03 Jun 1848
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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1848
Page
1
Classified notice from Bristol Pheniy outlining advertising rates and policies. Mentions price per square, insertion charges, yearly discounts, penalties for discontinuation, and option for printing choices.
A narrative recalls Judge W s early Western New York settlement and his pacific dealings with Oneida leaders. An aged sachem proposes taking the judge s grandson for three days to test trust, the mother fears, but the boy returns safely and the chiefs declare friendship. The tale ends with a moral about breaking ground for peace and prosperity.
A seventeen year old ploughboy with rough attire asks a Kentucky college president for a chance to work and study. He is hired as a man of all work and boot-black, and later inspires a dramatic church scene where the audience learns the orator is actually the famed president of a Pennsylvania college.
A 19th century debate over the United States national emblem features a Massachusetts representative praising the humble republican goose as a better symbol than the royal eagle. The exchange includes a challenged gentlemanly joke and a restoration of cordial cross party relations.
The piece notes two life periods when evening holds special meaning youth and old age. In youth evening aligns with romance and wonder, starry skies, and secret communion, while in virtuous age it offers contemplation, peace, and a tranquil close to life with a sense of divine calm.
The speaker extols laboring men and women as nature’s nobility and God's favorites, saying social rank is irrelevant. True worth comes from working, earning, and shaping one’s own fortune, while those who consume without producing are the truly low.
The piece urges young men to choose virtue over vice and to wield influence responsibly. It recalls Cataline’s manipulation of youth, contrasts moral paths, and ends with a gratitude memory of a wood-cutter who gave a boy a carnation, symbolizing kindness’s lasting impact.
Two Mongol Tartar chiefs journeyed from China toward St. Petersburgh to observe European arts and manners. A German clergyman invited them to help translate the Gospels into their language. After daily study, they finished the task and declared their conversion to the gospel, noting that after reading Chinese writings they found Jesus speaking plainly.
A fragment from a 18th century discussion recounts a slave’s striking answer to proving the Bible’s truth by its effect on his heart. It then cites a Massachusetts tobacco law and notes Wisconsin’s statehood, followed by a brief reflection on economy as a path to wealth.
The Rhode Island General Assembly expresses heart felt congratulations to the People of France for their revolution and the prompt restoration of order and rights. It also thanks Rhode Island officers and soldiers who served in the Mexican War and requests copies of resolutions be sent to them.
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