20 Jun 1863
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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1863
Page
1
A long, ornate meditation on universal beauty virtue and the elder brethren of creation. It extols public and private heroes including parents spouses and unrecorded lives who walked with God in love and self sacrifice. The text invites readers to join their enduring blessedness and works of love, attributed to CHANNING.
A German at a Nashville hospital is pictured as preferring mince pies pound cake and wine over religious tracts for sick soldiers. A Union lady presents a basket of edibles to a German guard and later brings tracts, but the hungry patients focus on nourishment while the incident prompts advice to accompany literature with provisions.
An 18th or 19th century Quaker anecdote unfolds as Benjamin junior tries to buy fat cattle from a passing drover while his father Benjamin senior buys the entire herd. The elder warns the son to be sharp and wary, and the tale ends with the son advised to watch his own father.
A general assembly act allows military personnel to acknowledge land deeds outside the state and within the United States. It also approves a proposed constitutional amendment granting voting rights to aliens who enlisted or volunteered in state regiments, to be submitted on the first Monday in October 1863.
In a children’s playscene a guest arrives seeking shelter as a lesson on hospitality. A poor apprentice requests a night's lodging and is welcomed, while a child learns that feeding the hungry and helping the needy is serving Christ. The tale ends with a hymn about God’s love.
A field note on faith comforting bereaved families. The writer emphasizes that loved ones die and enter God’s presence instantly, and that guardians who stay beside the dying share their final moments with the Savior. The text, attributed to a country pastor, speaks of the light in cold fingers and the child’s peace after death.
A reflective excerpt describes the ease of settling into bed and the creeping relaxation of tired senses. The prose likens sleep to a mother guiding a child away, with the mind drifting toward a balmy, closing oblivion as Lucia Hux offers a serene image.
The piece describes how various barometer plants react to storms with leaf and flower movements. It notes how thick-weed and other species contract leaves before rain while flowering varies with weather. A tongue-in-cheek anecdote mentions a miner dying from lack of money and a man exempted over a wart.
A Philadelphia postmaster received a note from Benj Butterworth about a detained letter due to postage. The reply mocks a man claiming a large family, a son in a respectable institution near Girard College, and a history of travel from Ireland to Australia. The letter ends with affection and a request to convey love to Butterworth’s wife and many children.
A jumbled list assigns human like roles to animals and birds. Bees are said to be geometricians designing efficient cells. The Mole is a meteorologist while a bird called the Nine-killer and others are arithmeticians. Ninety one lines describe varied animal skills from beaver builders to ants as laborers and hunters.
A succinct reflection by Addison on married life describing husband and wife choosing each other to provide mutual comfort and entertainment and to remain good-humored and forgiving for life. The piece emphasizes patience with each other’s flaws and lifelong companionship.
A Plaindealer tale recounts Hon. Thomas F Marshall in New York and Delaware. In Cleveland a baggage check mix up leads to a comical exchange with a young agent who offers brass for baggage but denies a chalked claim. Marshall returns to the train leading the procession with a flourish.
A Cleveland to Columbus train tale shows passengers feasting as a carpet-bag occupies a seat and pays eighty cents for dinner. A landlord insists the bag is the diner, and the bag metaphorically orders ham, chicken, crackers while passengers laugh. The crowd agrees the carpet-bag won.
The text argues urban residents gain nearsightedness from city life while rural people benefit from distance viewing. It cites Humboldt at eighty seven reading unaided and sailors spotting distant objects, noting the virtue of looking far ahead. An anecdote recalls a pompous remark about books and a witty wife reply.
Analysis of how the New England orator drew praise for his advocacy of freedom and humanity. It cites Lowell’s 1847 verses and references Alcott’s 1853 Conversations on New England Reformers, noting the speaker’s influence across New England and beyond.
The article notes Dr Johnson as an executor at a brewery sale mockingly, describing him with an inkhorn and pen like an exciseman. It quotes his remark that the sale is not a mere parcel of boilers but the potential wealth ahead. It also mentions a Boston man inventing a neon pocket dubbed their-proof.
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