17 Jun 1848
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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1848
Page
1
The speaker extols the world as a good creation blessed by Jehovah and safeguarded by divine providence. It argues humans cannot improve its foundational order or beauty, since history, prophets, martyrs, and religious consolations anchor it in divine purpose.
An elderly father on his deathbed gathers his children and urges them to follow the Bible. He reminds them the world is soon left behind and stresses reading scripture, following Jesus, and teaching younger siblings to live by the same example.
The New London Chronicle notes the brave act of Peter Antoine from the Cape Verde Islands who leaped from the ship to rescue Henry C. Smith of Norwich after Smith fell overboard during a gale near the Sand wich Talands. Antoine battled waves to reach Smith, saved him near the breakers, and bore him to shore with other crew members aiding the effort.
An old seafaring tale recalls Antoine leaping overboard to save a fellow sailor from the Romulus of Mystic. He swam to the ship, seized the man, and brought him aboard, earning praise for quick action after a prior voyage years earlier.
The Newargh Gazette argues there is a divine law against owning another human being, praising Lord Brougham’s claim that man cannot hold property in man. It notes abolition spreads globally and urges moving beyond vengeance to avoid harming others, linking moral law to freedom and remorse.
Biographical sketches recount Chancellor Kant’s dignified, humorous street encounter with a recruiting sergeant and a tale of a Revolutionary War officer refusing wine before meeting General Washington. The piece includes a playful exchange about marriages and widowers, illustrated with old-time humor.
A celebrated Madrid painter nicknamed Morales hosts a bachelor party with male guests while his wife Casilda hides nearby. She schemes to humiliate him by arranging a fake hotel of “The Old Good Entertainment for Man and Wife” while Morales, seeking the nurse Castinoja, roams the streets in the rain.
Morales the painter claims a magical Madrid mansion still exists as a haunted hotel. His tale to a friend is met with disbelief until dawn reveals the house as a ordinary inn with its former calm restored. Neighbors scold Morales for neglecting his wife as he returns home.
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