14 Jul 1855
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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1855
Page
1
In Bristol Rhode Island Bayley advertises legal notices and religious obituary political ads. Rates set at one dollar per square inch for each insertion with twenty lines per week and ten per annum. Reads like a newspaper rate card with placement terms and prohibited content.
The poem narrates the burial beside Alice of Ben Bolt who longed for rest with her. It sighs over his tearful eyes and enduring love, and envisions gathering flowers and moss to bless the grave where Ben Bolt and Alice lie together, awaiting reunion in the hereafter.
Rhode Island General Assembly enacts amendments to birth marriage death registration duties shifting city clerk duties to a designated appointee in Providence. defines immediate effect for several municipal provisions and revises court and town governance rules including Bristol and Newport authorities and penalties for by laws with a focus on administrative updates. The document also records miscellaneous procedural notes and a local anecdote section.
A young man named Allen Lalbot, about 24, died after a work accident at the steam saw and planing mill in Dlinton. A flying stick from the machine struck him, severing his windpipe. he died the following morning after lingering in pain. The community mourns his loss and extends sympathy to his widowed mother.
Mr Samuel Rockwell died in Trenton Onedia County near the 27th ult in the 10th year of age He was born in Wethersfield Ct and moved to Onedia County in 1800 He fought at the battle of Saratoga and witnessed Burgoyne's surrender
A critique of church factions dividing believers into The Few of Christ’s Church and The Many of Society’s Church. The Few embody humility, gentleness, and earnest faith, serving the Blessed Lord, while The Many chase money, vanity, and social rank, valuing worldly success over holy conduct. The piece contrasts true Christian virtue with worldly religion and warns against labeling others as “members of The Church of Society.”
A speaker rejects taunts about humble origins and urges pride in one's background. He recalls siblings born in a log cabin in New Hampshire, noting the era when early colonial settlements were sparsely inhabited and distant from river settlements.
The passage reflects Webster’s annual pilgrimages to a ancestral Canadian homestead, cherished for family ties and memories of hardship. He speaks of the generation’s sacrifices during the Revolutionary era and laments any threat to his family name and legacy.
An aphoristic prose piece critiques egotists and misers while exploring solitude and health. It argues that money cannot fix all, mocks those chasing wealth, and notes scandal as the wicked’s reputation. It also warns of hypochondriac martyrs who refuse to accept health.
Boston merchant Mr. Henshawe boards a Liverpool packet by mistake and learns the ship is not the Flying Cloud. A companion reveals they are really aboard the Sea-King bound for Liverpool. The crisis ends with the counsel to grin and bear it as the remedy.
A Petersburg Repress correspondent from Charlestown Virginia recounts a singular chronicle about Washington seals engraved with G W. One gold and one silver seal vanished at Braddocks defeat in 1754 and later resurfaced in verified fashion. The silver seal allegedly was plowed up a century later and restored to Washingtons heir. The account claims both seals were destined to reunite, presented as near-proof that truth outpaces fiction. It cites a reliable source as its basis.
A joiner named Mr S- squandered wages at gaming tables while his wife Betsey, pious and patient, wept in secret and sacrificed her supper to feed him. After a late return, her gentle plea about their dwindling wood moved him to vow to stop gambling. He kept the promise and later became a devoted religious man, illustrating the value of meekness.
A speaker from the Emerald Isle asks if the place is very sickly, and the reply notes a year with many deaths that were not seen before. The exchange underscores a sense of unusual mortality.
A Boston Post piece parodies Mrs Partington scolding Ike about a new U S ship titled Marcione. The scene shows Ike claiming to see breastworks and knees and Mrs Partington demurs with a sharp moral lecture. The page then shifts to a scoffing anecdote about a coal buyer and a weigh‑in, where drivers laugh at the buyer’s heavy weight and the buyer concedes he will pay for being fat.
Fragmented OCR recounts anecdotes from the late war. It mentions a Dublin 1803 riots trial and a cross examination with rebels and a prisoner. It also references five generals sentenced for conspiracy and a condemned soldier’s mental state amid horrors.
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