and temper, with examples of quiet endurance, calm response to anger, and forgiving conduct. It contrasts outward domination with spiritual resilience and noble restraint.
A poetical fragment describes morning light and bright spirits, while a narrator speaks of distant places and a quest for meaning. The harsh image of contamination and the martyrdom of a servant frame a meditation on hope and suffering as the speaker asks what remains.
A garbled passage shows a dialogue about church attendance weather and errands, with stray phrases about rain plans and propriety. It shifts to broader reflection on parental love and virtue, ending with a cryptic line on improvement and need.
A garbled quotation argues true genius is recognized by peers who doubt and oppose the innovator. The text links this to a broader idea of a confederacy of dunces resisting new insight.
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