11 Jul 1846
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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1846
Page
1
Publication notes announce Fh Prhenex 18 published Saturdays by W H Bayley Bradford Street. Subscription rates vary by distance with advance payment. Advertising charges set at one dollar per square for three weeks, with extra lines and annual rates for advertisers.
Lieutenant Lincoln courts Isabella Ellison while a mercantile father quizzes him on wealth and debts. The scene shifts through flirtation and satire as Lincoln faces the cost of securing a wife and the reality of social expectations.
The text argues volition continues in sleep with famed figures like Tartini and Coleridge using dreams to solve problems or compose. It cites Tartini’s Devil’s Sonata and Coleridge’s Kubla Khan, plus other anecdotes on dream-driven insight and a striking anecdote of Dr Abernethy recognizing a patient’s condition without speech.
Excerpted reflections and anecdotes on charity travel and virtue from diverse sources. Tales praise the missionary wife, poverty's role in great minds, and social wit with moral observations on wealth, slander, and labor.
A restored column presents sketches of vanity and odd anecdotes from public discourse. Read of a clergyman overly praising sermons and a widow who compares a loved ass to his voice, plus notes on anchors and seafaring missions. The piece condemns party strife and champions missionary effort.
The 1846 Rhode Island session passes acts authorizing town school committees to settle past accounts, reshapes district boundaries, and allows annual or special elections of trustees. It also amends banking exchange rates, extends a prior act on mechanics liens, and authorizes Warren town to regulate animals running at large.
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