29 Jul 1848
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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1848
Page
1
Bristol Phenixy weekly at 7 Bradford Street publishes Saturday mornings. Subscriptions: two dollars per year in advance. in town and distant subscribers. Single copies six cents. Advertisements: one dollar per square for three weeks, twenty cents for each subsequent insertion. Penalties for arrears. yearly advertisers limited to twenty lines per week.
A moral essay urges strict economy and prudence in household spending, citing Dr Franklin and Washington while condemning extravagance. It stresses dignified living within means, warns of beggary from carelessness, and calls for reform led by women and industry.
A Presbyterian Herald reflection extols a mother's pure and lasting love across sickness and sorrow, childhood and youth, contrasting it with worldly flaws. It warns that neglect cannot dull this affection while a father's rebuke may guide, and warns against the danger of the mischief-maker within communities.
A satirical jab notes wealth often creates more wants than it satisfies. It recalls a dying Foglish rebel who, asked how he should be buried, answers with a grim prophecy about England turning upside down and his head facing downward.
In Boston on a cold autumn morning a fair haired Italian minstrel boy with a guitar sleeps on a city curb as strangers judge him. A generous eighteen year old passes by and leaves a silver coin, inspiring the boy to sing to a gathered crowd until a harsh voice from a window scolds him. A wealthy young man, Newton Graham, reflects on wealth and leisure and the minstrel’s fate, while his father presses him toward a rich marriage to an heiress, with Newton secretly drawn to the minstrel as a future interest.
A passage portrays a boy driven from a mansion by a stern voice. He grips his only friend, the instrument, and leaves with faltering steps toward a world lacking sympathy for the needy.
Newton listens as Mr. Graham suggests marrying Miss Weston, an heiress worth a million and a half. Newton has admired her but never considered marriage, yet contemplates serenading her the next night to entertain his father.
A middle aged foreign inmate at Mr. Graham’s household forms a quiet friendship with Newton. Wilhelm teaches languages while Pritchard, the secret sorrowful man, recalls his homeland through a minstrel’s song. The scene deepens with Wilhelm’s worn response to misfortune and isolation.
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