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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1856
Page
1
The Bristol Phenix lists subscription terms for residents and non residents prices in advance. Advertising charges set at one dollar per square for three weeks and twenty cents for each additional line. Continuous ads run until canceled with payment required in advance.
Fragmentary verse recalls heavenly hosts singing peace and goodwill to mortals as a holy stranger is born in a manger. It contrasts earthly grandeur with a lowly stable cradle where meek Jesus carries a holy mission and twelve disciples travel with him through joy and sorrow.
A moral vignette warns that envy poisons happiness and purity, urging vigilant guarding of the heart to keep envy from entering the soul and disrupting holy peace. It likens indulgence to a contaminant that defiles virtue and invites spiritual ruin.
On the Fame in New York a young woman Ellen Moran seeks marriage with Charles Barton a chief mate. After an audacious elopement and control of her fortune she confronts her cruel guardian Mr Moran. A pistol kills Moran. Barton and Ellen wed, assume control of the house, and relocate south with Barton’s fortune and status.
A London pastor recounts a personal encounter with the devil who visits to gauge his preaching. The dialogue exposes parishioner apathy as receipts rise when the devil departs. The tale closes with a reflection that envy harms, while joy in others’ prosperity is moral.
A Vicksburg gathering chaired by M. Emmanuel reviewed the Pacific Railroad plan focusing on the Texas Western route along the 2nd parallel. Speeches by T Butler King and others praised direct, economical connections and pledged cooperation between the Texas Western and Vicksburg Shreveport railroads. A seven member committee was appointed to draft resolutions on the unity of main trunk routes from the sea to the Rio Grande.
A fragmented meditation contrasts seeking applause with facing censure through a single decisive act. The speaker warns many mistake self deception for individuality, urging honest action over pretense to avoid fools.
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