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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1858
Page
1
A fragment from the Deseret News recounts Elder Kimball’s remarks and harsh editorial commentary on Judge Douglas, plus a carnival of varied anecdotes. The column features satire about lecturers in Newark, a mock Senate scene, and odd sensations from a phrenology exhibit.
A quirky letter from Jobe Boliver to the Boston Evening Gazette describes New York landmarks. It mentions Trinity Church steeple, the view over the Nonb River, and ships near the fort with lively, humorous observations about local scenes and distant villages.
A 1840 tale recounts a man Thomas Turner who leaped the Death Gap between cliff pairs in the White Mountains to win five hundred dollars amid a cheering crowd. An elderly storyteller adds a 1750 frontier wife Ellen Thompson who also crossed the gap to escape pursuing Indians, with six attackers dashed to their deaths below.
The excerpt ponders why beauty and bright forms vanish, leaving longing. It contrasts earthly limits with a higher destiny where stars and beautiful beings endure forever, imagining a land where beauty remains and consciousness rests beyond mortal constraints.
A quip notes that careless fashion and hoops obstruct sidewalks, urging restraint to avoid hindering pedestrians. The wry remark frames a social touchpoint about urban movement and decorum, with a playful historical tone.
A father humorously scolds his son for shaving and warns against tossing rising water where barefooted boys could get street pricked, reflecting a quaint moral lesson. The line captures a paternal voice and a street corner setting in a bygone era.
A Times note recalls a leather hardening recipe of tallow and resin praised for years by readers. Another item reports a fourteen year old skater saved from twelve foot water when surrounded by hoops aiding her rescue on a city ice privilege lake last week.
A quoted aphorism notes you cannot stop sadness from passing above but you can block it from settling and taking root in your mind. The line frames resilience by distinguishing fleeting thoughts from lasting distress.
A 19th century note explains how water saturated with sugar can hold more solids before overflowing. By dissolving fixed amounts of sugar salt tartar alum vitriol nitre smelling salts alum borax in heated water, the solution ceases to expand in volume, illustrating limits of solubility.
A clergyman's daughter finds her father's manuscript note with a romantic line about a young man and a hidden potency. She adds her own reply and mirrors the sentiment, leaving a brief, intimate exchange framed by the manuscript as a personal taint of emotion.
A western editor recalls how people in drowning moments suddenly remember their entire lives and wishes some subscribers would take a bath in deep water, reflecting on memory and fate.
A Hartford Courant reader notes a parallel improper ceremony at the opposite end of worship. While the congregation sings and prays, ministers are seen turning Bible pages and adjusting notes or cravats, rather than leading the psalm singing. The writer emphasizes reverence in church.
A damaged OCR fragment from a Rutland era page mentions a spouse in Boston and romantic phrasing. It includes stray phrases about lips hands felicity a pink waist ribbon and references to a doctor’s bill, but lacks clear events, names, or dates.
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