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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1864
Page
1
A devotional meditation on walking faithfully through a world full of danger and temptation. The speaker seeks divine aid to endure, endure, and rise toward the throne, longing for the dawn of life, joy, healing, and the return of the beloved.
A lyrical meditation on loss and memory as the speaker envisions a distant tranquil realm called the realm of nevermore. It contrasts the vivid, enduring dead with a farewell to a world of brightness and spring, yearning for peace and reunion beyond mortal life. The poem ends invoking the university setting and memory.
A poetic meditation extols love as the core of a divine ideal blending God man and woman. It envisions a holy text read in heaven by the saved and preached on earth, urging reverence as a universal, life-affirming vow culminating in Death as infinity.
A Philadelphia paper mocks editors as self serving figures who get perks from circuses fairs and parties. The verse notes editors receive free access to shows, prizes, and praise due to their writing and readership.
A clerk named Clermont spares his friend Jack by impersonating him in an office. A red headed rustic seeks a lecture fee, another man pays a bill, and a shy young woman arrives seeking a teaching certificate. The scene blends humor, mistaken identity, and awkward social maneuvering.
In a rustic tale, Cam pford pursues Miss Jessie Gray, seeking a teaching certificate for Elm Grove. He woos, marries, and secures a wife, while the scene shifts to social musings about plants, insects, and a library clerk's quip on Man and Woman.
The piece argues mutual sympathy between youth and age and recalls that the young may become old while the old recall their youth. It notes that The New York Methodist Book Concern sold publications exceeding 1 500 000 dollars last year.
Advertisers reveal merchant character and styles, guiding buyers to goods and locations. In a time with few newspapers, ads offered a practical directory, helping readers locate muslin or nails and learn shop practices, while also entertaining through varied writing.
The piece laments lonely youth and the yearning for companionship. It argues that lack of friendship wrecks humanity, and a kind word can save a drowning person, urging sympathy for those less favored whose souls await recognition.
In a sermon by James Renwick the 17th century Scottish preacher, faith hope and love are explored. Love is described as a high plant reaching the heart of Christ and enduring beyond faith and hope. Faith ends in sight, hope in possession, but love remains with the believer forever.
A philosophical meditation argues that all beings seek the highest good and ascend through effort while humans should not descend into base desires The text compares inward life to a tree sinking toward water and warns that enduring happiness lies beyond earthly pursuits
A youth entrusts an old man with one hundred deanara who denies the transfer. The Khazee tests truth by summoning a tree to show the seal, asks the old man for the thiefs whereabouts, and the tree proves the youth innocent while the money is declared his.
A reflective sketch contrasts small steps and slight circumstances as stumbling blocks in family life. It notes how tender feelings bring deeper pain from unkind words and withered love, while a vine’s delicate rings bend to the faintest breeze and quarrels shape history.
The nest demonstrates complex weaving and sewing by instinct and memory. Baltiwore Orioles favor willow and elm, using twigs tied with cords and varied materials from floss to lace. It forms a long narrow pocket eight inches deep, lined by hair or fur, a remarkable example of avian architecture.
A boy recalls starting work at age 12 with an old lady, doing chores before daily tasks. He faced harsh scolding for slowness, but refused to quit, choosing to seek work with strangers and prove his honesty and independence. He narrates a hard journey toward self reliance, aided by a willing countryman and his own resolve.
The passage argues that past education overemphasized physical power while the brain was neglected, though mental effort now dominates success. It urges integrating muscular training with scholarly learning, noting the physical underpins mental development and calling for a combined approach from ancient and modern views.
A half grown boy challenges a motherly admonition while a New York merchant Mr Astor relents to credit after seeing a merchant carry goods on his back. The tale concludes that pride should not hinder worthy effort or trust. The anecdote underscores that pride harms those who refuse help and that diligence leads to success.
A humorous, affectionate portrait from The Crutch at U S General Hospital Annapolis of the model American soldier. He endures camp life, cooks for tent mates, cleans his gun, sleeps with boots on, carries ammunition, and marches with raw pork eatings. He respects duty, distrusts officers, plans to buy land after the war, and seeks to end rebellion.
A historian recounts young Ulysses S Grant as slow yet truthful and brave. The tale notes his resolve to succeed, a dictionary quest to learn a difficult word, and his stand against a prank at West Point. It mentions his firm discipline and ultimate exemption from hazing, earning him the nickname company Grant.
A lyrical reminiscence from Joso Bruuinas reflecting on a night of wandering under a moonlit sky. The speaker asks a beloved youth if he ever felt lost while listening to frogs, owls, and distant calls, and whether a hidden longing or sorrow guided his heart.
A talkative girl annoys her mother by commenting on visitors to a horse. She is cautioned to say nothing about a feature of a guest, but then quips that Mr Smith’s nose is gone because she was told not to speak of it.
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